Hop Dam Triple IPA - Hoppin' Frog Brewery

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bomber from Bruisin' Ales.Smells and tastes pure grapefruit juice hops. Most pleasant well done DIPA. Big head that takes a while to settle.Surprisingly good mouthfeel, with caramel sweetness balanced the bitterness.Well carbonated.Yes, some pineapple.

Serving type: bottle

05-16-2010 02:47:02 | More by northyorksammy

BuckeyeNation

Iowa

4.08/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Lightly murky ochre with blurry banana peel accents along the edges. The thickly creamy cap is an attractive shade of yellowed bone and is beginning to grace the glass with (so far) unbroken sheets of gauzy lace. Ridiculous residue sticks in the end.

The nose isn't as explosive as it could be. What is probably a generous amount of malt is taking some of the brightness and boldness off the hops, something that often occurs in DIPAs. Oops, this is actually a TIPA. Hopefully, the same won't be true on the palate.

Getting the malt-hop balance juuust right in beer this huge can't be easy. For my money ($13.99!), Hop Dam doesn't fly through that narrow window. There's a toasted-earthy flavor underlying the hops (Munich perhaps) and there's a bit too much sweetness overall.

The hop bill include Amarillo, Columbus, Cascade and Summit. That's a pretty good lineup, though the onion-like flavor of Summit is (barely) noticeable and keeps me from loving the final result. Other flavors include caramel-iced sugar cookies, bitter grapefruit pith and plenty of sticky pine sap. Massive malt and even more massive hops keep the alcohol buried (almost) without a trace. The beer is gently warming, but isn't hot.

Mouthfeel is the clear highlight. It's full and chewy without crossing the line into thick and overly sticky. Carbonation that finds that big beer sweet spot helps immensely.

Hoppin' Frog Hop Dam Triple IPA has 50% more hops than Mean Manalishi Double IPA. Trouble is, it's the lesser beer in almost every respect. Staying in the American Midwest for comparison's sake, Three Floyds Dreadnaught is cheaper (hard to believe) and is the vastly superior DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

06-24-2010 14:25:41 | More by BuckeyeNation

mikesgroove

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

another new one for me last night, i had been keeping this one in the fridge for a few weeks and decided to just go for it. served cold and poured into a white birch glass, this one was consumed on 08/20/2010.

really a great pour here with a nice light golden color to it and a great amount of carbonation streaming up toward the top of the glass. nice head of white comes across very, very nicely and really leaves a good amount of lacing on the sides of the glass.

aroma is very bright, lots of lemon, coriander, hints of light fruity yeast, but just a ton of citrus hops are tearing this one up. really well done. clean, effortless flavor follows through very nicely with just a crisp, light, bright touch to it that really just works for me. light tart apples and crisp grapefruit round it out just about right.

overall a really solid beer. not really a triple, more of a hybrid style, but done, very, very well. really enjoyed for sure.

Serving type: bottle

08-22-2010 02:15:44 | More by mikesgroove

ChainGangGuy

Georgia

3.88/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours out a clear, medium copper-hued body with a scant, sparse, white head.

Smell: Chiefly, a hop-based nose of sticky yellow pine sap and moist, juicy, and altogether pithy citrus fruits, though there is also a slightly lesser tropical note of Hawaiian-born pineapple. Backed by unobtrusive hints of pale malts.

Taste: Seemingly a base of pale malts with touches of treacle and with enough residual sweetness to provide some slight semblance of balance to the upcoming hop character and burst of bitterness. Hop flavors of pithy citrus fruits, resinous pine sap, and juicy pineapple rings. Strong bitterness as one would rightly expect. Additional hint of ripe apricots lurking in the background. Finishes dry with a long, unrelenting bitterness that loiters well into the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium-low carbonation. Slight smooth oiliness to the overall mouthfeel.

Drinkability: Not bad! Though it's boldly bitter and strong at a purported 10% ABV, it remains relatively drinkable for what it is. However, a thirsty friend (or two) is definitely welcome for finishing off the bomber.

