Hop Crisis - 21st Amendment Brewery

greenengineer

Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

12 oz can into my Nerax pint glass, served right out of the bag from the store refrig case.
A - cloudy yellow appearance, big yeasty head with lots of lacing.
S - hops are with you from the moment you crack open the can
T - hop bitterness upfront, but a decent malt sweetness. Considering the high ABV, not tasting a lot of alcohol
M - a little chewy
O - nice, well balanced imperial IPA. Compares well with Deviant Dales.

Serving type: can

05-18-2013 17:48:24 | More by greenengineer

Flounder57

Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

12 oz can was poured into a snifter. Canned 8/6/12.

Appearance: This beer poured a one finger head that reduced to a thin layer and left some nice lacing on the glass. It is a pale orange color with great clarity and bubbles coming up through the glass. More lacing on the glass as the beer was drank.

Smell: Citrus hops, boozy alcohol, caramel malts, and a little oak.

Taste: grapefruit and tangerine, caramel and toffee, mild hop tingly bitterness, and a little oakey.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, a little boozy, low to medium carbonation, medium bodied, and very drinkable.

Overall: Pretty solid DIPA. I would grab another can.

Serving type: can

05-06-2013 02:15:58 | More by Flounder57

BeerNotes

Ohio

4.56/5  rDev +14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A: Golden yellow with a 1/2 inch head — dissipates to about 1/8 inch — and laces all the way down.

S: Lots of citrus, bits of oak and earth, slight malt.

T: Surprisingly biscuity up front. Quickly gives way to grapefruit and hops. Oaked smokiness masks some of the alcohol flavor near the back. Ends very bitter.

M: Moderate thickness and carbonation.

O: It’s a really nice beer. Not too heavy-handed on the oak flavors, but enough to cover some of the booziness and add a nuanced finish. And you’re never confused about what you’re drinking; definitely a DIPA all the way through. Very drinkable for the high alcohol content, and pretty refreshing, especially near the end of summer. 21st Amendment continues to deliver on the off-the-beaten-path excellence I’ve come to expect from them.

Serving type: can

04-21-2013 18:27:49 | More by BeerNotes

deeznuts420

Pennsylvania

3.99/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

nice lookig beer sunset orange.big malty sweetness with alot of tropical fruits pineapple, papaya ,and orange juice a little bit of booziness. a tiny bit of the oak coming through. tropical fruits hit first then the woody oak aspects come in, then tropical flavors hit again with some booziness and floral flavors. very juicy. not super bitter.mouthfell medim to full.
a good twist on a dipa highly recommended if you don't like super bitter dipas. wood could be a littlle more pronounced though. but still a damn good beer .

Serving type: can

03-29-2013 10:46:28 | More by deeznuts420

mactrail

California

3.76/5  rDev -6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

Hazy golden amber in the Crooked Line narrow tulip. Big aroma of canned pineapple is odd but likable. This is so fruity and orange peel flavored it's crazy. Strong and alcoholic tasting. A scratchy, dark hop intensity rises up amid the mangos and fruit cocktail. A brief biscuit flavor.

Rich and tart with hop oils. Yeasty and kind of a stew of hop flavors. The bitterness threatens to take over, but it's so goofy you have to like it. Overall it's very sippable, fragrant, and full of fruit flavors. Bought a four-pack of cans at the Jug Shop in San Francisco.

Serving type: can

03-20-2013 05:49:42 | More by mactrail

MaddMatt639

3.78/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Tasted on December 10, 1012:

A: Pours a rather mucky orange color, kind of like a hefeweizen, but darker. Medium head of foam, disappears rather quickly, about a minute.

S: Smells of hops and something very sweet, but can't put my finger on it. Also, a slight whiff of pine.

T: Not nearly as hoppy as I was expecting. Somewhat piney and very dry and malty in the finish.

M: Very smooth and not much of a long lasting aftertaste. Just a slight maltiness on the tongue. Very light.

O: Not a bad beer at all. I really enjoyed this. It was a nice change from other Imperial IPA's that focus all on the hops.

Serving type: can

02-21-2013 07:58:36 | More by MaddMatt639

tut2528

Illinois

3.83/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Thanks to Jaap for this one!

