Hop Pursuit
Full Sail Brewing Company in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.37
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Hop Pursuit is the ultimate celebration of Oregon agriculture and Pacific Northwest Hops. Our brewers shoot a wonderfully hoppy surplus of Cascade, Mosaic, Equinox, and Simcoe into the fermenter using our Hop Shooter, dry hopping the beer and enhancing the aroma of pineapple and late hop flavors. Piney and mango notes follow with a mid-palate hint of honey. Two-Row Northwest Pale, Caramel, and Munich malts provide the right amount of malt character. Balanced by a clean, caramel malt body, Hop Pursuit’s multi-layered hop flavors lead to a crisp, assertive finish. Like the Pacific Northwest, this IPA has hops for days.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from the World Beer Festival - Richmond on 09/11/2010. Slightly hazy copper amber body with a large moussy off-white head. Sweet citrus and fruity hop aroma with some pale malt. Very sweet grapefruit and citrus flavor with some fruity and floral notes. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/15 - 3.5 Bottle from River City Cellars on 03/20/2010. Clear golden copper body with a large rocky off-white head. Big floral and purfumy hop aroma with fruity malt on a caramel background. Floral and perfumy hop flavor on a caramel background with some light fruit and a touch of graininess and some hop bitterness lingering in the end. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a dry finish. 7/3/7/3/14- 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 08:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear golden with a medium off white head. Hoppy nose with grapefruit, pine and pale malt. Flavor came out dry with a fair amount of hops, pine, grapefruit and lemon. Finished dry adn bitter.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2010
at 13:23
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Wow - Full Sail really dropped the ball on this one - quite a surprise - to call the malt body on this "lean" is being kind - the malt profile is practically non-existent - goes from crackery to watery within a few seconds - hops are strong, but the bitterness is astringent and soapy long through the finish - the nose is a bit better, with citrus and mint making things interesting - but man...disappointing.
Tried
on 15 Aug 2010
at 19:35
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Nice slightly hazy copper coloured orangish bodied with a nice thinnish tan head. Aroma of fresh hops, malt, cardboard, some mild fruits and a light bit of alcohol. Light to Medium-bodied; Nice mild maltiness with some hops, rather subdued, with some light sweetness and a bit of hop dryness, hardly any bitterness though. Aftertaste shows a fairly minimal flavour - with hops the strongest and a bit of malt. Overall, a pretty mild beer - even in this style. Worth trying if you like lighter APAs, but aside from a normal drinking beer, this isn’t too pleasing. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in McLean, Virginia on 25-May-2010, sampled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 29-May-2010.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2010
at 17:03
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Light grapefruit and light pine aroma with light caramel. Grapefruit and light pine flavor with light caramel. Medium bodied. OK bitterness. Grapefruit and light pine lingers with light caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2010
at 09:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle Pours a clear light reddish orange with asmall light tan head. Faint sweet fruity malt aroma with classic modest citrus hop component. Lightly bitter flavor with mild maltiness as well. Slightly metallic, and then a moment later, big bready malt flavors, and then a rather sharp IBU bite at the end. A little sweet over all as well. Softly carbonated. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2010
at 18:55
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Poured orange with thick fast dissipating white head. Citrusy aroma, notes of sweet tangerine. Medium body, hoppy flavour slightly more so than most pales. Light finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2010
at 21:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Orange peel, weak. Clear golden, medium head. Dry malt flavor, distinctly barley at midpalate, with a lemon zest finish. Well assembled, with nice transitions. Nothing exotic, and lacking oomphf, but it has its charms. Quaint.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2010
at 18:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the Co-Op in Davis, CA. Pours hazy amber with an ok off-white head. Aromas of fruit, floral and a touch of something citrus/spicey. Medium plus body with creamy carbonation. Very nice feel. Flavor is not harsh bitter, but more floral over a decent amount of caramel. Smooth enough to be English - almost. Some bitter does come forth, but the hop is more lush than bitter. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2010
at 17:41
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22 ounce bottle from Wine Warehouse in Charlottesville, VA. Pours a lightly hazy amber color with a medium frothy white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral, leafy hops with some toasted malts. The taste is floral, leafy, citrus and tropical fruit hop notes with pale malts and a faint bit of caramel. Medium bodied. Decent beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2010
at 21:54