Serving type: bottle

03-09-2010 20:03:10 | More by ChainGangGuy

BEERchitect

Kentucky

4.1/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

The mention of Triple IPA's conjure up comparisons to Founders Devil Dancer. I expect total aggression of hop flavor, aroma, bitterness- all backed by a dryish alcohol punch.

Bold aromas of citrus, pine resins, and fresh-cut grasses emit from the glass but with less brightness than I expected. A background of caramel malts persists in a similar way as Double IPA's. Aside from the citrus hops, a fruity-estery note does persists; woven into the malt profile.

The standard hazy honey colored beer gives medium amber hues with yeast sediment floating about. A creamy, sticky white head clings to the glass in irregular laces while hanging arround in very stubborn fashion. Aside from the heavy haze and particulates, the beer carries a very masculine stature.

Malty rich flavors of caramel sweetness lands on the tongue first but with the sudden on slaught of ruby red grapefruits, other citrus rinds, and intensifying bitterness from pine sap that never lets up. Sweetness fades at mid palate, allowing the malty-dry finish to ride along side of hoppy dryness and antagonizing alcohols. It's hard to tell where the citrus hops end and the fruity esters start, but there sweems to be an appricot, mango, and pineapple flavor that isn't entirely hop derived.

Creamy, rich, and nearly syrupy in texture, the beer lightens considerably from the inital sip, but the finish still seems barleywine heavy at times and could use better dryness.

Another apt description of this beer could be an IBA (Imperial Barleywine Ale) because the beer is probably closer to an American barleywine in style, maltiness, and body; but with the largest hop presence possible. Where I question why this beer doesn't score higher, I remind my self of the special attributes of big IPA's. They should be full of flavor and power, however with ultimate dryness and drinkability that makes easy drinking very possible and inviting. That seductive nature has been down played, in favor of biggness in this beer. After one sip, it just takes too long to want another.

Thanks a ton JimboHD2005! This one makes me think a lot- hurts my head. I think I need another beer.

Serving type: bottle

08-04-2010 02:51:07 | More by BEERchitect

metter98

New York

4/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: The beer is clear amber in color and has no visible carbonation. It poured with a finger high beige head that only died down a little and never completely faded away.
S: There are light to moderate aromas of grapefruit and pine resin hops in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste has flavors of grapefruit and pine resin hops along with a moderate amount of accompanying bitterness that particularly linger through the finish. There are some hints of caramel malts. The pine resin seems to become stronger as the beer warms up.
M: It feels a little more than medium-bodied and crisp on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: Considering its strength, this beer is rather drinkable because the alcohol is well masked from the taste.

Serving type: bottle

12-23-2012 00:55:46 | More by metter98

Knapp85

Pennsylvania

4.55/5  rDev +14%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer pours out as a copper color, some nice head at first that settles within a minute or so. The lacing is light but decent. The smell is very strong with piney hops. The taste has such a hoppiness to it that it's almost hard to even review. The mouthfeel is thick but smooth with a nice light carbonation. Overall this triple IPA is probably the best I've had as of yet. Aside of the Founders Devil Dancer and Brew Works Hopsalutely. Damn good triple IPA. Really wanna have this one again sometime!

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2011 05:34:55 | More by Knapp85

russpowell

Oklahoma

3.8/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Picked this up in NC, hauled back with TLC

Pours an effervescent and somewhat hazed caramel/orange with 3+ fingers of rocky tan head. Good head retention & lacing

S: Leafy hops & not much else

T: Leafy hops a touch of toffee & then grapefruit up front, some pear and breadyness too. Slight astringency surfaces as this warms, along with grapefruit, pineyness & too much leafy hops. Finally a little pineapple to balance this out a bit, plus a kiss of booze warmth & a touch of figgyness. Finishes with leafy hops, cakeyness & some nice fruittyness & a touch of toffee

MF: Fairly chewy, sticky. not much noticable carbonation. Warming & alright balance, got better as it warmed

Drinks fairly easy for the ABV & style. A decent take on the style, but this was fairly pricey, so I'll one & done. I'd rather get some BA BORIS all in all...

