DuganA IPA - Avery Brewing Company

cokes

Wisconsin

3.68/5  rDev -11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Golden orange bodied, lightly hazed with a tight crop of bleached tan suds that sags quickly but leaves decent lacing.
Honeycomb sweetened cereal maltiness hits the nostrils, a splash of white grape juice, then a bludgeoning spike of tangerine, roses, lilics, apricot, spruce, starfruit, and orange rind. There is a bit of juniper-y gin-like ethanol, but the hops act as a smoke screen.
It enters the mouth with a basic canvas of biscuity, bready malts. The turn towards hops happens nearly immediately, with an initial sweeter surge of apricot and tangerine and apple juice, then the bitterness grabs hold, adding pine resin and white grapefruit and an intense florality. The alcohol that was held in check in the aroma is given more room to flail around here, and not to a good end. It ends acridly boozy, somewhat sour, with residual hop resinous bitters.
Full in feel, fluffed with a steady, low CO2. The noticeable ABV strips the texture, giving it a glassy, glazed-over feel.
The promised hops show up here, but the booziness shuts things down. Even though this is realitively average strength per the style, it is a major issue, and drinkability starts to lag.
It's like a fruity/floral IPA spiked with Gin.

Serving type: bottle

03-31-2011 08:31:24 | More by cokes

Molson2000

Ontario (Canada)

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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mikeincharleston

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Slatetank

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

05-20-2013 23:14:24 | More by Slatetank

ipas-for-life

Virginia

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Kuaff

Alaska

4.59/5  rDev +10.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured at cellar temperature from a bomber into a snifter. After decoding the date code on the bottle, I figured out that this beer is eight months old. Too old for an IPA, some may say. However, as I'm about to explain, this one has held up exceedingly well.

There is a sizeable two-finger head of delicate white foam. The liquid looks like unprocessed honey. It's got that golden amber hue and I can see lots of sediments floating in suspended animation throughout the beer. The appearance suggests that this beer obviously must have some serious substance to it!

The aroma is fairly simple, but nevertheless great. I'm tempted with the perfume of sweet citrus fruits, pine needles, and glorious hops. If you've smelled great imperial IPAs, then you know the scent.

The taste takes on the aspects of citrus and hops I detect in the smell, but there are other things here as well. Behind the tangy, delicious citric hop taste is some kind of exotic, zesty, spicy herbal character that transports me to IPA nirvana. There is a hot aftertaste that might be from the 8.5% ABV, but it FEELS like it's coming solely from the mysterious spiciness. A pleasant bitterness lingers long after each sip. The taste couldn't get much better than this.

It doesn't feel overly carbonated, which is perfect for letting the powerful and complex flavors shine through.

This is a fantastic double IPA. Thoroughly pleasurable to drink.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 22:01:41 | More by Kuaff

eliz108

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

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ElizabethEleanor

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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MinorThreat

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Popp24

California

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Zbeetleman

California

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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mrwelk

North Dakota

4.75/5  rDev +13.9%

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BeastLU

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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drummermattie02

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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Beer21

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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twenty5

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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paulromeroii

California

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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ADTaber

South Carolina

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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Jordantb313

Colorado

4/5  rDev -4.1%

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blknikon

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-30-2013 19:40:01 | More by blknikon

RobertJBeer

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

04-29-2013 23:44:54 | More by RobertJBeer

rkf1976

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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JMS1512

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

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Headyman

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-24-2013 01:53:11 | More by Headyman

browniewithnuts

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-22-2013 10:36:22 | More by browniewithnuts