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Exponential Hoppiness
Alpine Beer Company
- From:
- Alpine Beer Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 11%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.42 | pDev: 9.05%
- Reviews:
- 405
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 27, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 08, 2003
- Wants:
- 1,453
- Gots:
- 101
This Hop Monster uses multiple kettle hop additions with the technique of doubling the hop amount each addition (exponentially). Add in the hop back and the continuous dr- hopping and your starting to get the picture. The beer is finished off with a "body-bag" sized hop-bag full of hop cones and oak chips. There it ages and mellows, disguising the alcohol content for a double strong, incredibly hoppy, yet drinkable beer.
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Ratings by KAP1356:
Reviewed by KAP1356 from Pennsylvania
4.55/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.55/5 rDev +2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Huge thanks to my buddy Doug for bringing this one back from CA his last trip out. Had this in March of 2013. Poured into a snifter...
A - Golden amber colored beer with a bout a fingers worth of bone white head. VERY sticky lacing around the glass - not surprised.
S - Holy hops! Huge amount of grassy, earthy, hops up front. Some slight booze is there along with some oak undertones. VERY dank and hoppy full of citrus and pine notes coming through.
T - Extremely grassy and earthy hops here. Floral, pine, citrus - everything hoppy comes through on the taste. Some slight oak presence as well. The malts stand up to the hops, but the hops still take the stage here. Nice and crisp in the flavor with some bready malts making themselves known.
M - Medium bodied beer with a moderate carbonation. Sticky, resiny, and oily just as it should be. Some slight booze is noticeable on the backend of the beer.
O - Really phenomenal beer. Such a tremendous blend of earthy, grassy hops. Really well done and certainly stood out to me as a great DIPA.
Mar 02, 2013A - Golden amber colored beer with a bout a fingers worth of bone white head. VERY sticky lacing around the glass - not surprised.
S - Holy hops! Huge amount of grassy, earthy, hops up front. Some slight booze is there along with some oak undertones. VERY dank and hoppy full of citrus and pine notes coming through.
T - Extremely grassy and earthy hops here. Floral, pine, citrus - everything hoppy comes through on the taste. Some slight oak presence as well. The malts stand up to the hops, but the hops still take the stage here. Nice and crisp in the flavor with some bready malts making themselves known.
M - Medium bodied beer with a moderate carbonation. Sticky, resiny, and oily just as it should be. Some slight booze is noticeable on the backend of the beer.
O - Really phenomenal beer. Such a tremendous blend of earthy, grassy hops. Really well done and certainly stood out to me as a great DIPA.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Beers-es from Virginia
4.4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
From a month-old pint can, pours a very clear darkish-gold. Small white head with little lacing, as you'd expect from this ABV. Smell and taste are classic West Coast IPA, with pine and honey malt in balance. Good hit of bitterness in the finish. No trace of alcohol, medium feel. Great beer.
Mar 17, 2021Reviewed by Hooded from Texas
4.37/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Notes from 12/20/2019
On tap in a half pint snifter at The Draft House Austin Texas.
Look is golden and a little cloudy. There is almost no head because the staff pour carefully to the brim to give you more beer. 4.25
Smell is hops, citrus, stone fruit, and a little spice. 4.00
Taste is mango, citrus, alcohol, some malt, pine, and moderate bitterness. 4.5
Feel is medium and a little slick. 4.5
Overall it is a big IPA with a lot going on. It's too much for me to drink it offten but it is a great beer. 4.5
Dec 22, 2019On tap in a half pint snifter at The Draft House Austin Texas.
Look is golden and a little cloudy. There is almost no head because the staff pour carefully to the brim to give you more beer. 4.25
Smell is hops, citrus, stone fruit, and a little spice. 4.00
Taste is mango, citrus, alcohol, some malt, pine, and moderate bitterness. 4.5
Feel is medium and a little slick. 4.5
Overall it is a big IPA with a lot going on. It's too much for me to drink it offten but it is a great beer. 4.5
Exponential Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
1350 ratings
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