Drinks fairly easy, but I'm not in love with the hop mix. I would recommend drinking this above cellar temp; was better once warmer

Serving type: bottle

08-07-2010 03:31:59 | More by russpowell

WVbeergeek

Ohio

2.78/5  rDev -30.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2

Appears a bright copper amber when poured into my Allagash chalice, off white khaki off white head forms thick after a vigorous pour. I can tell the body is a bi viscous after the pour and carbonation has a hard time keeping up with the loads of malt and hops pushed into this beer. Fine even speckled patterns of lacing with each sip form on the sides of my glass.

Aroma has a strong assaulting onslaught of hops going on including fresh cut green onions and strong aromatic citrus peels. This reminds me a lot of Green Flash DIPA, a bit of pungent Mary Jane and tropical fruit tones blend in as well. Alcohol comes through amongst the wave of hops, malts do back up the hops but this one has potential to burn nostril hairs.

Flavor has an abusive level of hop bitterness and flavor. Raw herbaceous hops collide with booze to provide quite the unbalanced beast, which is what your going for with a Triple IPA. Hop pellets loads hit the palate with Grapefruit rinds, pine, and more green onion. It almost numbs the palate, so much that the balance between the malts and hops is completely abolished even in the hoppiest brews around I love for there to be some harmony rolling between the barrage of hop bitterness/flavors with the malts and alcohol. This one hits me with the booze and hop abrasiveness, and that pretty much sticks around. My palate is shot for further drinking and savoring of any other brews for the evening. Really not an enjoyable experience going on here.

Mouthfeel, this brew numbs the palate with hop bitterness and alcohol burn, it doesn't hide the 10% abv at all this is a booze bomb. Between those two abrasive qualities it doesn't make for a pleasant experience, carbonation I have no complaints with but the alcohol burn in my nares and on my breath doesn't do it for me. There are plenty of DIPAs out there that have the same alcohol without the abrasive fusel quality.

Drinkability overall is pretty poor too damn extreme for it's own good, throwing loads of hops and malts doesn't always equate to good beer. I love most of this small brewer's efforts but this one most definitely strikes out with me, at a beerfest a couple years back I drank silk porter ran through a tower of coffee beans and it was mindblowingly drinkable and flavorful at the same time.

Serving type: bottle

04-15-2010 05:31:44 | More by WVbeergeek

smcolw

Massachusetts

3.93/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Excellent starting, off-white head. It leaves a beautiful blanket of lace as it recedes slowly. The liquid is dark copper. Cloudy. Very close to the perfect appearance!

Lots of fresh hop aroma--closer to pine than citrus, but both are amply present. Soft, lighter malt aromas in the background. Interestingly, I cannot detect any alcohol in the nose.

Very bitter, naturally, but perhaps more than it needs to be. I'm being hyper-critical here, but this beer may be over-hopped. It has a peppery finish that lasts well. The alcohol, again, is muted for such a high level of abv. Almost no malt presence, even though the beer is rich.

As a hop head, I am enjoying this beer. But if bitter isn't your thing, this would be one to avoid.

Serving type: bottle

06-21-2010 18:07:34 | More by smcolw

johnmichaelsen

Oregon

4.05/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Picked up a bottle of this at Al's of Hampden.

The beer pours a copper amber color with good head retention and lacing. The nose is pretty intense and outrageous, as I get a huge aroma of pine, dry citrus, dank and skunky earth, and light underlying malt. The beer smells pretty boozy as well, which is to be expected in a 10% DIPA I guess. The flavor profile replicates the nose, but the hoppy bitterness in this beer is really over the top. Also, along with the blast of hoppy bitternees, I get something of a veggie soup flavor, which is interesting. Mouthfeel is full, and the finish is long, dry and almost painfully bitter. Alcohol is fairly well integrated into the flavor profile, but is still pretty noticeable in this sizeable DIPA. Really hard to imagine drinking an entire pint of this bad boy.

