The Brü Revü – New Belgium Rampant Imperial IPA

Rampant is New Belgium’s take on the ever popular Imperial IPA.  I had high hopes for this beer after having their impressive Super IPA collaboration with Alpine.  While Rampant didn’t completely blow my doors off, I thought it was a very impressive and solid Double IPA.  I did detect some similarities to the Super IPA, but not quite as bold and well-rounded.  The light copper color immediately gave off a wonderful aroma of sweet tropical fruits with only slight hints of citrus.  This was really a great smelling IPA.  The flavor doesn’t overwhelm you with a face melting hop overload but rather an enjoyable tropical fruit and slight dank bitterness with a peak of resinous pine on it’s dry finish. A good dose of sweet malt held all the flavors together into what I thought was a very tasty and dangerously drinkable brew.  Rampant is definitely a slightly different take on your typical Imperial IPA, with more ripe fruit flavors and dank hops than pine or citrus, but another well done beer from New Belgium.

New Belgium Rampant Imperial IPA