HI-PA (Hop Island IPA)
Honolulu Beerworks in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.70
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A bold, dank and resiny IPA loaded with a melody of hop aromas and flavors. CTZ provides a solid bitter base along with strong pine, while Amarillo and Citra layer in bright and vibrant notes of tangerine, grapefruit and pineapple. Mosaic rounds everything out with a hint of fresh berries. This brilliant golden ale packs a punch at 7% and 80 IBUs, yet finishes crisp inviting another sip.
Hops: CTZ, Citra, Amarillo and Mosaic.
Hops: CTZ, Citra, Amarillo and Mosaic.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Nice, slightly hazy golden coloured body with a thinnish, single to perhaps two centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of grass, light passionfruit (lilikoi they call it here), guava, a touch of pine and resin, but a good underlying malt backbone make this smell quite nice. Medium-bodied; Assertive nutty and biscuity flavour at first definitely shows some amarillo or el dorado hops with a heavy backbone from the malt and a light bitterness from hops make this much more like 'old' IPAs of the day instead of the new, low bitterness, fruit-driven models. Aftertaste shows even more of the bitterness, ranging from the earthy notes to more nutty, biscuity and dare I say it - foreign (English hops in here it almost seems). Overall, a nice IPA that is a good addition to the beer scene here, with some more traditional IPA notes that still go down quite easily, but leave a great, 'old-school' (I'm sad to write that, as I'm getting old, but IPAs are getting 'new') bitterness from the hops. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased a few hours ago from Whaler's General Store on Kuhio [at Lewers] in Waikiki, Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawai'i on 27-December-2018.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Dec 2018
at 11:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ BeerFes Yokohama, September 17th, 2017. Nice golden pour with not that much foam on top. Fruity tropical nose, mango, papaya and some melon. Tastes nicely hoppy, tropical fruity hops, sweetness nicely balanced to create a crisp overall feel. Quite medium body so well drinkable. Light bitterness lingering for longer, good one.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Sep 2017
at 09:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit and grapefruit aroma. Summer fruit and grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and grapefruit linger with light pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jun 2017
at 23:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
A lightly hazed golden ipa with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, very citrusy yet smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, nice and smooth. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2016
at 19:23