This is an impressive DIPA, no doubt, but I think the brewer got a bit carried trying to make an overly bitter DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

08-29-2011 13:54:58 | More by johnmichaelsen

glid02

Georgia

4.53/5  rDev +13.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Bottle from CBX in Charleston, SC.

Pours a deep copper color with a 1.5-finger off-white head. The head recedes into a wispy layer on top leaving decent lacing.

Smells of loads and loads of pine, citrus, and tropical fruit hops with light hints of pale malts and lighter hints of vanilla.

Tastes similar to how it smells. A surprisingly sturdy malt backbone that tastes partly of pale malts and partly of caramel malts serves as the background for a smorgasbord of hop flavors. As with the smell tropical fruit, citrus, and pine are all there but citrus and tropical fruit are more prevalent than they are in the nose. A mild amount of dryness begins midway through the sip and stays constant through to a solidly bitter ending.

Mouthfeel is great. It's got a very nice thickness with smooth and grainy carbonation.

Drinkability is very good. I finished my glass quickly and could very easily have another.

Overall I thought this was very close to being a great beer however it was missing just a bit of balance. Still, as it is it's very well worth trying, though slightly less so because of the expensive price tag.

Serving type: bottle

03-02-2010 23:13:22 | More by glid02

thagr81us

South Carolina

4.05/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Being a massive hop-head, I saved this one for my 100th review...

Served from bottle into a Duvel tulip. Pours a nice orange-red color with a one finger off white head that lingers. Maintains decent lacing throughout. The aroma is comprised of massive hops. The flavor is of massively bitter hops with a nice crisp finish. It has a medium feel on the palate with medium carbonation. Overall this is a pretty good IIPA. I must say, I mainly bought this due to their Triple IPA classification. I was not expecting much at all, but this is up there with Ruination on hop bitterness for sure at least in my bottle. Glad this is readily available as I will most like stocking up on this to cellar myself. A must try for massive hop heads out there.

Serving type: bottle

06-23-2010 00:25:03 | More by thagr81us

Cyberkedi

Georgia

4.7/5  rDev +17.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Aroma is SERIOUSLY hoppy - you could smell the hops if you were a kilometer upwind. It has woody and grassy notes and a subtle undertone of grapefruit. It pours a clear, dark amber with a nice light tan head and a few goobers in the bottom. Flavor is - WOOHOO, monumentally hoppy, more grassy and hay than evergreen, fairly but not fiercely bitter, with fruity and citrus undertones and a hint of caramel. Smooth, firm-bodied texture has plenty of sass and fizz. If you like hoppy beers, this one will be right up your alley!

Serving type: bottle

04-14-2012 02:16:25 | More by Cyberkedi

Huhzubendah

District of Columbia

4.26/5  rDev +6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

The beer is golden and fairly clear with a small white head. The aroma is great, offering a big dose of citric hops, followed by alcohol. Pineapples and mango. Good flavor. Bold and aggressive. Aroma is a step above the flavor. A solid offering from Fred and Hoppin' Frog. Best shared.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2013 02:17:14 | More by Huhzubendah

RoyalT

Ohio

3.53/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance – This shows the requisite orangish-brown color with a nice, moderate head that left some decent lacing.

Smell – The hops are huge here at the nose but not like a dry-hopped beer. There is some strong grapefruit, fresh pine, and a light floral character. The malts are almost absent but should step things up at the taste.

Taste – The malt does take it up one small notch here with some added caramel sugar but hops dominate the flavor. It’s a very strong grapefruit taste with a pine that’s almost pepperminty and lots of bitter leaf notes.

Mouthfeel – This is a big medium-bodied with bone wrenching bitterness. I like the thick, slick feel of the beer but was a bit put off with the bitterness in this style.

Drinkability – This is definitely a sipping beer that was a little blunt for my preference. I think the balance missed the mark but otherwise it wasn’t bad.

