Hop Stoopid - Lagunitas Brewing Company

tectactoe

Michigan

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

From a 22 oz bottle. Pours a tacky, stingy yellow color, highly opaque and cloudy. Thin white head that relaxes on top, leaving a respectable trace of lacing through the top half of the beer. Nose hits with a huge assortment of pungent hops and intense grapefruits. Pineapples and mangoes are swarming around as well. First sip - slightly dank, heavy amount of oily resins and pungent hops - both bitter and sweet, a cornucopia of citruses, fruits, and pines. Malt overtones in the finish help to balance out the ending, but this beer was meant to be bitter and hoppy. Heavy on the mouth, sticky, slick, and held up by a medium amount of carbonation.

Seriously great beer. Amazing flavor, so full of pines, resins, and hops that are counterbalanced perfectly by the fruity citrus, grapefruit, and pineapple flavors which ironically come from the hops as well. Slight malt finish puts a nice close on things. I recommend this beer to everybody.

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2012 13:13:58 | More by tectactoe

SwG237

New York

3.5/5  rDev -16.9%

05-24-2013 04:05:45 | More by SwG237

Jeremy_H

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +12.8%

05-24-2013 02:03:19 | More by Jeremy_H

Michael_20P

California

4/5  rDev -5%

05-23-2013 23:28:11 | More by Michael_20P

visionaries

California

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

05-23-2013 17:08:48 | More by visionaries

Callmecoon

California

4/5  rDev -5%

05-23-2013 02:30:38 | More by Callmecoon

JReites

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-23-2013 02:07:58 | More by JReites

Juno_Malone

Idaho

4/5  rDev -5%

05-23-2013 00:21:28 | More by Juno_Malone

MaddDogg84

Texas

5/5  rDev +18.8%

05-23-2013 00:16:09 | More by MaddDogg84

Wally

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-22-2013 23:55:38 | More by Wally

firecrack0r

California

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-22-2013 23:01:43 | More by firecrack0r

dcloeren

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-22-2013 20:08:19 | More by dcloeren

BigGingDrinker

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-22-2013 20:05:56 | More by BigGingDrinker

KVNBGRY

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-22-2013 15:13:40 | More by KVNBGRY

mitch3114

New York

3.5/5  rDev -16.9%

05-22-2013 04:03:04 | More by mitch3114

gamanley

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -10.9%

05-22-2013 02:50:19 | More by gamanley

kemoarps

Washington

4.14/5  rDev -1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours a beautiful amber with a massive pillowy white head that lingers and lingers. Nice lacing, crisp and clear body.

I smell a lot of tropical fruits, some biscuity malts a little resin.

A classic west coast DIPA. tropical fruits, good malt backbone,

This is a classic for a reason. Incredibly smoothe and easy drinking. You're not reading this because you're unsure what Hop Stoopid is. HS is known, and it's known for a reason. It's a very good west DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 22:26:21 | More by kemoarps

VirginiaJeff1

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-21-2013 19:35:50 | More by VirginiaJeff1

mtomlins

Ontario (Canada)

4.6/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 650 ml bottle into a La Fin du Monde Tulip Glass

A: A beautiful light copper color; almost the color of honey. It pours to a big, thick white head that slowly dies down leaving lots of lacing (which persisted to the very end!).

S: Whoa, that’s a lot of hops!!! A huge hop bouquet that is dominated sticky, resinous pine. There is also a lot of citrus in there (some oranges and grapefruit maybe). This beer smells awesome!

T: What can I say, ‘effing awesome!!! Hop Stoopid, as the name suggests, has a massive hop flavor with tons of sticky piney hops. The massive amounts of bittering hops work in perfect balance with a sweet caramel malt base. There must be a huge grain bill but the sweetness is not coating or overpowering and in the end, the beer finishes very clean with lingering flavors of malt and pine and grapefruit.

M: Full, rich, round, creamy, clean.

O: This is a fantastic beer and is one of my new favorites! While the first thing that comes to mind with Hop Stoopid is buckets of hops, I am left impressed with the perfect balance of flavors. Even my hop-o-phobic wife really liked this beer!!

Serving type: bottle

05-21-2013 19:30:26 | More by mtomlins

Busker

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-21-2013 18:12:39 | More by Busker

canders0927

Texas

4.5/5  rDev +6.9%

05-21-2013 13:22:13 | More by canders0927

PlinyBeMiney

California

4.25/5  rDev +1%

05-21-2013 06:59:17 | More by PlinyBeMiney

SiriuslyB

New York

4.75/5  rDev +12.8%

05-21-2013 04:59:14 | More by SiriuslyB

SebD

Ontario (Canada)

4.34/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: It has a nice deep golden/orange color to it. It has a nice off-white head that dies down moderately and leaves nice lacing.

Smell: The aromas definitely give out hints of piney resins, grapefruit, citrus and a touch of sweet caramelly malts. Loving it so far.

Taste: Like the aromas, it has some resiny pine, grapefruit, citrus, some earthiness and sweet caramelly malts.

Mouthfeel: It has a medium/high carbonation with a very nice overall balance and feel.

Drinkability: It's a very smooth drinkable beer accompanied with great flavors and aromas. My first beer from Lagunitas and I want more!

Serving type: bottle

05-20-2013 20:46:07 | More by SebD

tipfortap

New York

4/5  rDev -5%

05-20-2013 17:10:28 | More by tipfortap