Canned on 8/6/12, poured into a Teku

A: pours a nice light orange color that has pretty high transparency. it created about 1/2 fingers worth of head formation

S: bready biscuit, malt, citrus and fairly nice hop profile. fairly basic here and I'm thinking that this is past its prime

T: malt, biscuit, hops and a bit of oak here. nothing really stands out. there is a slight dry bitterness in the finish that I find rather enjoyable.

M: lighter side of medium bodied, there is a slight lingering oak and hop presence that is left on the palate.

O: would love to see what this is like at its freshest because I think this would be a completely different brew. With that being said, it still is decent. And I must say that the alcohol is extremely well hidden.

Serving type: can

02-20-2013 03:10:08 | More by tut2528

Doc_Hops

Pennsylvania

4.1/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A- Nice lightly hazy yellow/orange with a frothy eggshell head that's not going anywhere

S-Big, robust hop smell with a little bit of sweet orange

T- A warming hop character bites from the start giving way to some sweet fruit with a little oakyness. The oak aging does not help to balance out the alcohol tastes however. It is quite boozy. It's a little off balanced with a slightly weaker malt backbone.

M- Bright bubbles almost leave my mouth tingling on my palate. I like it but unfortunately the heavy alcohol content is still a little overpowering

O- I've always liked this beer. It's definitely not a session beer and it doesn't try to be. It robust, full bodied, and delicious!

Serving Type: 12oz can poured into a Sam Adams pint glass

Serving type: can

02-06-2013 00:47:44 | More by Doc_Hops

Bierman9

New Hampshire

3.95/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

I snagged a 4-pack of this at the Georgetown Deli last week. Think it was around $9.99 or so... Rough day today at work, so some DIPA will attempt to unwind me a bit....

Poured can 1 (of 2) into a small DT tulip. Color was a muted, medium golden; quite hazy in general. Head was frothy and a smidge off-white. Bubbles were fine and tight, and the head slowly ebbed from 1/2" to 1/8" or so... Lacing was nice, overall. Aroma is a fruity, hoppy mix. Has some sweetish aspects, like tangerine and apricot, plus some pithy characteristics. Body is medium-plus, and it has minimal prickle on the tongue.

Flavor is interesting. Has some sweetish aspects along with a little toasty malt. Sort of like some marmalade on a slice of toast. Also mixed in was some hopping, which was somewhat pithy and rindy, with hints of pine. Not too sweet, not too bitter, and the 9.7% ABV is, scarily, well-hidden. Pretty good stuff.... Prosit!!

3.95/5 rDev -1%look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

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Serving type: can

01-29-2013 22:46:16 | More by Bierman9

mpedara429

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75

A: Poured from a can with a light hazy amber color. Just over one finger of white head. Some spotty lacing

S: Pine, booze, apricot, biscuit and sweet orange. A lot going on here and it took a few whiffs to pick it all up.

T: Pine, orange, woody/earthy flavors, and some lemon zest on the way down. A hint of oak. This is all backed by a big malt backbone to balance out a good helping of bitter hops.

M: Medium to heavy mouthfeel that is chewy and oily. Carbonation is mid range.

O: A solid DIPA. I like that there is some oak in there to mix it up and make it a bit different. It gives it some nice body without being overbearing.

Serving type: can

01-27-2013 01:23:33 | More by mpedara429

dogfishandi

New York

3.59/5  rDev -10.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz. Can at fridge temp poured into a snifter. Canned on 8/06/12 (roughly 5 1/2 months old, so not the freshest)

Pours out a nice hazy deep golden orange color, a nice looking, retentive white head that slowly fades. Leaves some really nice sticky lacing. Cloudy appearance.

Bright citrus peel, lemon and grapefruit. Pithy citrus fruit and not much else, some light candied malt in the back. The hops definatly smell a bit faded.

The taste is only slightly better than the aroma suggested. Grapefruit citrus, a bit pithy, some faded tasting light woody hops with a hint of lemon. very light caramel malt tries to balance. Finishes with a dry resinous bitterness.

Medium bodied and no alcohol detectable. Comes off much lighter than it actually is.

Overall, a less than stellar DIPA. Perhaps this would be better much fresher, but there's just not enough here for a real hop head to get off on.

Serving type: can

01-26-2013 22:08:19 | More by dogfishandi

colts9016

Idaho

3.95/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured into a pint at 47 degrees.

