BrewDog Russian Doll - IPA
Russian Doll is our latest fantastic voyage into the essence of beer. This time we’ve used the same malts, hops, and yeast - the differences are down to the ABV.
There’s a great complexity when trying the beers side by side - the aromas & flavours from extra pale, cara and dark crystal malts vary from biscuity through caramel, toffee and treacle as you might expect, but the hops (simcoe, citra, cascade and centennial) present differently from style to style - from zesty to tropical through stone fruit to jammy.
The labels feature exclusive artwork by Esther McManus.
There’s a great complexity when trying the beers side by side - the aromas & flavours from extra pale, cara and dark crystal malts vary from biscuity through caramel, toffee and treacle as you might expect, but the hops (simcoe, citra, cascade and centennial) present differently from style to style - from zesty to tropical through stone fruit to jammy.
The labels feature exclusive artwork by Esther McManus.
3.4
175 reviews
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Community reviews
bottle at home, poured a clear deep dark golden colour with a white head. nose of grains, pine forest, resin, grapefruit, some sweet notes of mango and caramel, metallic notes, biscuit malts, lemon zest, taste is much better as the pale ale in the series
0.33L bottle, batch 284. Old half rotten carrot, vegetable soup aroma. Clear amber with few cm white head, disappears. Sticky, vegetable, light field flowers taste. Quite booring IPA. Medium bitter finish. Sticky mouthfeel.
Przyjemne piwo. Świetna piana po wlaniu do szkła, który utrzymuje się do samego końca. W armoacie i smaku dość klasyczno-ipowe. Są cytrusy, jest trochę zaznaczony słód, są chmiele dające goryczkę na podniebieniu, ale nie utrzymującą się długo. Przyzwoite piwko i jak na Brew Doga w fajnej cenie (13 zło w Rodzince Bis). Punkcik za zajebisty dizajn etykiety.
Bottle at home. Clear golden beer with an offwhite head. Hoppy citrus aroma with grassy notes. Similar flavour. Ok :-)
Bottle. Gold with little head. Aromas of juicy citrus with a bit of pine and perfume. Nice body with just a touch of caramel, plenty of juicy hops and a fairly bitter finish.
Shared bottle. Peach yogurt, sweat, munster cheese, pineapple, passion fruit. Quite nice fruits, but the nose is quite sweaty. Medium sweet with medium bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Decent beer, mich better than the pale ale, just the smell here is not very good.
Bottled. 15cl sample. The aroma has tropical fruits/citrus and some pine. Clear, copper coloured beer with a lasting, white head. The taste is a bit sweet, moderate bitter has some biscuit/caramel tones, pine, citrus. More dry finish.
Bottle@Amsterdam. Amber color, white head. Sweet aroma with caramel. Balanced, hoppy flavor with metallic notes, grapefruit. Medium-full body, medium carbonation. Nice.
33 cl systembolaget. Helt klart den bästa ipan jag druckit på år och dagar. Önskar att denna gick att köpa styckvis!
Bottle from Systembolaget. Clear golden beer with a decent lasting offwhite head. Hoppy citrus aroma, perfume, grassy, pine, oranges, some biscuits. Hoppy citrus flavor, floral, grassy notes. Decent IPA.
Bottled. Pours golden with a big white head. Smells lemongrass, fruity hoppy. Tastes fruity happy, citrus with a dry fruity hoppy finish.
Flaska från SB. Fyra öl, samma malt och humlesorter. Nr2, deras IPA. Doft av citrus, mango och lite, lite fänkål. Förvånansvärd återhållen beska. Fänkålen återkommer i smaken. Påminner långväga ifrån om Double Bastards mer pinsamma kusin som ropar på uppmärksamhet - "Close, but no cigar", för att hitta passande citat.
Flaska från Systembolaget. Dimmig ljus bärnstensfärgad vätska med ljust skum. Söt doft åt fruktsodahållet. Bra Ipa med lång beska
Flaska. Något oklar bärnstensfärgad öl med ett frostigt gulvitt skum. Dofter av persika, grapefrukt, blomster, karamell och kåda. Mycket inbjudande. Smakinslag av grapefrukt, karamell, kåda och citrus. Oljig munkänsla. Snygg beska, lätt sötma.
@ Basunen 15-4-5: små humletoner med en tydlig maltsötma. Ingen osmak men heller ingen stor höjdare.
---- Soberness not garanteed!
Bottled from Systembolaget
Slightly hazy gol, golden with a bubbly head.
Rather light aroma with pine-needles.
Oily palate and high carbonation.
Pine-needles and juniper-berries in the flavour.
Medium bitterness.
Light aroma of fruity, bitter and grass. The taste is fruity, slightly flowery. Not so good bitterness in the aftertaste that fills the upper part of the mouth for a long while. A little too bitter for me to like it. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
Bottle from Systembolaget, part of Russian Doll 4-pack. Citrus, pine, bitterness. Good!
Bottle from systembolaget sweden. Big and lastning white head over a clear amber beer. Fine hoppy aroma. Nice malty taste with medium hop taste and bitterness.
20.12.2014. Aroma of toffee, caramel malts. Tastes malty, caramel, slight sweet toffee, some hops.
Bottle
Clear amber with a lacing head.
Aroma is ripe tropical fruit, lime, fresh sawdust and tobacco.
Somewhat shar mouth feel.
Taste is pine needles, hops, resin, tobacco and a little bit of raisins. Long bitterness.
Bottle from SB, part of 4 pack cons 2015-03-23 Duved Brewdog 90#
AR: citrus, gooseberries, dried tropical fruity marmalade
AP: clear bronz, frothy thin ofwhite head
F: tropical fruity, orange marmelade, pine, wee caramel waffels, wee dry and wee thin, sugary feeling
How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Clear golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, malt, hops, citrus, some caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, hops, malt, citrus.
Aroma is pale malts and bread with a fruity coat. Taste comes in a slightly larger body than its little sister, and there’s some more leverage in this one. Mid-sweet with caramels, grapefruit, tangerines ans some sweet melon. It’s actually rather sweet overall. A solid IPA but nothing you will call your friends about.
@ Havregatan 150321. Bottle (330 ml) from Systembolaget. Fruity and hoppy with citrusy notes, grapefruits, sweet, medium body with an oily texture. The finish is dry, bitter and fruity.
@ Agards väg 20/3-15. Bottle from Systembolaget. Hoppy and fruity with notes of citrus and tropical fruits. Body is medium, the finish is dry and hoppy.
Bottle (33 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear deep golden with plenty of small floaters. Bready malt aroma, piney and perfumy hops with some troipcal fruits. Medium bodied, medium carbonation. Dry, medium bitterness.
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Almost clear deep golden, small head, Peachy, fruity nose. Sweet with medium body and rounded, syrupy mouthfeel. Syrup and peach, some passion fruitm syrup and cardboard. Mid bitter finish. Dull.
Flaska från SB. Smak och doft av humle, malt, karamell, citrus, torkad frukt. Fruktig, marmeladkänsla, lagom sötma, rund och len med fin beska.