Hoppy Table Beer
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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While Hoppy Table Beer was inspired by the Belgian tradition of low-ABV, easily drinkable beers, it still occupies a hop-forward spot all its own. Brewed with our 2-row malt blend, Maris Otter malt, and oats, the beer is then spiced with a subtle addition of coriander. We ferment it with our house yeast for classic Belgian citrus aromas. Hoppy Table Beer is hopped with Chinook, Cascade, Comet, and Azacca hops, then dry hopped with more Comet and Azacca. A mildly hoppy aroma full of grapefruit springs from this straw-colored, light-bodied ale. Flavors of pine and stone fruit balance the beer’s clean, slightly bitter finish.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Draught 55 during the monthly baby brunch. Light pale pour. Nose is citrus and peppery. Tastes of coriander, citrus, yeasty, white pepper. Easy soft zippy palate. Very refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Feb 2017
at 12:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours hazy pale ocher yellow with large foamy whitish head, bread aroma with a bit of citrus, low carbonation, lightly bitter citrus peel taste, thin body, medium bitter finish. A bit watery, but certainly hoppy; the Belgian constituent seems to have gotten lost in translation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Feb 2017
at 16:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy golden straw into a tulip. Bright white head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Yeast, citrus and pine aromas. Medium bodied with lemon and yeast upfront turning to resin and pith in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2017
at 16:34
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cat pee aroma. Hazy yellow, thick head. Grass, cat pee. Light body, soft carbonation. Rather like hop tea, very drinkable, but not very interesting.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2017
at 20:09
6/10
Tried
on 20 Jan 2017
at 22:16
8.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy pale yellow color, white ice cream cone head. Nice aroma of earthy pineapple, grapefruit, pine. Taste is earthy citrus and pine, bone dry finish. Tasty and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2017
at 18:19
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light citrus and brett. Hazy golden pour like bad well water. Smooth finish. Easy to drink. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jan 2017
at 17:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bert’s Pours a slightly hazy deep golden color with a huge bubbly white head that prevents pouring in one session. Earthy, spicy, big peppery nose with bits of bready malt underneath. More earthy spicy pine flavors with some faint sweet bready fruity flavors to counter. Pretty decent quaffable beer, but I found the spice and earth from the yeast kind of overpowers the hop in this beer for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2017
at 17:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from bottle dated 12/14/16 light golden straw with a nice white head. Aromas of straw grain floral notes hops and belgian yeast. Taste is nice a clean well balanced easy drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jan 2017
at 18:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Keg at the brewery. Slightly hazy pale yellow, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of yeast, grapefruit, citrus, bits of hay. Taste is yeast, pine, pale malt. Medium bodied.
Tried
on 07 Jan 2017
at 11:33