Appearance: A monster three finger head with great retention. The color of the head is white with some serious lacing on the glass. The color of the beer is medium yellow with some light orange hues. The clarity of the beer is cloudy, probably due to the yeast. Some carbonation bubble exist on the side of the glass. overall a great looking beer.

Nose: A bright hop aroma with major citrus overtones. The hops aroma is grapefruit, pine, oranges, lemon, and floral esters. The malt is lightly toasted with biscuit, grain and grass. Phenolic overtone dominates in the background.

Taste: A medium strong hop flavor, not near as strong as the nose. The hops flavor is grapefruit, pine, oranges, floral, and lemon. The malt is light toasted with biscuit, and toast. The background of the beer is phenolic, yeasty, grassy, and grains.

The mouth feel of the beer is carbonated, astringent, and dry.

Overall: The body of the beer is medium and the finish is semi full. I was expecting a more aggressive West coast style hops, but it was in-between a west and east coast hops. I really good beer overall.

Serving type: can

01-21-2013 02:02:56 | More by colts9016

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.54/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Lagunitas mason jar.

Thanks to johnyb for this can!

You can't spell "crisis" without the goddess Isis. Think about it. Anyway, this stuff pours a clear brass topped by a finger of off-white foam. The nose comprises orange zest, light lime zest, and a light touch of mild biscuit. The taste holds notes of light pine sap, lemon rind, and sweet caramel. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a sorta/kinda drying finish. Overall, a nice DIPA, one that doesn't go crazily overboard with the hops and hides the alcohol decidedly well.

Serving type: can

01-19-2013 07:54:38 | More by TMoney2591

StJamesGate

New York

3.76/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Hazy honey blonde with rimming, steady bone white foam that leaves lacey trailers.
Grapefruit peel, lemon curd, tropical flowers and a bit of dank on the nose.
Honey on fresh baguette and some toffee sauce with lots of tangerine, some lemon Fruit Pastilles, and pine needles.
Slightest hint of vanilla on the finish and Seville orange rind linger.
Salty, light to medium, creamy, some burn.

Columbus, Centennial and Cascade; dry hopping with Simcoe, Ahtanum, Amarillo, and Cascade.

There's a lot of promises here not being kept: Simcoe, 94 IBUs, oak... There's a surprisingly amount of sugar, which both blunt the hops and adds to the body which, with hints of wood, buries the hops that should be in a DIPA. Brings neither Ruination pure chalkiness nor big Lagunitas citrus. Nice, and handy in cans, but not what I need in a crisis.

Serving type: can

01-12-2013 23:22:03 | More by StJamesGate

TheBrewo

Michigan

4.1/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

This beer was poured from the can at Coals in Port Chester, NY into a couple of Blue Point pint glasses. It appeared a pale goldenrod yellow coloring, holding a two finger head of foamy white bubbles. This showed great retention, leaving sticky, patterned lacing down the glasses. A definite haze shone through, but no sediment was noted. Carbonation appeared minimal. The aroma gave pale and caramel malts against sweeter citric and herbal hops, toffee sugars, and warm lactics. With warmth, earthy and muddy mineral added bite and depth, while faint oak added a light astringency. Our first impression was that the hop freshness was excellent, with much more hearty oakiness in the flavoring than in the nose. The sip opened with fresh pale bitterness, yeast, and a wheaty wash. This bittered the initial flavoring, making room for cutting caramel malt depth, and toffee sweetness. The peak came with grapefruity hop bite, wheaty sourness, phenolic plastics, fusel alcohols, and an additional cutting flash of white sugar sweetness. Lemon flesh and pale malts mixed with lemon peel bitterness, and bittered earthy and herbal hops for the finish. The aftertaste breathed with fresh citric wash, peppery booze, medicinal phenols, minerals, and lemon zest. The body was medium, and the carbonation was medium. There was nice froth, slurp, sip, cream, and finishing pop to each sip, with a decently crisp coating, and mild astringency. The abv was appropriate, and the beer drank easily.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was the creaminess of feel, and the solid flavoring. There was excellent slurp and cream to the lip, making for a refreshing and inviting beverage. The flavoring saw through fresh greenness to the hops, again, keeping the sip refreshing, and you coming back for more. We do, however, wish that the oak spirals were more prominent throughout the entire sip, as they get easily lost if the beer isn’t being held in your mouth for assessment.