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2011 22:39:19 | More by RoyalT

gford217

Georgia

3.8/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

22oz bottle poured into a tulip.

Pours a crystal clear amber with some bubbles streaming to the top feeding a huge creamy beige head that shows excellent retention and lacing.

Huge, huge pithy grapefruit aroma with some juicy sweetness and hints of resinous pine and floral aromas. Light pale malt sweetness underneath but not enough to even think about balancing the hops.

Speaking of unbalanced, this is a seriously bitter-tasting hop bomb of a beer. There's no hint of malts in the taste, just a huge massively bitter citrus hop taste up front that almost tastes metallic. The finish has a lingering sticky hop aftertaste that just blasts the palate.

The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied and sticky, thick and sticky, with bitterness from start to finish.

This is a decent beer whose taste doesn't live up to the aroma for me. I thought the juicy citrus was going to come out, but the taste was just an overpowering bitterness that didn't have the flavors I was hoping for. Hop bomb.

Serving type: bottle

04-02-2010 01:49:34 | More by gford217

scruffwhor

Illinois

3.93/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

$18 for this 22 oz bottle! I hope its worth it.

Clear copper and sublime bronze mixed in to a somehwat resiny thick looking liquid. There's a lot of sediment in the bottom of this bottle, and I did my best to keep it out of my glass. The head is maybe one finger after the pour, and a little foam that recedes to nothing after a few sips.

The aroma makes me think of tree sap with some bitter orange marmalade spread on a crumpet... toasted.

Resiny palate right out of the gate. Orange peel and resiny tree sap bitterness upfront. The middle has some of that 10% abv. heat adding some bite to the bitterness. The heat slowly grows all the way to a long lingering and bitter finish.

This is a bitter, hop and resin lovers sippng beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-11-2010 05:19:36 | More by scruffwhor

TurdFurgison

Ohio

4.38/5  rDev +9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Another new Hoppin Frog beer, this time a triple IPA. This is among their priciest offerings, $13.99 in Columbus.

The beer is murky deep orange color, huge flakes of something floating around, maybe yeast? Big spitty head with lots of lacing on the glass. The beer smells big and hoppy, with noticeable alcohol throughout. Not too dissimilar from the aroma of Double Crooked Tree, another pricey DIPA/TIPA. The hops come through with grapefruit, other tropical fruits like pineapple or mango, pine needles or maybe more accurately resin, juicy, sweet, and sticky smelling.

The taste is strong with citrus and borderline astringent. You can tell there's a heavy malt bill, a nice caramel malt backing to the hops fight. Huge and delicious, really really good taste.

The body is appropriately thick, not syrupy but not far from that edge. Drinkability is good except maybe for the evident alcohol in the burn and taste. Outstanding, but I'd like to see Hoppin Frog address their costs. I probably won't return to it at this price.

Serving type: bottle

03-17-2010 23:41:10 | More by TurdFurgison

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

3.8/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5

22 oz bottle split and poured into a Duvel tulip. 10% ABV, 94 OG, 22.5 degrees Plato, "High IBUs"

Big old thanks to Beerwolf77 for ending a reallly long tasting with a face-melting IPA.

A - So much sediment in suspension, it's more populated than the stars in a dark night sky. Golden hued amber with a two-finger off-white head with moderate retention and tons of lace.

S - Rich pine-needle with grapefruit citrus so fresh it could have just been squeezed out into the beer. A lot of resin equivalent to opening a new action figure. Tons of back-up malts with a bold melted caramel chunk.

T - So much resiny pine it's almost ridiculous. It's like sap from a pine tree it's so rich tasting and powerful. So much grapefruit too, it can't get any fresher. Bitter beyond belief. Oy vey.

M - Hot Hop Damn this is just out-of-control. The hop level is close to insane and bitter as hell. This is one tongue-shredding brew that makes my teeth hurt.

