War Elephant - Rushing Duck Brewing Company

koopa

New Jersey

4.28/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Growler filled at the brewery this past weekend.
It is an 80 ibu double ipa with loads of summit, simcoe, and galena hops.

NOTE: This growler was the first pour from "batch 2" which had some additional simcoe hops in it and bit less caramalizing/malliard reactions in the wort, yielding more perceived dryness than batch 1.

Appearance: Pours a slightly murky orange with a 2 finger white crown that shows good retention and lace.

Smell: Waves of citrus, a slightly bready malt, and a pleasant hint of alcohol. The hops are extremely pungent, wafting out of the glass in an impressive fashion. Lots of grapefruit, hints of orange, and whispers of lemon make themselves known.

Taste: Same as the nose with a really nice amount of hop oil and a nice alcohol stiffness without any heat or fusels. Nice grassy notes from the freshness of the batch. This beer is plenty bitter and very tasty. I think it would benefit from a bit more citrus though.

Mouthfeel: The carbonation is at that perfect low level to push the hop presence over the top. Body is medium and finish is fairly dry.

Overall: A solid DIPA worth seeking out while you can still find it (seasonal)

Serving type: growler

10-23-2012 21:23:00 | More by koopa

joel66

New York

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

03-31-2013 00:37:43 | More by joel66

anthonypw

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

03-26-2013 14:02:35 | More by anthonypw

JG-90

New Jersey

4.39/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Growler into glass

A - Clear dark amber (a little reddish) color with moderate head and lacing

S - Smells like Simcoe Hops (I am familiar with Wyerbacher Double Simcoe), Hops, Citrus, Pine resin

T - Great balance of the flavors from the nose, hops, citrus, pine plus a bit of bread, has a real clean finish

M - Medium-High carbonation, medium body, very crisp

O - Great! Got from family member from the area for Xmas, an all around great beer with an aggresive and balanced flavor profile and very drinkable for the ABV, awesome gift and awesome beer! I am excited to get a few growlers of this breweries other beers.

Serving type: growler

12-30-2012 04:15:45 | More by JG-90

Billolick

New York

4.33/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Growler filled at DeCicco's in Ardsley, NY

Pours murky, lighter amber, high quality looking head, starts with good height, goes to a nice tiny bubble film , then leaves all sorts of fine, high and wispy lacing.

Potent hopped up nose. Grapefruit, orange, tropical fruit all abound.

This is a super tasty, fresh tasting DIPA. Loads of citric hoppy goodness on the palate, including more grapefruit and pinapple shining through. Big shouldered ale, with alcohol well in check. Quality creation from this new brewery. They are local to me and they are turning out some great beers...looking forward to trying more.

Serving type: growler

12-01-2012 02:57:38 | More by Billolick

TongoRad

New Jersey

4.53/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Holy cow, this is one nice beer. The color is a slightly cloudy orangey amber, but the head is thick and sticks around for a while.

Aroma is very floral at first, but that quickly gives way to a host of fruits- pineapple, tangerine, peach, lemon, maybe a hint of kiwi. There is just the slightest amount of ethanol in the background which goes away as the beer warms, otherwise this smell is perfect.

Mouthfeel is full, and the fruity flavors carry over from the nose- very strong on the pineapple over all others. Bitterness and residual sugars are just where they need to be, in perfect harmony, and it goes down very easily.

I am reminded of some of my favorite Lagunitas beers when I drink this- mostly Hop Stoopid, but with some of the best elements of Maximus and Sucks thrown into the mix. Superb job.

Serving type: growler

11-10-2012 23:58:01 | More by TongoRad

cosmo4u

New York

4/5  rDev -8.9%

11-10-2012 21:20:17 | More by cosmo4u

ubufan2112

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +2.5%

11-05-2012 01:51:37 | More by ubufan2112

bigedct

Connecticut

4/5  rDev -8.9%

10-21-2012 20:48:27 | More by bigedct

johnh7

New York

4.25/5  rDev -3.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Recently picked up a growler of this at my local spot, The Green Growler in croton .

Poured into a tulip dusky orange nice 1 finger head

Smelled citrus right away, with that strong simcoe hoppiness

Taste is Great exactly what I'd expect for the style
The hops is just right, with the citrus smoothing out the 8.7 ABV
I could definitely see having a few of these in a night.
Too bad it's a limited brew. A wonderful example of an American I.I.P.A

Serving type: growler

10-21-2012 19:06:09 | More by johnh7

JC88

4.75/5  rDev +8.2%

10-21-2012 00:32:14 | More by JC88

plaid75

New York

4.7/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

On draft at the Dutch Ale House, Saugerties, NY.

Poured a medium bronze hue with a one finger foamy white head. There was good retention and lacing.

The smell features a balmy citric hop with some tropical fruit highlights.

The taste consisted of a full blown sticky, resinous hop assault. Pine , grapefruit, orange and pineapple dominated.

The mouthfeel was full with a residual bitterness.

Overall a superior DIPA. Fresh and local to this area as well.

Serving type: on-tap

10-02-2012 21:30:18 | More by plaid75