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- Double / Imperial IPA
- 10.5% ABV
- Label approved Oct 2, 2019
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
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Nightmare Brewing's Double / Imperial IPA. Label approved 2 October 2019.
Stronger than 93% of the 1,382 Double IPA labels we've read.
Brewed at Dorchester Brewing Company, Dorchester Beer Holdings LLC (Massachusetts). More brewed there.
From the label“Double India Pale Ale with Indian Cane Sugar Oymptique Dry Hopped with El Dorado, Belma Calimet, Mosaic and Dill Pollen Hops”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 48–54°F (9–12°C)
- Glass
- Tulip: the narrow top holds the aroma in and the head up
About 285–325 calories and 21–30 g carbs
About 205 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for Double / Imperial IPA. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
This is the 5th of 8 labels we have from Nightmare Brewing. It is one of 215 double / imperial ipa labels approved in October 2019. Its label was approved 14 days after it was submitted. The label names 5 hops — El Dorado, Belma, Calimet, Mosaic and Dill Pollen Hops. The brand on the label is Nightmare Brewing; it was brewed at Dorchester Brewing Company, Dorchester Beer Holdings LLC in Massachusetts.
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Style: IPABrewery: Nightmare Brewing