D - A 22 needs to be split at LEAST 2 ways, if not 3 to be on in the drinkability category. It's so potent, if there were a Triple IPA category, this would be a main contender.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2010 23:06:33 | More by BeerFMAndy

tpd975

Florida

4.28/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Sampled at Hunahpus release.

A: Pours a bright clear orange amber like hue. Nice tall head, good retention and some solid lines of lace all the way down the glass.

S: Nice hopped up aroma, hop dam indeed. Tons and tons of citrus. Tart lemon, and semi sweet grapefruit. Hints of sweet malt can be detected before the more herbal hoppy notes kick in.

T: Hoppy for sure. With all tastes being represented. Hints of sweet resinous pine, bold tart zesty citrus, and a big big blast of of herbal hops. The sweet caramel malt tries to battle the hops but it really is a futile attempt.

M: Rather full in body for style, rich, bold, pretty extreme.

D: Not the most drinkable but pretty darn tasty.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2010 19:24:26 | More by tpd975

bluejacket74

Ohio

4.35/5  rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22 ounce bottle. Served in a snifter, the beer pours a hazy orange/copper color with about an inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is strong, nice and hoppy, mostly I smell piney and citrusy (grapefruit) hops along with some apricots and sweet malt. Taste is similar to the aroma, but with there being some bready malt and some spicy hops noticable too. Obviously, this beer is pretty much a hop bomb. There's also a nice lingering bitter hoppy finish. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's a bit slick and coating and has moderate carbonation. Drinkability is good, it's smooth and goes down easy. This is one of the better hoppy beers I've had in a while. If you like hops, then you should definitely try this brew.

Serving type: bottle

02-26-2010 23:09:17 | More by bluejacket74

merlin48

Kentucky

4.33/5  rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bomber pours a chill hazed honey amber body with a medium sized offwhite head. Good retention and some patchy lace rings the glass.

Aroma is sharply hops, as pine and grapefruit notes run rampant on the olfactories. Toasty caramel hints of a softening base for the mega hop assault.

Mouthfeel is medium in body and carbonation and has a resinous hop presence.

Taste is clean and savory. Robust hop presence serves up pine, grassiness, big grapefruit, and even a hint of florals. Just enough of a toasty caramel maltiness to even things out. Alcohol is hidden pretty well.

This one features a really excellent presentation of the hop bill. Nothing here really jumps out and says "triple IPA", but it's certainly a well done Double. Thanks to mntlover for sharing this bottle.

Serving type: bottle

05-07-2010 15:13:41 | More by merlin48

Durge

Connecticut

4.45/5  rDev +11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A cloudy deep copper colored brew, thick with particle goodies, big fat ones. The head is healthy, off-white and the lacing covers nicely. The aroma is a deep honey-pine-lemon hops, almost a juniper-pineapple edge to it. Unique, tastefully potent and just plain good. The flavor brings an intense alcohol hop bite with a near syrupy lemon-pine. It’s near full bodied, somewhat cloying with lots of sweet citrus-clover and just hyper bitterness that so satisfies the need within! This is another testament to great brewing where these guys can come out with unique creations like this and do it so well.

Serving type: bottle

07-04-2011 16:22:21 | More by Durge

brewdlyhooked13

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3

Appearance - a caramel/orange pour, a touch of haze. A light. yellowish creamy head gets up to about a finger before fading. It holds at a thin cover and makes a sturdy lace wall along the way.

Aroma - heavy, syrupy mango, pungent and piny after setup.

Taste - the grain comes across sweet and caramelly. Not for long though. The hops start with some citrus and pine, but go quickly to a very bitter, pungent, astringent, and somewhat medicinal place. I like it more at the beginning than I do at the end. The swallow and finish have a lot of high alpha bitterness, and my tongue is getting a fine shakedown at the moment. Some hints of citrus and abv warmth at the end.

Mouthfeel - very smooth and creamy, tempered carbonation make this feel fine.

Drinkability - some good parts, some not so much. Wouldn't mind having one to try after some cellaring, but I'm not sure I'd go for this again.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2010 03:41:16 | More by brewdlyhooked13