Serving type: can

01-10-2013 02:18:58 | More by TheBrewo

IDontBelieveYou

3.4/5  rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

Points for the concept and reference. Is brewing the new farming? grow/ buy / support local? Yep. It is. Get in now before the market saturates and no one cool wants to drink beer / live in brooklyn anymore. But in all seriousness, a hop famine, as the potato famine, is not a laughing matter

Serving type: can

01-10-2013 01:46:23 | More by IDontBelieveYou

atr2605

New York

3.63/5  rDev -9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

A-pours a hazy golden orange color with a white head with good retention
S-grapefruit and orange, malty pine aroma lingering in the background
T-grapefruit and orange flavor up front, followed by strong malt profile and bitterness with a bit more citrus in the finish
M-medium-full bodied
O-Not a bad imperial ipa but some of the flavor seemed muddled together. Still quite enjoyable, but ive had better examples of the style

Serving type: can

01-09-2013 02:19:49 | More by atr2605

GilGarp

Colorado

4.25/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Canned 8/6/12.

Served cold into a goblet, Hop Crisis is a copper color with considerable haze. The head is thick and sticky leaving lace as it settles.

Aroma is sweet and hoppy with some nice oak aging elements.

Flavor is more balanced than I was expecting from an imperial IPA. Good sweetness upfront leads to oaky vanilla character. It finishes citrusy, hoppy and bitter with a nice dry alcohol burn but without being hot.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and nicely carbonated.

Overall a very well done oaked IPA. One of the best of this style.

Serving type: can

01-04-2013 02:55:30 | More by GilGarp

Durge

Connecticut

4.33/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A cloudy grapefruit-amber color with a decent white head that settles to a modest layer and leaves a respectable cascading lace. The aroma is a loveable blend of nutty malt and piney hops. Simply delectable! The flavor comes on with a similar theme though a bit thinner than what the aroma suggested. There's some citrus blended with the pine hops and slightly yeasty oat grain with crisp hay-grass. It's solidly medium bodied with a polite spritz of carbonation and a clean, fluid feel. This a great, high quality entry to the DIPA world...in a can no less. Big kudos to 21st Amendment!

Serving type: can

12-30-2012 07:42:05 | More by Durge

phiberoptik

Ohio

4/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a golden hue with just a touch of copper to it. Mildly cloudy with a splotchy, frothy head.

Maybe its because I just finished a glass of Stone Enjoy by 12.21.12, but the hop character in this doesnt match its name. Tropical fruit, trangerine, lemongrass, slightly buttery, pronounced cereal malt aroma.

Orange, tangerine, slight grapefruit pith, and cereal grains. A pleasant bitter finish with a noticeable, yet enjoyable alcohol taste.

Slightly thin, with smooth carbonation

In all fairness I need to try this on another occasion on a clean palate. A good, drinkable, big beer, with a nice meld of flavors. Verdict: I suggest a try of your own.

Serving type: can

12-12-2012 03:11:24 | More by phiberoptik

kevanb

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -10%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12 oz can poured into a Russian River pint glass.

21st Amendment Hop Crisis

The beer pours a light copper color, very golden with hues of peach, orange and light amber, very hazy with a few bubbles rising to the top. A nice frothy white head, almost two fingers high rises out of the glass and has great retention and leaves behind a great amount of webbed lacing. The aroma is of sweet oak, piney bitter hops with mild citrus with a lot of soft cereal grains at the finish, definitely malt forward as expected. The flavor is nice, chewy oak, very sweet with a touch of clementine and blood orange, strong cereal malt with some bristly pine on the tongue, it's somewhat simple and not very exciting, the bitterness is surprisingly tame for 94 IBUs but there is a pretty heavy dose of alcohol as it goes down. The body is good, big and almost creamy, very smooth with a bitter alcohol laden finish.

Verdict: It's a decent offering from 21st Amendment but I've only encountered a few oak aged IPAs that have really held their ground with the more hop forward fresh IPAs coming out around the country and this is certainly not one of them.

Serving type: can

12-11-2012 02:34:08 | More by kevanb

JupiterJesus

California

3.75/5  rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This is the closest beer I've ever had to a carbonated orange or tangerine 'drink'. A little overly sweet. Hazy. Has a slight spicy,medicinal, phenolic 'bite' that comes up in the aftertaste - something I associate with Belgian or infected beers, but can also come from the oak Very subtle, though. The oaking comes through more in the aroma than the taste.

