Reliquary - Pipeworks Brewing Company

kawilliams81

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22 oz bottle into a Pipeworks snifter.

A- pours a bright honey color with a 1 finger white head. Small bubbles of lacing speckle the glass.

S- honey, oranges, grapefruit, spices and pine

T- sweet honey, bitter citrus zest, spices and some pine.

M- medium body and carbonation. Smooth, slightly syrupy and drinks very well at 9%.

O- very good Belgian double pale. Spices blend very well with the sweetness as the beer warms.

Serving type: bottle

01-30-2013 02:50:59 | More by kawilliams81

jplopez21

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

06-14-2013 04:39:53 | More by jplopez21

Farnswurth

France

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

06-11-2013 21:54:50 | More by Farnswurth

emyers

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

22 oz. bottle poured into a Dogfish Head IPA glass. Batch #114.

Appearance: Pours a hazy pale gold with a one-and-a-half finger white head. Good head retention andleaves a nice lacing down the glass.

Smell: Interesting mix of grapefruit, tropical fruit, and Belgian yeast esters. Unfortunately I feel the yeast and hops fight each other more than complement each other. It ends up a bit messy.

Taste: A lot more malt presence than I was expecting. Caramel malt and toasted biscuit up front along with a nice tropical fruit hop presence. The Belgian yeast comes in on the finish along with some floral sweetness. I really like the hop profile, but again I think this just gets too busy and the yeast clashes with the rest of the flavor profile.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, medium to high carbonation level. It goes down very smooth and dries the palate on the finish nicely.

Overall: One of the only "misses" I've had from Pipeworks - I get the concept behind the beer, but it just doesn't work for me.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2013 06:41:32 | More by emyers

thinwhiteduke

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

05-27-2013 02:18:38 | More by thinwhiteduke

Hoozierdaddy

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

05-24-2013 05:21:23 | More by Hoozierdaddy

gjoker321

Florida

3.29/5  rDev -16.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25

WARNING: I HAVE NEVER LIKED ANY BELGIAN IPA I HAVE EVER HAD.

Appearance: Orange with straw-orange highlights. Small, lacy, off-white head that quickly fades. Lacy with hints of legs. Out of a tulip glass.

Aroma: Kumquats and tangerines, light maltiness underneath that strengthens as it warms. Some subtler notes of pine and white oak as a secondary. Hints of light phenolics might be present as very light plastic (in a accent of the hops way).

Taste: Citric notes with acidity up front that follows into light malty notes. Lemon and orange pith flavors follow. It seems that the minor phenolics present are accenting the harsh bitterness and hiding some of the lighter hop flavors. Nice depth of characters but it trails off into a negative phenolic (plastic, burning circuit board) flavors that leave the beer with a negative impression.

Mouthfeel: Medium light body with light astringency on the tongue. Finishes with an unpleasant phenolic astringency. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Wonderful aroma with just enough belgian intrigue (light phenolics) to add complexity but the phenolics combine with hop astringency to overwhelm the delicacies of this beer. As it warms some of the phenolics blow off but it leaves the beer some what flat in flavor.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 01:43:29 | More by gjoker321

Ncpogs

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-17-2013 03:31:19 | More by Ncpogs

BeerOps

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-14-2013 23:12:40 | More by BeerOps

Hopheadjeffery

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

05-10-2013 22:05:10 | More by Hopheadjeffery

DerekMorgan

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-08-2013 19:58:26 | More by DerekMorgan

powz87

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-07-2013 16:14:48 | More by powz87

cnbrown313

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

05-07-2013 12:55:10 | More by cnbrown313

jimmygord

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

05-06-2013 13:36:44 | More by jimmygord

ChugginOil

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

05-03-2013 14:47:07 | More by ChugginOil

Jerry

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -11.2%

04-30-2013 23:34:18 | More by Jerry

rhoadsrage

Illinois

4.2/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

(Served in a tulip)
Batch 114
A- This beer pours a dark apricot body with a touch of haze and a touch of density to it. There s a bubbly thin wispy head with a few strands of microbubbles trailing up the glass.

S- The full fruit cocktail hops grows as it opens and takes on more of a green hop/unripe fruit aroma.

T- The green woody hops taste turns into fruit cocktail with a green earthy hop finish. There is a touch of sweetness in the malt but the finish is dry and has a nice peppery phenol to it. There is a gentle bittern pungent hop flavor in the aftertaste that compliments the sweetness nicely.

M- The medium-light mouthfeel has a gentle fizz finish with a soft alcohol warmth.

O- This beer has a nice full hop flavor with good depth and a nice yeast character that is underneath. The sweetness is a nice balance to the bitterness of the hops aftertaste but the bitterness keeps growing and the sweetness doesn’t.

Serving type: bottle

04-30-2013 15:37:14 | More by rhoadsrage

mcc1654

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-23-2013 01:59:25 | More by mcc1654

MasterSki

Illinois

3.56/5  rDev -9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5

Bottle picked up at Capone's by Alison! Thanks a bunch. Served in a New Belgium tulip.

A - Generous white foam settles to a thick collar, leaving behind splotchy lacework. Hazed dark orange-amber body. The darkness tinge reveals this is a double version of a Belgian IPA, and on the whole it's quite attractive.

S - Very sweet, with loads of banana, caramel and honey malts, mild tropical fruits, and only light phenolic yeast notes. Reminds me more of an American-made tripel, but with some aggressive hopping.

T - The flavor is an improvement, with a nice mix of tropical fruits, estery yeast, juicy citrus, sugary malts, and a mild amount of zesty bitterness in the finish. More balance, and less cloying here.

M - Medium body, with a smooth, chewy texture. Pleasant carbonation, with a nice dry finish. Pipeworks does a pretty good job with bottle conditioning.

D - Too sweet for my tests and I much preferred Glaucus I had immediately afterward. I wanted a bit more Belgian yeast character and a bit less saccharine malt. Otherwise, I suppose this was 'to-style' (Belgian IPA is a strange catch-all to begin with) and was drinkable on the whole - just not what I was really seeking.

Serving type: bottle

04-18-2013 13:52:06 | More by MasterSki

JVan

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.9%

04-16-2013 13:35:52 | More by JVan

bsuedekum

Missouri

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-14-2013 17:19:21 | More by bsuedekum

gmendez1122

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +14.2%

04-13-2013 02:44:26 | More by gmendez1122

Rimbimhoot

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

04-03-2013 16:40:49 | More by Rimbimhoot

IPx

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -4.8%

03-29-2013 07:18:21 | More by IPx

Blavaq

Illinois

4/5  rDev +1.5%

03-24-2013 02:03:35 | More by Blavaq