Hoplanta - Red Brick Brewing Company

jlindros

Massachusetts

3.63/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5

Thanks to cpinto6 for this interesting new beer.

Pours a nice creamy looking 1 finger head that fades semi slowly with decent lacing, over super hazy bright reddish orange colored beer with some yeast chunkies on the bottom.

Nose needs to warm up a little, but brings some big malts, sweet caramel malty aromas, yeasty as well, candy style malts with big earthy hops, some light citrus with the typical candied orange peel, a bit juicy with light tangerine and fruits.

Taste brings the malts up front again, chewy malts with chewy hops, caramel malts, reddish sweet malts, toffee, a little creamy feeling, etc. A little yeasty flavored as well. The hops kick in, quite a lot of hops actually, quite bitter, big earthy slight spicy hops, chewy hops, grassy, a bit of pine, and just a touch of citrus. As it warms in my mouth a light doughy malt sneaks through the bitter hop kick with the yeast. Finish brings lots of bitterness, it gets a little astringent and even more so as it dries fairly quickly, the one time a bit of sweetness would have helped balance on the finish. Lingering earthy spicy hops, a bit chewy and grassy, but quite bitter.

Mouth is med bodied, a bit creamy, quite a bit of carb too.

Overall good but not great, the hops are a lot more for bitterness than flavor and aroma, but there is a bit of it in there. A nice big malt profile to help balance at first until that disappears on the finish leaving the bitter astringent hops.

Serving type: bottle

10-25-2012 21:24:05 | More by jlindros

Jonbw

Mississippi

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-21-2013 17:47:06 | More by Jonbw

THEOPTIMATOR88

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-16-2013 03:02:50 | More by THEOPTIMATOR88

WDJersey

New Jersey

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-15-2013 01:42:27 | More by WDJersey

oberon

North Carolina

3.71/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured into a standard pint glass a dull lighter golden with a nicely formed half finger white head that held well.Lighter herbal citric hop notes in the nose along with a firm malt base wich was not very sweet.citric and herbal hops are the main flavor nots,although not in your face they pack a nice little punch,mild biscuit malt notes underneath.Although not a big American IPA it packs enough hops to satisfy.

Serving type: bottle

05-14-2013 23:09:12 | More by oberon

MonkeyStain

Florida

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%

05-14-2013 01:20:02 | More by MonkeyStain

hopoilcrazy

Tennessee

3.49/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

A - Hazy goldish amber. Nice lacy foam with large pockets.

S - Clove, allspice, bready, wine-y. Good amount of grapefruit on the fruity side.

T - Resinous hop character: muted bitterness, grainy flatness, grassy, very faint roasted malt

M - Smooth and crisp, very clean and dry

Shows some signs of age, I would like to try it on draft fresh and see what is up after that.

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 23:36:57 | More by hopoilcrazy

GoblueMS

Mississippi

2.41/5  rDev -36.1%
look: 2.25 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

So I bought a case of this as it was one of the few IPAS available in beer deprived (depraved) MS. We still do not have enough quality offerings via distribution here, as presumably most quality breweries have enough distribution already. Hopefully we will continue to gain in assortment.

On to this beer: I bought a whole case from my vendor without trying it first. Big mistake. The product pours so foamy that it will run out of a 24 oz. mug, just by decanting it (properly, as I am so very well versed). Next it is very malty, rather than hoppy in any sense of the word. Mouthfeel is of heft without redeeming taste qualities. Smell is not like Ruination or West Coast IPA--it is more like, well just a malt-bomb. Can't describe it better, sorry. Overall it is something I will never buy again, though it remains better than the macro-brews. I still have 5-6 left from a case I bought almost 6 months ago, and that is saying something.

Red Brick, you should go to school and fix this offering. In the words of Chevy Chase, "you're really not that good..."

Serving type: bottle

05-09-2013 02:43:57 | More by GoblueMS

tastymug

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-07-2013 03:26:02 | More by tastymug

mobrockman

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-05-2013 03:23:54 | More by mobrockman

JF1917

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

05-01-2013 22:33:57 | More by JF1917

SmellsofMahagony

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-29-2013 03:52:56 | More by SmellsofMahagony

corwindamber

Mississippi

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-28-2013 21:31:17 | More by corwindamber

st9647v3

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-26-2013 02:27:39 | More by st9647v3

pheelingIt

Tennessee

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

04-20-2013 00:06:19 | More by pheelingIt

ninaturner

Florida

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

04-20-2013 00:03:14 | More by ninaturner

Highstplz

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-14-2013 02:19:59 | More by Highstplz

Bromine

Florida

2.5/5  rDev -33.7%

04-11-2013 11:30:44 | More by Bromine

Bill235

Ohio

4/5  rDev +6.1%

03-28-2013 00:22:29 | More by Bill235

Bartinator

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

03-24-2013 20:11:49 | More by Bartinator

Lare453

Florida

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

03-24-2013 19:13:03 | More by Lare453

grahamboudreaux

Tennessee

4.25/5  rDev +12.7%

03-19-2013 12:23:51 | More by grahamboudreaux

CelticAleMan

California

3.5/5  rDev -7.2%

03-19-2013 07:52:19 | More by CelticAleMan

brauseboof

South Carolina

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

03-18-2013 21:14:55 | More by brauseboof

NCbeerpirate

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

03-17-2013 22:30:53 | More by NCbeerpirate