Hop Rush - Four Horsemen Brewing Company

blackcompg

Illinois

3.98/5  rDev +21%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from their 12oz bottle, 6pk purchased for $10.99 in Paw Paw MI

Appearance - Wow, pours a gorgeous hazy ruby amber color, the head takes nearly 20 seconds to form, about a finger of soft tan foam slowly forms, laces at the beginning but the cap eventually dissipates, ending the lacing

Smell - Big floral hops, tropical fruits, warm toffee.

Taste - Starts with a blend of prominent tropical fruit, ripe plum and heavy floral hops, mid sip there is a very interesting touch of salted dark toffee, and it works really well here. The light salt brings a juiciness to the tropical and dark fruits here. After this the floral hops gently bitter and dry out giving way to grapefruit pith, sour plumskin, pollen and dried flowers. The 9% provides a complimentary warmth vs taste.

Mouthfeel - Nearly medium, this is extremely slick and juicy, and somewhat mouth coating, an almost creamy mouthfeel. Carb is on the lower side, and really let's the juiciness and light salted toffee assert themselves.

Overall - This is a floral hop bomb for sure. The darker fruits and salted toffee make this far different from most dipa's, but the huge floral hops and bitter grapefruit remind you that it is. A very interesting brew, a winter dipa if there ever was one!
You will likely love or hate this, I love the floral hops and salted toffee, I recommend this one.

Serving type: bottle

12-30-2012 20:40:28 | More by blackcompg

barnzy78

Illinois

1.78/5  rDev -45.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

12oz bottle, pours very hazy, deep reddish-amber color topped with a ton of ivory colored foam that leaves plenty of foam along the inside of the glass. I had to wait to pour the 2nd half of the ale into the glass after the first roud of foam subsided. Sweet, bready malt aroma with earthy hop tones, a bit medicinal. Muddled flavors of bready malt, caramel, earth, pungent hop, faint soy sauce, a bit medicinal. Over-carbonated, foams in the mouth as you move it across the palate, finishes with a sharp acidity and astringency, earthy hops linger. Unfortunately this was just bad. First drain-pour in awhile...and I hate to drain-pour, but this just isn't worth finishing.

Serving type: bottle

05-02-2013 01:33:31 | More by barnzy78

bohemyth

Indiana

2.75/5  rDev -16.4%

04-24-2013 05:41:02 | More by bohemyth

Tucquan

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -1.2%

04-04-2013 21:49:06 | More by Tucquan

DRyan

Texas

1.95/5  rDev -40.7%
look: 2 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.75

Poured in a crappy hotel glass.

A: way too dark for a "regular" non-black IPA. It's a ruddy dark brown that is really unappealing. It has a decent whitehead that isn't lacing at all, but that could be the crappy hotel glass

S: no real hop presence for a beer with "hop" in it's name. It's got done maltiness, some sweetness, but no hop presence that I expected.

T: too sweet, too bitter. The malt is too sweet and malt, the hops all seem to be early boil and not providing and aroma just bittering. The bitter is so strong that it doesn't have any piny/citrusy/tropical notes at all, just bitter. :(

M: meh. Nothing special. Not bad, not good

D: really glad I just bought a single, as I'd be pissed if I had spent money on more of these. It's drinkable, but not really enjoyable. Pretty disappointing IPA overall.

Serving type: bottle

03-21-2013 02:29:16 | More by DRyan

Borlando89

Illinois

3/5  rDev -8.8%

03-11-2013 01:12:55 | More by Borlando89

SnatchyMcPants

Indiana

2/5  rDev -39.2%

02-18-2013 23:45:09 | More by SnatchyMcPants

jbrew420

4/5  rDev +21.6%

02-10-2013 15:36:44 | More by jbrew420

Miller650

Indiana

5/5  rDev +52%

02-03-2013 19:07:41 | More by Miller650

Judgie

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev +14%

01-10-2013 23:51:38 | More by Judgie

indybearsfan

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev +6.4%

12-26-2012 18:28:45 | More by indybearsfan

bdn72

3.5/5  rDev +6.4%

12-14-2012 14:58:59 | More by bdn72

adamjthompson00

Indiana

2.25/5  rDev -31.6%

11-08-2012 03:58:48 | More by adamjthompson00

bzach

Indiana

3.5/5  rDev +6.4%

10-21-2012 05:29:45 | More by bzach

mgroothuis

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +6.4%

10-13-2012 20:23:07 | More by mgroothuis

homebrew311

Illinois

2.8/5  rDev -14.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Poured into pint glass. Clear gold appearance with soapy white head that retains nicely. Nose is bitter with deep earthy pine and a weird paint like quality. Taste is subdued with some caramel malt and funky bitterness. Something tastes off about this. Mouthfeel is thick and highly carbonated. This beer is a bit of a mess, not sure what went wrong here.

Serving type: bottle

08-10-2012 04:11:49 | More by homebrew311

secondtooth

Indiana

3.93/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Cloudy amber, with a profusion of off-white suds. No visible lace, though.

Nose is citrus, pine, and floral hops. Very enticing and appealing.

Taste is brisk and hoppy. Plenty of grapefruit bitterness. Hop Rush is tangy, chewy, and a superb American IPA. And the 9% ABV isn't really too detectable. Excellent!

Serving type: bottle

07-29-2012 20:32:46 | More by secondtooth

neckbracesub

Indiana

4/5  rDev +21.6%

07-07-2012 12:33:05 | More by neckbracesub

DMarlinJ

Michigan

4/5  rDev +21.6%

07-05-2012 15:21:03 | More by DMarlinJ

JamesS

Indiana

3.35/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

On tap at Tomlinson Tap Room. Poured a very nice deep ruddy golden color with nice head and a bit of nice lacing. Hugely thick malty scent with a bit of heat in the nose and a nice wallop of piney-floral hoppiness. Thick malt flavors with deep pine/floral/earthy hops all throughout and a bit of a thick hot horseradish flavor, as well. Thick and a bit hot, it's still a decent impy IPA, but could use some polishing.

Serving type: on-tap

06-14-2012 18:49:23 | More by JamesS