Omnipollo Super Size Hilma DIPA

If you have read my blog long enough you know I tend to buy the occasional gimmick beer. Whether it is a beer based on a show or band I like or a beer with an odd adjunct in it, I will give anything a try and hope for the best when I do. For this blog, I purchased one of those beers with a strange adjunct. Omnipollo Super Size Hilma is a double dry hopped imperial IPA with vanilla, crispy French fries, and burger buns. It sounds ridiculous, right? That was what I thought, but I was curious how it would all come together.

The aroma of Super Size Hilma did little to show off the fries & burger buns but gave me hope I was going to drink a fantastic double ipa. The aroma was very fruity, lots of fresh pineapple, tangerine, grapefruit, passion fruit, with a touch of grass, bread dough and a light hint of vanilla. At this point I was slightly disappointed that I did not notice the French fries in particular but I felt that I had purchased a really nice beer. I could not have been more wrong. Super Size Hilma is a disaster of a double IPA. The pineapple comes through initially, along with some citrus before sweet, bready malt takes over. This is the most dominant note of the beer. It certainly allows one to believe they are getting the burger bun aspect of the beer. The vanilla then comes through along with some grass before a very hot, saline finish. None of these flavors work well together. As far as the heat goes, letting this beer sit a few weeks might help that a bit. Nothing however, is going to help the salt aspect. It’s not refreshingly subtle like in a Gose, it’s very prominent and frankly does not fit well with anything here. It is also the only indication that French fries were actually used in this beer.

I spent a while trying to find something I like about this beer. It was priced at 7 dollars a can so I was trying very hard. Instead, I found myself pouring it down the drain. I was not expecting a great beer, I was expecting a fun beer, Super Size Hilma was neither.



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