Hopworks IPA - Hopworks Urban Brewery

elgiacomo

Georgia

3.4/5  rDev -18.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

22oz bottle, unsure on date. Nothing quite matches up with what I see on the Fresh Beer Only site...no hashmarks or printed date. Served at around 40F.

Pours lightly hazy orange/amber with a two finger off-white head that leaves some sheets and spots of lacing behind and holds a small foamy cap.

Aroma is floral, some orange marmalade and apricot, hint of onion, good bit of bread and toast, a little caramel malt. Mild strength but gets stronger as it warms.

Flavor is orange/tangerine citrus, a bit of grapefruit rind, some apricot, some melon, bready/cracker malt in the middle with a hint of caramel, minute sweetness, solid bitterness and a bit of alcohol on the finish.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied, somewhat oily, a touch sticky, good carbonation.

Pretty good IPA, but has its faults. Juicy hops in the flavor, average aroma that is kind of weird...toast, orange marmalade and onions...an odd combination. Flavor is nice, though.

Serving type: bottle

07-02-2012 04:09:43 | More by elgiacomo

mattst

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

05-23-2013 02:07:12 | More by mattst

LXIXME

New Mexico

4.05/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Big light off white head settles into a nice lacing above a clear copper-bronze colored beer.

Citrus, pine, and fresh grass hops aroma that seems to be on the lighter side.

Nice hops taste that is not overwhelming but definitely there with some citrus, some pine aspects and a little bit of fresh grass attributes, giving this IPA a pleasant IPA taste.

A dry slightly bitter hops taste aspect to the aftertaste of this medium bodied beer.

A decent beer definitely worth a try if you are into IPA's or the Portland beer scene.

Serving type: can

05-20-2013 20:36:21 | More by LXIXME

BSore

Oregon

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

05-16-2013 06:25:16 | More by BSore

HarmonMW

Michigan

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

05-13-2013 22:19:43 | More by HarmonMW

ScottieD

Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

05-11-2013 01:50:36 | More by ScottieD

Asics

Washington

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

05-10-2013 11:26:15 | More by Asics

ericj551

British Columbia (Canada)

4/5  rDev -4.1%

05-07-2013 04:23:55 | More by ericj551

Chou

Oregon

3.25/5  rDev -22.1%

05-04-2013 06:22:08 | More by Chou

xnicknj

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -4.1%

05-02-2013 22:41:24 | More by xnicknj

BtownIrish20

Indiana

4/5  rDev -4.1%

05-02-2013 18:05:31 | More by BtownIrish20

SMITHAND

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +1.9%

04-28-2013 01:23:47 | More by SMITHAND

merc7186

New York

3.7/5  rDev -11.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

16oz can poured into a mug.

A: Hazy Golden Straw/Mildly Amber, Passes Some Lacing, White Head, Decent Lacing

S: Floral, Biscuits, Mildly Grainy Malts

T: Biscuits, Mildly Floral, Mildly Malty

M: Decent Carbonation, Medium Bodied, Mildly Drying

Overall, a nicely balance IPA, nothing blow me away but sessionable...may have had some hop fade but no dating on the can.

Serving type: can

04-27-2013 03:41:55 | More by merc7186

tswater

Colorado

3/5  rDev -28.1%

04-17-2013 01:03:14 | More by tswater

zackb

Oregon

4/5  rDev -4.1%

04-14-2013 02:34:48 | More by zackb

Poserdisposer

Alberta (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +7.9%

04-13-2013 06:21:12 | More by Poserdisposer

jvillefan

California

3.6/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

A: A hazy deep almost mustard yellow body with a one finger head that quickly dissipates.

S: Very bready and malty in the front of the beer with some dank bitterness in the back.

T: There is a sharp bitterness in the front. There is some citrus flavors in the hop character but the best way I can describe it is grass-like. The malt is very mild and has very subtle caramel qualities to it.

M: Good body with maybe too much carbonation.

O: It is an average IPA. Nothing special here.

Serving type: can

04-13-2013 04:24:52 | More by jvillefan

CrazyDavros

Australia

4.05/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.75

Pours dark amber with a large, white head.
Aroma of orange marmalade, peaches, rich sweet malt, resinous hops and pepper. Nice.
More resinous hops as a flavour, along with loads of sweet crystal malt and orange marmalade.
Good stuff, damn enjoyable.

Serving type: can

04-12-2013 06:42:30 | More by CrazyDavros

Nzinger

Washington

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

04-09-2013 01:45:06 | More by Nzinger

HopChef44

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.1%

04-04-2013 02:40:24 | More by HopChef44

Immortale25

Florida

4.21/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Poured into a snifter. My good friend SatlyMalty surprised me with this one. Bottom of can has an unreadable freshness date but I see a 13 so it must be from this year.

A- Pours a medium amber color with a 3/4 inch off-white head that retains nicely before slowly relinquishing to a thick ring around the edge of the glass and plentiful surface foam. Clots of semi-resilient lacing slide down the glass when I swirl.

S- Piney aroma that's fresh and effervescent as the carbonation puts off great hop fumes. A faint bit of caramel-like malt is detected beneath. Musty and earthy.

T- Mostly vegetal hop flavor that brings to mind celery, broccoli and arugula. Bitterness is mild and balanced on the malt base. Alcohol is very toned down allowing for lots of quaffing.

M- Smooth and pretty crisp with medium carbonation and a body on the lighter side.

O- I like Hopworks, but man do they dig the earthy types of hops, mainly cascade. I guess I just want more variety since the only other beer of theirs I've had was their Double Dry Hop IPX - Cascade. This is a very sessionable IPA, as was the other so I guess I'm just dying to see what they can do with a DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

03-28-2013 23:59:03 | More by Immortale25

Big_V

Maryland

4.11/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

First Review! Poured bottle into my pint glass...

A - Light golden color with white head about 2 fingers

S - Citrus ,pine

T - The taste kind of surprised me. Very crisp, clean, easy to drink as if it was brewed with spring water. Must be where the organic comes from.

M - Light, not overwhelmingly bitter

O - I like my IPA's with a little more ABV, but great non the less. Could drink all day in the summer.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2013 12:25:15 | More by Big_V

sendsilk

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -16.1%

03-22-2013 23:29:01 | More by sendsilk

Hopmodium

Washington

4/5  rDev -4.1%

03-15-2013 06:54:01 | More by Hopmodium

DaveHack

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -10.1%

03-08-2013 23:27:50 | More by DaveHack