Kiwi Rising - Double IPL - Jack's Abby Brewing

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rAvg: 4.4
pDev: 9.32%
Reviews: 57
Hads: 171

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Jack's Abby Brewing

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial Pilsner | 8.50% ABV

Availability: Rotating. bottle (50), on-tap (5), growler (2).

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Reviews by 4DAloveofSTOUT:

4DAloveofSTOUT

Illinois

4.13/5 rDev -6.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

thanks to egrace for gifting me this beer! Thanks elliot!

Bottle is dated November 2012 on the side of the label.

poured into tulip glass.

Appearance: Slightly hazy golden blonde bodied beer with 2 fingers of head. Lots of lacing and good head retention. Great looking lager, I honestly cant remeber the last lager that i drank that looked this good. Seriously.

Smell: bright citrus and tropical fruits. A hint of bananas and fruitiness. Bready and yeasty notes too. Hints of garlic and onion.

Taste: Its a beer that is fairly balanced, but the hops tip the scale a bit more than malt profile. The beer is somewhere between mild to moderately bitter. Tropical fruits and floral hops are pretty big here. Also a touch earthy. Pine and citrus are abundant as well. Onions, garlic, and grassy hops seem to float around. Malts are fairly bready, but also grainy and cracker like. Mild lingering bitterness.

Mouthfeel: low end of a medium bodied beer. Moderately carbonated. The beer is really crisp and clean, yet it is also got a creamy and slightly resinous / oily mouthfeel. Carbonation is lively, but not prickly or ticklish. You would not think this beer is almost 9%, it drinks closer to 6% abv.

Overall: I have never had an Imperial Pilsner before. The hops dont really give this beer a chance to be a regular pilsner, but I dont care because this is a tasty beer. This is my second favorite Jack Abby's beer and they make some wonderful hoppy beers! i am impressed again by Abby Jack's. But Hoponius Union is still my favorite. You can think of Kiwi Rising as bigger version of Hoponius Union. My favorite aspect of this beer is how unique the hop profile is... its true unique.

Serving type: bottle

01-08-2013 01:08:18 | More by 4DAloveofSTOUT

More User Reviews:

dfecteau

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev -9.1%

05-23-2013 13:51:28 | More by dfecteau

lucas1801

Massachusetts

4.75/5 rDev +8%

05-22-2013 10:18:24 | More by lucas1801

bstyle

Indiana

4/5 rDev -9.1%

05-22-2013 05:51:22 | More by bstyle

gdub

Massachusetts

4.5/5 rDev +2.3%

05-19-2013 00:24:02 | More by gdub

TomRB

Massachusetts

4/5 rDev -9.1%

05-11-2013 18:55:56 | More by TomRB

caguiar

New Hampshire

4.5/5 rDev +2.3%

05-09-2013 15:51:37 | More by caguiar

Goldfishman

Massachusetts

4.25/5 rDev -3.4%

05-05-2013 21:06:35 | More by Goldfishman

egrace84

Illinois

4.25/5 rDev -3.4%

04-26-2013 12:36:02 | More by egrace84

jtierney89

New Jersey

4.65/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Pale golden color with some haze and a bright white sticky 3 finger head. Nice and hoppy nose. Super floral with lots of grapefruit notes and other citrus fruits.

Extremely clean. On the lighter side of medium bodied. Bright orange like acidity with other tropical fruits up front. Brisk carbonation. Lots of citrus like acidity flavor wise. Bitterness is very low but theres just enough to feel it. Almost like orange juice with a beer taste. One of the smoothest beers over 8% i've ever had. I love this.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2013 23:37:09 | More by jtierney89