Hopivore - New Holland Brewing Company

deadonhisfeet

Kentucky

3.4/5  rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a bottle into a Sierra Nevada tulip. It's a beautiful pour. There's great clarity, the color is a lovely golden amber, and there's a nice rocky head with good retention. The nose is a bit of a disappointment. I expected it to really hit me in the face with fresh hop aromas, but it's very faint.

Medium body. The feel is not bad, but a little thinner than I expected. Nice toast and marmalade flavors on the front of the palate and a fairly well-balanced mash of hops that dry things up a bit. I was looking for more hop character, but at least this beer isn't sweet. The finish is rather dead. The hops don't quite make it to the back of the palate.

Sadly, this beer didn't quite deliver what it promised. I did get nice fresh hop flavors, but they just weren't intense enough to justify $10.99 for a 4-pack. It's not a bad beer, but there are far better (and cheaper) pale ales out there than this. The only reason I'm rating it as high as I am is because it's only listed as a pale ale. If it was listed as an IPA (like most wet-hopped harvest ales are), I would not be so generous. This thing doesn't belong in the same room as harvest ales from SN, Founders, or Three Floyds.

Serving type: bottle

10-11-2012 19:06:59 | More by deadonhisfeet

clfrost

Pennsylvania

2/5  rDev -40.3%

04-22-2013 00:22:03 | More by clfrost

Kelp

New Hampshire

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

04-15-2013 05:49:35 | More by Kelp

CaptainNomihodai

Illinois

3.25/5  rDev -3%

03-03-2013 04:16:02 | More by CaptainNomihodai

Sparty55

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

02-28-2013 03:49:46 | More by Sparty55

hardrock

Arkansas

4/5  rDev +19.4%

02-18-2013 18:01:50 | More by hardrock

twkirkby

Michigan

4/5  rDev +19.4%

02-17-2013 00:28:55 | More by twkirkby

st9647v3

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

02-13-2013 04:23:42 | More by st9647v3

AlMarzo

Michigan

3/5  rDev -10.4%

02-09-2013 10:47:55 | More by AlMarzo

bacher468

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

02-05-2013 20:53:46 | More by bacher468

alex021224

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

02-01-2013 14:41:08 | More by alex021224

JVoyager

Michigan

4.5/5  rDev +34.3%

01-27-2013 22:04:18 | More by JVoyager

buschbeer

Ohio

3.66/5  rDev +9.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

12 ounce bottle
Served in a perfect pint glass

A - It is bloody orange with amber highlights and appears cloudy. It has two inches of beige head.

S - I get some caramel malt.

T - The taste is more balanced. I notice the bitter hops first, but there is enough of a malt backbone to even it out. There is a bitter pine taste.

M - Medium

O - It is almost a bridge between an APA and an IPA. It is hoppy for a pale ale, but would not be considered hoppy for an IPA. It was well done.

Serving type: bottle

01-27-2013 02:46:19 | More by buschbeer

IkeMan90

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +26.9%

01-21-2013 02:32:17 | More by IkeMan90

imperialking

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

01-17-2013 19:36:14 | More by imperialking

buddyvelt

Michigan

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

01-15-2013 19:44:25 | More by buddyvelt

BlissJunkie

Michigan

4/5  rDev +19.4%

01-14-2013 23:05:16 | More by BlissJunkie

schmityl

3.25/5  rDev -3%

01-14-2013 00:57:28 | More by schmityl

KevinGordon

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -3%

01-08-2013 05:57:02 | More by KevinGordon

imbuckeye

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

01-03-2013 02:51:40 | More by imbuckeye

mfnmbvp

Illinois

4.23/5  rDev +26.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz. bottle, no bottled on date present. I didn't know this beer was limited / brewed once so I had to pick up another bottle and see what the deal is! Uncapped and poured to a Boulevard tulip.

A - Not as coppery as I would have imagined, based on other people's reviews. More towards an orange-reddish IPA look with a hint of copper haze. Hazy cloudy orange with about one finger of head, going down quick. Significant lacing.

S - Lemons. Pine hops. Smells very sticky and resinous.

T - Lemon, citrus, pine. Wonderful hop profile isn't over-dominant yet is still very much the ingredient in the foreground. The malts play an integral part, but this beer is so extremely well-balanced it might almost be ridiculous (in a good way).

M - Bitter, malty, hoppy, citrus flavors linger on the tongue and the palate for a minute.

Overall, this might be my favorite American Pale Ale so far. A better, more balanced, less heartburn-inducing version of the Grand Teton Sweetgrass APA. Very glad I decided to give this brew another chance, especially since I have been generally let down by New Holland brewing. If you see it, pick it up before they're all gone!

New Holland Hopivore ---4/5

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 02:54:44 | More by mfnmbvp

tharper

North Carolina

3.28/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: 1" head dwindles down to 1/4 " in 3 minutes - nice lacing. reddish copper - very clear
S: Fresh hop/harvest ale - nice malt backbone - pine w/ very slight cirtus - bit of pepper and earth
T: Slightly watery version of smell - bits of dark fruit - good malt complexity
M: Dry clean and polished - earthy but not grainy - fair carbonation - not slick

O: good rep of harvest ale, not necessarily IPA ish in the extreme Amercan sense - nice to drink and very good overall flavor

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2012 04:04:29 | More by tharper

bc_ales

3.25/5  rDev -3%

12-25-2012 02:55:11 | More by bc_ales

zapahoppa

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +4.5%

12-23-2012 03:07:34 | More by zapahoppa

UltimateLivewire

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev +11.9%

12-22-2012 19:02:41 | More by UltimateLivewire