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Hoptical Illusion
Blue Point Brewing Company
- From:
- Blue Point Brewing Company
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #3,136 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #23,260 - Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 12.97%
- Reviews:
- 686
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 18, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 03, 2004
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 536
No description / notes.
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Ratings by generallee:
Reviewed by generallee from Virginia
4.05/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Presentation: It was poured into pint glass from a brown 12oz bottle. There was no freshness date on the bottle.
Appearance: It had a deep golden color with good clarity and a nice average size head on top. The head had a nice creamy off white color and good retention. This made for some cool lacing as the slow fading cap made its way down the glass.
Smell: There was a wonderful bright fruity hop character with solid notes of citrusy grapefruit rind with some leafy/spicy hops over milder sweet malt.
Taste/Palate: Its firm medium body has solid hop bitterness and hop flavor notes mildly balanced buy sweet almost fruity maltiness. Mostly I get citrusy grapefruit like hops with a hint of apricot and pine as well as light white bready sweetness. Towards the finish there is a bit of raw grain from the malt with still brings some sweetness but hop bitterness holds on the tongue deeper into the slow lingering finish. Its carbonation keeps the texture lively but still smooth and pleasing.
Notes: Overall I really enjoyed this beer. Its cool bright label art matches its bright tasty flavor.
Jul 14, 2010Appearance: It had a deep golden color with good clarity and a nice average size head on top. The head had a nice creamy off white color and good retention. This made for some cool lacing as the slow fading cap made its way down the glass.
Smell: There was a wonderful bright fruity hop character with solid notes of citrusy grapefruit rind with some leafy/spicy hops over milder sweet malt.
Taste/Palate: Its firm medium body has solid hop bitterness and hop flavor notes mildly balanced buy sweet almost fruity maltiness. Mostly I get citrusy grapefruit like hops with a hint of apricot and pine as well as light white bready sweetness. Towards the finish there is a bit of raw grain from the malt with still brings some sweetness but hop bitterness holds on the tongue deeper into the slow lingering finish. Its carbonation keeps the texture lively but still smooth and pleasing.
Notes: Overall I really enjoyed this beer. Its cool bright label art matches its bright tasty flavor.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
3.61/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had this beer from a can kept in my hotel’s cooler on Long Island. Poured into a plastic hotel cup. The beer was game. Golden yellow color with good white head and good curtain lacing. Citrus and floral smell and taste. Tangerine, vanilla and honey. A bit too sweet. Good feel. Reasonable.
Jun 28, 2023Reviewed by moodenba from New York
4.12/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.12/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Hoptical Illusion on cask at the brewery on 1/27/2023. I wasn't a big fan of bottled Hoptical, but the cask version works out fine. The cask pour was, for me, at a good "warm" temperature and very mild carbonation. The overall impression is a balanced light amber drink. Thanks to ABInbev for maintaining cask in central Long Island.
Jan 28, 2023Rated by GregDBoston from Massachusetts
3.47/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Completely lacking in a hop profile and supremely boring. I guess the illusion is that this is supposed to be hoppy.
Oct 12, 2021Reviewed by Beertsipper from New York
2.79/5 rDev -24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
2.79/5 rDev -24.6%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.75
Small head poured from a 12 ounce can with BB date of 07/03/21. Nose is hoppy and piney. Taste is malt sweetness, pine, some hops, not much of anything else. Has a bitter finish. It's easy enough to drink, but just an average IPA that steers closer to a west coast style than the new england style printed on the can.
Apr 09, 2021
Hoptical Illusion from Blue Point Brewing Company
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
2162 ratings
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