Cabin Brewing Company Triple Threat – American Double / Imperial IPA at 8.5% ABV | 60 IBU (C$5.17 at Collective, 473 ml, packaged on 1-Jun-2020, acquired 5-Jun-2020, reviewed 11-Jun-2020)
Appearance: hazy pale gold with one fat finger of fluffy pale ivory head, good retention and moderate soapy lacing. (4/5) Aroma: juicy citrus, tropical fruit, pine, coconut. (9/10) Taste: moderate sweet, high bitter. (9/10) Palate: smooth medium-thick body, moderate carbonation, lingering and building bitter warming finish. (4/5)
Brewer notes say this is hopped with Sabro, Galaxy and Nelson Sauvin, to which I respond, well, hell, yes! Much to my approbation, this contains all the elements that blend would suggest: dominant citrus, with tropical fruit and pine closely following, and some coconut in the finish to shake things up. It’s a little thick, sure, and has a definite alcohol burn, but nothing outside the realm of what you’d expect (or, indeed, want) for a beer of this style. It finishes with an enthusiastic if not bombastic boozy bitterness, which, though not quite a return to the IBU arms race of a few years ago, contains at least an echo of some sabre rattling. I could drink a lot of these – until I went cross-eyed and fell over, anyway. Cabin cranks another one out of the park. (17/20)
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