Hopkins India Pale Ale - Boquébière

ZorPrime

Quebec (Canada)

3.95/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

The beer is copper in color. Veiled. Nice head on top of it. The color of the head is beige and its dense, tenacious too. The aroma is fruits... Mainly tropical fruits (citrus and grapefruits). The aroma intensity is between light and medium, it would gain in being stronger if you ask me.

The taste is dominated by tropical fruits. If you like fruity IPA, then you are in for a treat. I like this one quite a lot. Some malts in the end. Well balanced. Effervescent in the mouth, maybe a little too much for me and for an IPA. Medium body. Delicious.

Serving type: bottle

06-27-2012 00:28:28 | More by ZorPrime

fostachild

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +2%

08-05-2012 17:00:33 | More by fostachild

kwjd

Ontario (Canada)

4/5  rDev +2%

06-15-2012 03:26:41 | More by kwjd

liamt07

Ontario (Canada)

4.03/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bottle from Sammy, 500ml into a tulip. Lot 1112-105.

Unfiltered amber/orange with a dense white head (comparable to the DIPA in this regard), again with retention so strong, it's almost to the point of inconvenience. Tons of lacing. Nose of citrus fruits, mostly oranges and some grassy/piney notes as well. Kind of reminds me of a milder version of a Mad Tom IPA. Sweet malt base beneath is evident as well. Big juicy tangerine and orange notes, sweet malt character, a bit of resin and some yeast character (this entire series appears to be bottle conditioned). Sweet and only a tad drying, modest bitterness. Much better than the DIPA from the same series in all regards, and certainly much truer to style. Low carb, fairly full body and all around more satisfying. A solid beer.

Serving type: bottle

05-03-2012 16:54:11 | More by liamt07

jrempel

Quebec (Canada)

4/5  rDev +2%

04-28-2012 15:26:12 | More by jrempel

Phyl21ca

Quebec (Canada)

3.98/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Bottle: Poured a deep orangey amber color ale with a nice huge foamy had with excellent retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of floral citrus hoppy notes are quiet pleasant. Taste is a nice mix between some semi-sweet malt base which are well balanced against some floral citrus notes and a bitter finish. Body is quite with limited filtration and good bottle conditioning and great carbonation. Nicely done and other winner from this brewery who just keep doing a good impression on me.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2012 20:06:56 | More by Phyl21ca

NForr

Quebec (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev -1%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

First time trying anything from this brewery. They seems to be pretty new to the Quebec microbrew scene, unless I just haven't seen it before.

Poured into my "La Vache Folle" stange glass. Foggy, murky beer with nice 3 fingers of head. Says it's bottle fermented, so that would account for all the yeast. Nice lacing, head lasts quite a while.

Citrus right away, candy, grapefruit, spices - cardamom, cloves. Amazing aromas coming off the beer.

Bitter right up front with a bunch of alcohol. Taste differs from the nose, less complex at the start - overpowered by the Boose and the bitterness. Some spices in there, with hints of citrus, grapefruit. Some minor sweetness lingering in the background. As I keep drinking this one, I'm starting to enjoy it more, the spices are coming out now, lots of cardamon. The body is think and chewy.

This was definitely a beer that takes some time for your palate to get used to. I'm a huge fan of big, bold bitter IPA's but this took some getting used to. Probably could not drink more then one of, but it was complex and quite different for the style. I'm curious to see what their double IPA is like.

Serving type: bottle

02-19-2012 22:30:54 | More by NForr

Caudalie

Quebec (Canada)

4.4/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

500 ml bottle, served with 3 other IPA.

Poured in a Riedel ouverture red wine glass

Nice golden color, with a good foamy head. Pretty light color overall comapred to many IPAs.

Really seductive nose reminiscent of peaches, citrus (but in a subtle way) and nice floral aromas. Really elegant and appealing, and quite distinctive too.

Really balanced, alcool is well integrated, rich and long, with a good bitter finish. Great drinkability, dry and fresh.

I'm pretty impressed, as it's a pretty dry american style IPA made 100% from quebec's malts. 7% acl./vol., 65 IBU. Colombus, Centennial and Cascade hops.

Serving type: bottle

12-22-2011 03:18:41 | More by Caudalie

oldp0rt

Quebec (Canada)

3.5/5  rDev -10.7%

11-24-2011 02:21:09 | More by oldp0rt

Digimaika2

Ontario (Canada)

3.73/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Relatively sure this is the beer I'm in fact drinking/reviewing. The label reads "Hopkins India Pale Ale" with a short description of "Strong Amber Ale on Lees" above that. 7.0% Alc.

A: Pours a cloudy peach-amber colour with an enormous foam head that's slightly creamy looking. Quite a good retention and good lacing.

S: Lots of citrus, rich bread-like malts, faint orchard fruit smell (apples or pears), and some yeast and clove reminiscent of a belgian-style.

T: Somewhat similar to the smell, but taken down a notch or two. Hop presence that is kept in check with a more subdued malt backbone that works well. Real nice and surprising fruit profile with citrus and orchard fruit coming through. Alcohol well hidden. The more I drink this (or the warmer it gets) the more I'm liking it.

M: Oily and a medium body with a moderate amount of carbonation.

D: Quite a good IPA that I'd purchase again. Tart citrus and faint crisp orchard fruits compliment each other well and make for a unique and tasty IPA.

Serving type: bottle

09-18-2011 03:02:55 | More by Digimaika2

northyorksammy

Ontario (Canada)

3.63/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

On tap at the brewpub, this has become a staple here. A light blond colour, yet a decent hop aroma and bitterness from Colombus and Cascade. A little light mouthfeel.Some nondescript malting, needs improvement to compete in the style in mouthfeel, balance.

Serving type: on-tap

11-24-2010 23:09:17 | More by northyorksammy