Finch Hardcore Chimera

An American style imperial IPA brewed with Citra, Simcoe, Columbus, Cascade and Mosaic hops. Hardcore Chimera is then dry hopped with over a pound of hops per BBL. Ringing in with over 80 IBU’s, Hardcore Chimera’s intense aroma and flavor of passion fruit and citrus is balanced out against a hearty grain bill that lends to the beer’s deceptively drinkable 9% ABV.

3.6

217 reviews

Chicago, United States

Community reviews

1.8 Shared can at local tasting, ABV 9%. Cloudy golden colour, white head. Aroma of stale orange marmalade and grain. The flavour is fairly sweet, very bitter and unbalanced. Not something I would buy again.

2.0 Fra boks på RBHD-treff ombord på Fridtjofen jan-17: lett uklar kobbergylden med flott skum. Lett uklar oransjegylden med ok skum. Snev av muggen appelsinmarmelade, i tillegg til rå malt, kornblanding, brøddeig og råtnende gress. Smaken er desverre bare maginalt bedre. Merkelige greier til en amerikanske imp. ipa å være, og slett ikke god å drikke.

2.2 Shared can at RBHD. Pours hazy Golden, small white head. Aroma of dusty grains, bready rotting dough, taste is moderate sweet, marmelade, harsh dry finish.

1.7 Shared can at RB/HD on board Fridtjofen 21.01.17. Hazy orange. White head. Umpleasant aroma of raw grains, flour, dough and rotting oranges. Slightly better taste, with orange marmalande and malt. Unfortunately still with raw grains. Meh!

3.2 Pours an amber from a can, fruity aroma is backed up with some caramel flavor. Good beer.

2.2 473ml can (Alko Arkadia, Helsinki) Sweet super-caramelly aroma. Crazy soapy taste, harsh acrid palate. Pretty shitty harsh chemical mess. No beer detected here, just stupid hopjuice.

3.1 473ml can shared by Phil, thanks! Hazy orange beer, small white head. Nose is sweet and tropical, malts and caramel. Flavor is grapefruit, hops, malt, toasty notes. Alcohol notes and tropical fruit in the finish.

3.0 Can (thanks fatphil). Pours orange. Aroma fruits, citrus, tangerines, pineapple. Flavor is sweet and bitter, citrus, tangerines, grapefruit. Finish is grapefuit bitter. Overall: ok-ish.

3.2 500ml can (thanks FatPhil). Medium size, white head, stays. Fruity, mango, sweet, citrus and malty in aroma. Malty, nutty, alcohol and sweet in taste. Some nutty yeast and citrus and fruity in aftertaste. Soft carbonation. Drinkable brew.

3.6 Can. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy bitter finish.

4.3 Hazy golden pour with quick-faded bone head. Mild tropical fruit aroma mingle with a bready malt. Same combo on the palette, but more flavorful than anticipated. Extremely balanced, very smooth and creamy mouthfeel, finish with an almost semi-sweet aftertaste that’s simply delicious. Wow excellent dipa.

3.7 Poured from the can at Torst in Brooklyn. Light golden color with a white fluffy head. Good lacing on the glass. Aroma is sweet malt, with citrusy and piney hop aromas. Taste is nicely balanced. Good solid IPA.

3.5 Can 1 pint. Pours golden with a slight haze and a small, white head. Sweet malt, flowery hops in the nose. Rich malty body, kinda sweet, a little petroleum, slightly perfumy hops. Alcohol surprisingly well hidden. Very decent. 291116

2.1 Canned at Churchill Arms, Uppsala. Hazy golden, small head. Sugary citrus up front. Sweet with medium-full body and rounded mouthfeel. Wet paper, caramel and some citrus. Lots of sugar. Lightly inky finish.

3.6 Can. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

3.5 Can 1pt. [ As Finch Hardcore Chimera ]. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, fruity hops, floral. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pale malt, sweet malt, hoppy, citrus, floral, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20161026]

4.0 Gylden klar skum hvid Citrus malt græs blomst Bitter modrate sød Oile blød @f1

3.9 The aroma is full of hops, mango, passionfruit, pineapple, pine, papaya and peaches. The color is light golden. The taste is full of hops, pineapple, pine, mango, caramel, sweet malt, papaya and passionfruit. A very nice beer!

3.3 Almost clear golden color with slightly off-white head. Aroma is mostly malty with some sweet orange peel. Taste follows with some sweet malt and orange and continues with bitter orange peel. Medium body with low carbonation. Most probably I got an old can, it’s too malty and the hops are really subdued.

3.8 Tap @ Fairbar. Nice head with good suration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are citrus, pine, fruits, hops and malt. Nice fruity and bitter finish.

3.7 Draught @ Fairbar. Pours Dark golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, yeast, grass, fruity hops, light citrus. Flavor is light sweet, rather bitter, malty, grassy, fruity hops, berries. Medium to full body, average to high carbonation, light bitter finish with some alcohol warmth. 061016

3.6 dut: frisk citrus lime appelsin frisk smag: citrus lime malt humle appelsin frisk jucie

3.5 Can, bought@Kihoskh, Cph. Pours clear golden with a small, staying creamy white head. Aroma has fat hops oils, caramel, petroleum, grapefruit, peach. Low carbonation, fine dry and quite oily mouthfeel. Flavour has good malty sweetness, light caramel, grapefruit, hops oils. Fine bitterness, grapefruit, peach. Mild vinious warmth.

4.1 Burk restaurant Wilhelmshill. Ljusgul grumlig lovar gott. Doftar hav och äpplen. Omedelbart en krämig känsla i munnen. Smak kommer äpple sen lite apelsin sen kommer godis. Vilken godis? Jo du skumbananen är tydlig som Faan. Riktigt god fyllig kanske något söt Dipa.

2.6 Can at Bishops Folkis. This can was way too old. :-( Golden with just a slight mist and a short white head. Spice and marmalade in the aroma. Syrupy oranges, grains and some leathery saltinessin flavour, some alcohol. Medium body, soft carbonation, oily. Old.

3.5 Can from Flask. Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - old hops and grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 060916

3.6 Can, 9%. Hazy amber with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, grapefruit, little pine and caramel. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, hop, medium sweet, little old hop, little pine and medium bitter.

3.8 can - Pours lightly hazy gold with a one finger head. It smells of resinous, citrusy hops. The flavor is high on the bitterness as expected. Citrus, caramel malt and a medium to full body. It’s very good.

3.5 Can. Pours a slightly light, bright orange with a small, white head. Aroma is hoppy, some caramel, citrus, conifer. You can smell the strength of the beer in the caramel and amount of hoppiness. Taste is conifer, citrus, caramel, slight feel of ethanol. Full, decent carbonation. Good, but not very special.

3.7 Canned. Pours slightly hazy golden with an average, lacing white head. Aroma of citrus, apricot, caramel, heral and piney notes. Sweet flavor that ends up being more dry and nice bitter. Medium bodied, oily texture and average carbonation. A very nice DIPA indeed. 🌟🌟🌟🌟