Endpoint - E3
Renegade Brewing Company

Endpoint - E3Endpoint - E3
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From:
Renegade Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,815
ABV:
11%
Score:
88
Ranked #13,558
Avg:
3.94 | pDev: 9.9%
Reviews:
56
Ratings:
220
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 20, 2022
Added:
Jan 23, 2012
Wants:
  19
Gots:
  53
Formerly Elevation - E3

Craving something with bold hops and high ABV? Endpoint (E3) is your beer. Single hopped with tons of summit hops, this beer is a great example of how complex a single-hopped beer can be. Summit hops are extremely diverse containing flavors of grapefruit, pine, and sweet onion. Our brewers are careful to add the hops at specific times in the boil to bring out each unique flavor. What started as a challenge to make a “hop bomb” has turned into a hop-lover’s dream. Get this year-round beer on draft or in cans.

100+ IBU
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Rated: 4.02 by dms1767 from Nebraska

Oct 20, 2022
 
Rated: 4.04 by WDJersey from Colorado

Mar 15, 2020
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Reviewed by Ahypercube from California

4.01/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
An exceptionally smooth triple IPA.

L: Doesn't look like anything special. Doesn't look quite unfiltered, but some very fine sediment is well-dispersed though the liquid, giving it a slight haze. A little film of eggshell white head rises up from the pour, leaving thin tendrils of lacing around the rim.

S: A surprisingly mellow and fruity aroma for a triple IPA. Tangerine, star fruit, pineapple, mango, honeydew and papaya are pronounced, with hints of caramelized onions and toffee, as well as a stab of pine on the end. Tons of booze. You can smell it from a foot away.

T: Very much a west coast style IPA, and pretty damn smooth for a triple. Tangerine and melon are the most notable flavors, with candied sugar taking over the palate following those. That pine comes in to cut the sweetness just after that, leaving with sweet cooked onion, ghee, and some wheat bread notes. The bitterness is well-balanced, but I think it could use some more peppery spice or some tartness to keep it crisp.

F: Thick and smooth, but as stated above, it could use more bite.

O: Makes a great sipper, if you're in the mood to drink just one IPA and hit the sack.
Mar 12, 2019
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Reviewed by OhioKevin4 from Ohio

4.31/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Had as a draft from Trailhead Taphouse in Golden Co. One of the smoothest triples I have had to date. Good aftertaste... had a hard time believing this was a triple.
Nov 14, 2018
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Reviewed by Avitra from California

3.73/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Like with other renegade beers, when they have one ingredient they just overwhelming with it, very little balance. This one is grapefruits and very little otherwise
Aug 26, 2018
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.04/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance: Arrives relatively clear and amber colored with an impressive head that leaves clumps of lacing are observed.

Smell: Layers of aromatics with caramel, honeydew melon and a pithy/piney aspect

Taste: The caramel tones lay down the base with the honeydew melon element embarking on a different path; through the middle, the pith and pine emerge and dominate the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderatecarbonation; warmth in the finish

Overall: Although I am not generally a fan of high octane DIPAs with a big malt bill, I found the honeydew element here quite interesting
Jul 23, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Kdouble from Tennessee

Jun 17, 2018
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Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado

4.12/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. Can

Poured into a tulip a pretty nice hazy golden orange color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger plus white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot), piney. The taste is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, with a nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot), piney. Full Body, ABV is hidden pretty nicely, with a dry/bitter finish. Overall, this one surprised me, quite drinkable for 11% ABV.
Jun 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Afeo from Colorado

Apr 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by OKCNittany from Oklahoma

Mar 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.52 by habaceeba from Colorado

Feb 27, 2018
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Reviewed by skoomd from Colorado

4.62/5  rDev +17.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
What an excellent beer! My local liquor store had 4 packs of this beer as their beer of the month, and I had to try it.

I've drunk a lot of IPAs and Double/Imperial IPAs before.

This beer was next level!!!

Look: Nice amber hue throughout, lots of haze

Aroma: Lots and lots of hops. Tons of tropical fruit from the summit hops, mostly pineapple, mango, and apricot. A bit of pleasant vegetal aroma too.

Taste: Incredible. I fray away from anything over 70 ibus because it tends to become waaaay too bitter, but with all the malt in this beer to get 11% ABV really needs 100+ ibus to balance out the malt sweetness. TONS of hops, mostly tropical and smooth. A little bit of malt taste.

Mouthfeel: Very full mouthfeel from an IPA. It feels a bit thick, and well carbonated which is nice.

Overall, this beer is great. Amazing balance of flavors and bitterness, lots and lots of hops to be expected from a TRIPLE IPA, and a pleasant aftertaste.
Jan 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Dec 25, 2017
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.78/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, no can dating. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/earthy/piney hops and moderate bready malt notes; with solid strength. Touch of booze in the aromas as it warms. Taste of huge grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, lightly toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Large sized pine, citrus rind, peppery, herbal, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pear, pineapple, mango, lemon/orange rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy/piney hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy, bready, sticky, resinous, and rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Lightly increasing warmth of 11% after the finish. Overall this is a very good big DIPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/earthy/piney hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV; despite the aggressively bitter/resin/drying finish. Very dank, earthy, and piney hop complexity; balanced malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. A very enjoyable offering. Great single hop showcase.
Dec 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.79 by Eziel from Ohio

Nov 22, 2017
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Reviewed by Tony210 from New Jersey

3.98/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a dark golden, almost amber, slightly hazy. Tropical aroma prevail with some citrus and lemon in the background. Very sweet at first, pretty malty, tropical fruit, mango, slightly bitter finish. Pretty syrupy and thick, nice carbonation. A very cool beer that I would recommend trying.

11/11/17
12 oz can, no canning date
4 rating
Nov 12, 2017
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.46/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours an effervescent honey color with 2+ fingers of pearl colored head. Great lacing & slightly above average head retention

S: Breadyness, faint citrus notes

T: Pears, breadyness, faint grapefruit & leafy hops, plus cattyness up front. Grapefruit, a little pear, & dryness, grassyness & leafy hops too as this warms, plus a little bready sweetness. Finishes dry, grassy, leafy with pears & woody hops

MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation

An alright DIPA, was hoping for better
Oct 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.07 by GregJ from Louisiana

Oct 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.83 by Maillard from Ohio

Oct 01, 2017
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Reviewed by TetonRaven from Idaho

4.3/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Loved this beer! It's sweet from the high ABV (11%) but still insanely hoppy (100+ IBUs!) giving it an amazing and complex combination of flavors for a bitter-lover. My Mom thought it tasted like the worst medicine she'd ever had, so be warned; the bitterness packs a punch. I absolutely loved it!
Aug 22, 2017
Endpoint - E3 from Renegade Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 220 ratings