Hop Ninja - Beachwood BBQ & Brewing

CAMRAhardliner

Ontario (Canada)

4.5/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Enjoyed this at the brewpub in Long Beach. Reviewing from notes.

The pour reveals a slightly hazy brass liquid with a rocky pure white head. Huge amounts of lace cling to the glass. Aromatic floral hop notes fill the smell. Some tangerine and grapefruit mix with passionfruit notes. The taste is delicate and balanced. Tropical sweet hop notes blend flawlessly with a citric bitterness and layers of bready, cookie dough malts. Alcohol is impeccably hidden behind all the hop and malt flavors. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a spritzy carbonation. Floral hop notes in the finish eventually give way to a long long lasting bitterness.

This is an outstanding DIPA. Hop forward but very well balanced. A subtler, more tropical hop character than their Melrose IPA. Went amazingly with my spicy sausage sandwich.

Serving type: on-tap

10-07-2012 17:20:44 | More by CAMRAhardliner

Zbeetleman

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

05-15-2013 06:10:40 | More by Zbeetleman

CoolEthan

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

05-04-2013 20:00:16 | More by CoolEthan

FLBeerGuy

Florida

4.5/5  rDev +3.4%

04-28-2013 04:10:21 | More by FLBeerGuy

BRANDY818

California

4.55/5  rDev +4.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Normally IPAs that are 9% ABV are too much for me and wear me out. I was delighted to try this ale and surprised when I saw how strong it was.

It looks beautiful, it smells like a bag of citrus hops, it tastes like pine and citrus and it leaves a delicious and long lingering bitter sweet finish.

If anything it is too easy to drink and it should have caution signs all around it.

Not sure I've ever had a strong IPA that tasted this good. Yes I am looking at you Pliny!

Serving type: on-tap

04-25-2013 20:55:41 | More by BRANDY818

CEDAMA

California

5/5  rDev +14.9%

04-25-2013 01:55:10 | More by CEDAMA

OMsweetOM

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.4%

04-12-2013 06:38:32 | More by OMsweetOM

MasterSki

Illinois

4.3/5  rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Growler from subpoenadeuces. Thanks dude! Served in a tulip.

A - White foam settles to a thin cap and spotty lace. Mostly transparent, lightly hazed orange body.

S - Old-school mix of hops here: pine, orange, dank marijuana, some tropical notes, a bit of earthiness. Neutral bready malt backbone and well-concealed alcohol.

T - The taste is super heavy on the citrus, with some dank marijuana, pine, and zesty herbs arriving late. Low malt character, with light sugary sweetness to it. Hefty bitterness in the finish, and well-hidden booze.

M - Smooth, medium body, pleasant carbonation. Sufficiently hefty, but still a lighter DIPA. No obvious alcohol heat and quite easy to drink. I could stand a bit more dryness for my tastes.

D - A really excellent double IPA that would have been world-class 3-4 years ago before the onslaught of new hop varietals. Still, would happily drink this any time I encountered. We crushed the growler, even after drinking quite a high-ABV beers earlier in the evening.

Serving type: growler

03-12-2013 22:01:48 | More by MasterSki

erha2

New York

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

03-12-2013 00:22:06 | More by erha2

lear456089

California

5/5  rDev +14.9%

03-04-2013 20:22:25 | More by lear456089

AgentMunky

Alabama

3.59/5  rDev -17.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Served in a snifter at Blue Palms.

A: clear, murky yellow.

S: Garlicy hops. Sharp citrus.

T: I know these hops, I just can't call the name. Simcoe? Garlicky, citrus, and strong. Nothing else in this astringently hoppy beer.

M: Dry and intimidating.

O: An abrasive, one-dimensional beer that I enjoyed but is not particularly balanced. Taste at your peril.

Serving type: on-tap

02-23-2013 02:12:17 | More by AgentMunky

jeff1973

California

3.5/5  rDev -19.5%

02-18-2013 05:25:45 | More by jeff1973

SubpoenaDeuces

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

02-14-2013 04:00:32 | More by SubpoenaDeuces

popery

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

02-11-2013 18:15:09 | More by popery

Beerandraiderfan

Nevada

4.6/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Orange pour at the FW Invitational Fest. Mild white head, 1/2" deep. Good retention, especially for something quadruple dry hopped.

What a pungently delicious of aroma, Simcoe, Amarillo & Columbus just blast the nose with an amazingly dank glowing light green herbal vivaciousness.

Taste, yup, hits hard there too. Tons of pine notes. Not that there isn't any citrus, its there, but the soft bitterness and high times pine notes really do a number on the taste buds in an entirely appopriate and awesome way. Screw Doritos, this tastes how awesome feels.

This was probably the best beer that didn't seem to have many talking or making much waves.

Serving type: on-tap

08-24-2012 18:07:23 | More by Beerandraiderfan

t0rin0

California

4/5  rDev -8%

08-21-2012 02:03:39 | More by t0rin0

rmaste6282

California

4.5/5  rDev +3.4%

06-19-2012 21:44:53 | More by rmaste6282

UCLABrewN84

California

4.43/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

On tap at Beachwood BBQ & Brewing in Long Beach, CA.

Pours a slightly murky honey orange with a beige head that settles to a film on top of the beer. A foamy curtain of lace coats the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, citrus fruit, citrus zest, and some light tropical fruit aromas. Taste is exactly the same with a medium hop bitterness that lingers on the palate with each sip. This beer has a good level of carbonation with a crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is a very good beer with some great aromas and flavors.

Serving type: on-tap

06-19-2012 01:55:05 | More by UCLABrewN84

BdubleEdubleRUN

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

06-11-2012 18:27:48 | More by BdubleEdubleRUN

kdown

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

06-11-2012 07:19:19 | More by kdown

DocJitsu

California

4/5  rDev -8%

06-10-2012 19:37:04 | More by DocJitsu

John11486

California

4/5  rDev -8%

02-15-2012 22:15:26 | More by John11486

pdxkarl

California

5/5  rDev +14.9%

12-01-2011 22:38:43 | More by pdxkarl

emaciated

California

4.25/5  rDev -2.3%

11-17-2011 03:29:18 | More by emaciated

HopHead84

California

4.18/5  rDev -3.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

10/14/2011

On tap at Pizza Port Carlsbad.

A: Yellow gold with perfect clarity. The head is a finger of white sea foam exhibiting good retention and leaving much lacing on the glass.

S: Strong floral notes with a prodigious pine resin presence. There's a touch of candied sweetness but it quickly fades. Notes of tangerine, honeydew, and apricot waft from the glass. Very nice.

T: Grapefruit flesh and rind with a little stone fruit and melon. The beer has a light malt sweetness with a prominent pine resin profile. Bitterness is at an upper moderate level and there's a touch of alcohol in the flavor that wanes apace as the bitterness waxes toward the finish.

M: Medium body with a nice level of upper moderate carbonation.

Overall: Another nice beer from Julian. Recommended.

Serving type: on-tap

10-15-2011 18:58:22 | More by HopHead84