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Sierra Nevada Hoptimum Imperial IPA
- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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rAvg: 4.19
pDev: 12.17%
Reviews: 1090
Hads: 1746
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Brewed by:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
California
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United States
Style | ABV
American Double / Imperial IPA
| 10.40%
ABV
Availability:
Rotating.
bottle (983)
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Notes:
A group of hop-heads and publicans challenged our Beer Camp brewers to push the extremes of whole-cone hop brewing. The result is this: a 100 IBU, whole-cone hurricane of flavor. Simply put —Hoptimum: the biggest whole-cone IPA we have ever produced. Aggressively hopped, dry-hopped, AND torpedoed with our exclusive new hop varieties for ultra-intense flavors and aromas.
Resinous "new-school" and exclusive hop varieties carry the bold and aromatic nose. The flavor follows the aroma with layers of aggressive hoppiness, featuring notes of grapefruit rind, rose, lilac, cedar, and tropical fruit—all culminating in a dry and lasting finish.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Have heard great things on this one, even the girl at the checkout counter commented on it... Knew I was in for it!
A - Pours a nice coppery orange with a finger of head, great carbonation coming up.
S - Hops, hops, hops! What a blast to the nose. This smells like the Yakima Valley during the hop harvest. Brings me right back to home. Sweet malts dance around the nose as well.
T - Out of this world hop experience. The full cone hops make a great difference. Resiny quality comes through brilliantly. Some sweet malts, but mostly masked by hops.
M - Sticky, medium bodied, great across the palate. Full flavored for sure.
O - LOVE it! this is fantastic, and it being somewhat readily available makes my day! Will be getting a sixer of this next time at the market.
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Sierra Nevada Hoptimum Imperial IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
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