Focus is definitely on a massive mound of late hops, with a pretty restrained bitterness. I think the orange-y, fruity flavors make this beer come off as sweeter than it is. Decent, and definitely a unique one to try at least once. Could grow on you, but at $3 per can and limiged release it probably won't have a chance to.

Serving type: can

11-27-2012 00:41:31 | More by JupiterJesus

StoneTSR

Colorado

4.4/5  rDev +10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

APPEARANCE: This beer pours a little light for a DIPA, more on the yellowish side, but it still has some orange in it. The oversized head is foamy and fluffy, but it dies very quickly, leaving some scattered splotches of foam sticking to the glass.

SMELL: This is a big, aromatic beer, but not quite as big as I would have expected after reading the description on the can. Lemon zest, grapefruit and a touch of pine are the big components here.

TASTE: Oooh, that’s nice and hoppy. I’m going to work backwards in my description here, but the balance is provided by some sweet toffee and caramel in the background. It is really only noticeable because this is so drinkable yet there is so much hop bitterness, so it is the first flavor I was able to single out. Some tropical fruits also provide some further balance on the sweet side. This beer is about the hops though and the hoppiness is from that lemon zest and grapefruit of the nose, but also from a subdued and very pleasant grassiness.

MOUTHFEEL: As I mentioned above this is extremely drinkable. There is no cloying sweetness from too much malt, nor is there an overwhelming bitterness; balance in a Double IPA at its best. Creamy and smooth with a nice, dry, but easy finish.

OVERALL: This is a very well done beer. Technically, this may be one of the soundest DIPAs I have tried, ranking right up there with Pliny. It happens to not be quite as complex however.

Serving type: can

11-26-2012 07:27:29 | More by StoneTSR

papat444

Quebec (Canada)

3.88/5  rDev -3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12oz. can, canned 08/06/12.

Appearance: A clear gold body appears with a nice bubbly white head and solid lacing.

Smell: Fresh citrus, tangerine slices, some pine, nice and heady.

Taste: Pine, sweet, tangerines, fleshy fruit, quite nice.

Mouthfeel; Low carbonation, bitterness is definitely felt but has a smooth edge. The middle feels a bit too light though.

Overall: Very good. A bit like Chaman but less sweet. My only knock is the price. 4.49$/can is a bit much. If i had known it was that much per can, might not have picked it up.

Serving type: can

11-21-2012 00:48:47 | More by papat444

MEsoJD

California

4.28/5  rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

[Poured into a mason jar]

I: Another from user: zackcamp. Saw this one on a beer show awhile back and became interested in tasting it. I never had a piece from this brewery so I hope it leaves a nice impression.

B: [9.7 ABV 12 FL. OZ. Canned on 08/06/12] This can is quite loud in terms of presentation. The info is kind of all over the place, but the message is clear. There is a good amount of hops in this brew. A good amount of information on this can. Canned date, abv, back story about brewers depriving people of hops, title and brewery name is big and visible. Overall it's nice, but it maybe too extreme in terms of presentation and may intimidate some novice beer drinkers.

A: An orange slightly hazy transparent body with a bubbly white/fluffy head (moderate to slow dissipation), and good lacing.

S: Orange/grapefruit citrus, earthy/piney hops, sweet/bread malt, boozy, and some caramel.

T: Good all round presence of citrus/piney hops with grapefruit, sweet bread malt, toasty, caramel. Good balance of alcohol and hop presence that lingers.

M: slick/oily finish, medium bodied, medium carbonation, apparent warming alcohol.

O: This damn fine DIPA. Nothing jumps out for a hop head, but everything has a good presence, giving you a sense of balance which gives a very nice finish. The sense of the barrel aging is not totally apparent, but give it some time to warm. The only area I would say had some disappointment was the yearning for a more prominent aroma, but that's a small gripe considering how drinkable this stuff is. This is some great stuff and it's a shame that you can't get in California. Another good can beer with good hop presence would be Dale's Pale Ale. I would recommend to hop heads and would buy again(if I could). Savor Good Beer!

Serving type: can

11-19-2012 04:27:29 | More by MEsoJD