4 Pines – Keller Door Small Batch Australian DIPA, 2017, 9%ABV, 500ml bottle

Drank on 19/12/17 from Cellarbrations Yokine.

Appearance: 2.5 – Orange, clear, nice head on pouring with nice lacing

Smell/Aroma: 2.5 – Sweet malts, slightly fruity, mango, pineapple, some dried fruits, a little citrus.

Taste: 3.5 – Big bitterness, but nicely rounded, pine, a bit resinous, citrus bitterness, grapefruit pith, really unsure what else, a slight peep of sweet malts and maybe the 9% alcohol thats very very well hidden. Resinousness and sweet malts appear more as it gets warm.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 2.5 – Not cloying, no viscosity, just big hops bitterness that then fade nicely ready for another sip. Does get a bit more clingy as it gets too warm.

Overall: 3.5 – Surprisingly good for such a big beer. Not a fan of big IPA’s usually because of the big sweet malt character that comes along with them and the almost sickly cloying character they can have. This doesn’t have that, though I still couldn’t drink too much of this, regardless of the ABV.

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