DuganA IPA - Avery Brewing Company

elgiacomo

Georgia

4.15/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

UPDATED: OCT 28, 2010 22oz bottled September 23, 2010 (we share a birthday, nice). Really stoked to try a fresh batch of this.

Pours hazy golden amber with a nice white head that leaves many drippy rings of lacing and holds a fair cap.

Aroma starts heavy on citrus and tropical fruits, oranges, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, with the pine, floral, and marijuana qualities really coming out as it warms up, also some light bready malt to balance things out. Very good strength.

Excellent flavor of citrus, pine and resinous hops, grapefruit, orange, pineapple, a bit of sweet malt for balance but it doesn't stand up to the strong bitterness this brew delivers. Dry with a long lasting bitter finish. Alcohol picks up as it warms, particularly in the second half of the bottle that was left on the counter to warm.

Mouthfeel is also very good, medium bodied without being heavy, medium carbonation, just right. Very easy drinking for a relatively big beer.

I have to say, I might like this even more than Maharaja, excellent stuff. While the 5-6 month old bottle I had earlier this year was very good, this fresh one is outstanding. Will pick up a bottle each and every time a fresh batch comes out!

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Original Review March 24, 2010:
22oz bottle, unknown date. Approx 5 months old. Pours amber with a large foamy off-white head which holds a nice fluffy cap and leaves a ring of lacing. Aroma is features a lot of citrus fruit, pineapple, tangerine, some grapefruit, pine, bread, toast, funk, caramel. Flavor is goes back and forth between bitter and sweet, bitter resinous hops playing against sweet caramel malts and bread, a little bit of citrus, orange, pineapple, grapefruit make it in as well. Finish is lingering, bitter and sticky sweet. Mouthfeel is medium to full, sticky, medium carbonation. Very good overall, even with a few months on it.
Aroma 4, Appearance 4, Taste 4, Palate 3.5, Drinkability 4, Score 3.95

Serving type: bottle

03-27-2010 03:17:54 | More by elgiacomo

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%

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RobertJBeer

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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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%

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browniewithnuts

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

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irish01980

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Oakenator

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

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Ncpogs

Illinois

4/5  rDev -4.1%

04-13-2013 00:58:17 | More by Ncpogs

SebD

Ontario (Canada)

4.14/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Appearance: It has a nice cloudy golden/orange color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves some lacing.

Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of grapefruit, piney resins, floral notes and some sweet toasty and caramelly malts

Taste: Like the aromas, it has grapefruit, some citrus, alot of piney resins with some toasty malts and some sweet caramel.

Mouthfeel: It has a low carbonation with a nice overall balance and feel.

Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with good flavors and aromas.

Serving type: bottle

04-11-2013 20:29:36 | More by SebD