Fistful Of Hops - Sun King Brewing Company

vw73182

Indiana

2/5  rDev -38.8%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

I drank a Bells Two Hearted which is an averaged hopped IPA before consuming this. I would have figured with the name "Fistful Of Hops" this would be a massive IPA with a massive hop presence? However that assumption was vastly incorrect. I took a good sniff of it prior to drinking and didn’t really get a whole lot and I was looking to pick up on some hops in the beer. The mouth feel is not much there is no major hop bitterness or flavor from what I could tell. This made the Two Hearted I had just consumed seem like a 100+ IBU beer in comparison. There was a slight head on the beer and the huge was much darker than a typical IPA. The huge through me off as I would of expected more of a malty and spice presence but those where not there either. Overall this was a gigantic let down and wasn’t very enjoyable to drink.

Serving type: on-tap

06-14-2011 21:12:48 | More by vw73182

HosP

Indiana

3.85/5  rDev +17.7%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Got a growler of this for the holiday weekend. Shared with some friends throughout the night.

A- Pours clear almost copper in color. White head fades away very quickly to just some appearance around the edge.

S- Nice almost completely hop aroma. Grapefruit and Citrus mostly. Hint of malts at the end.

T- Like the name and the nose, lots of hop flavor here. Right up front you get the bitterness with grapefruit flavor. Some citrus mixed in at the end with a little malt backbone. Seemed a little sweet at the end.

M- On the lighter side of medium body.

O- Very solid IPA, nothing spectacular, but good. Finished off the growler very easily and quickly. I like hops, so wouldn't mind having another growler of it.

poured cold from a growler grabbed a couple hours ago at the brewery a crisp, translucent light copper to a sun king shaped pint glass with a big bubbled, short lasting, white head that leaves a fair amount of quickly receding spotty lace after each sip.

great big citrus-y and grapefruit aroma.

as advertised, it's about the hops, and alot of them. big bitter grapefruit hops up front, followed by more hops. as it warms a bit, there's a hint of a caramel malt, but really, it's a hint at most and then its back to the hops.

bitter to the back of the tongue, light bodied, medium carbonation.

drinkable - sure, i'll finish the 32oz growler.

overall - absolutely hit the mark. big hops.

Serving type: growler

05-30-2011 23:09:53 | More by HosP

kjc51478

Germany

3.1/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A: Appearance is amber color with thin, beige head.

S: Aroma is citrus including grapefruit, pineapple and lemon.

T: Taste is almost completely dominated by the hops with a medium strong bitterness and notes of citrus. There’s only a slight hint of malty sweetness.

M: Palate is medium bodied, good carbonation, and bitter finish.

O: Just an average IPA, nothing remarkable.

Serving type: on-tap

05-21-2011 20:51:08 | More by kjc51478

robwestcott

Indiana

3.9/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

poured cold from a growler grabbed a couple hours ago at the brewery a crisp, translucent light copper to a sun king shaped pint glass with a big bubbled, short lasting, white head that leaves a fair amount of quickly receding spotty lace after each sip.

great big citrus-y and grapefruit aroma.

as advertised, it's about the hops, and alot of them. big bitter grapefruit hops up front, followed by more hops. as it warms a bit, there's a hint of a caramel malt, but really, it's a hint at most and then its back to the hops.

bitter to the back of the tongue, light bodied, medium carbonation.

drinkable - sure, i'll finish the 32oz growler.

overall - absolutely hit the mark. big hops.

Serving type: growler

05-21-2011 00:21:13 | More by robwestcott