Topcutter IPA
Bale Breaker Brewing Company in Yakima, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.54
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz can. Canned on August 11 consumed August 27. Sixteen-day-old IPA, not bad. Picked up from fridge section of University Village QFC. Poured into a can shape glass, to be precise its Free State’s Burroughser Weisse. Pours with medium head and average retention. Lacing is light. Color is clear dark gold. Aroma is mostly green hops but not over-the-top, not resinous, mostly piney-herbal mix. A light layer of floral and citrus underneath that. Bitterness is moderate on the nose. Flavor is similar but the hop bitterness is lower than anticipated. The beer finishes dry but not acrid. Malt is just a touch present, just a bit there balancing out some of the bitterness. This is a perfect example of a well made IPA that isn’t even the hops that appeal to me.
stevoj (18327) reviewed Topcutter IPA from Bale Breaker Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Deep amber body, small creamy head, thick lacing. Aroma equal parts malt and hops, taste favors the caramel malts. Good, but not as good as expected.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Topcutter IPA from Bale Breaker Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can thanks to further: Poured a orange color with a white head. Aroma is mosaic, citrus fruity hops. Taste is a nice rugged fruity hops which reminded me why I like good IPAs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can thanks to wchesser. Pours yellow gold white head. Nose/taste of green onion, citrus, cracker malt, toasted grain, grapefruit pith and orange peel - medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8
Medium copper with a white head. Floral and citrus fruit aroma with a decent sweet undertone. Body is a tad thin for 6.8%. Flavor is full on citrus fruit hop, medium floral notes that just can’t seem to escape the grasp of the citrus, and a solid sweet note that keeps this one grounded. Finish is nicely bitter. A very well brewed IPA in the standard PNW IPA mold. Worthy of a sixer purchase.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at the 7th Tasting in Belgrade-Serbia, thank you luttonm for having brought this one all the way from Seattle. Ciao Matt! Pours an hazy shy golden color, medium white foamy head. Nose: citrusy with a grassy background, flowers, spring field. Mouth: frizzy, round feel of fresh herbal and citrusy notes, bodied. Another gem with fresh and well-selected hops.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Tap at Beer Junction, Seattle. Colour is clear golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, grape, some pine, hops and malts.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12oz can picked up at Total Wine
Pours clear golden with floating particles (hops?), medium sized off-white head and lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is floral with grapefruit, grassy, oranges and fruity. Flavors are grassy, floral, dusty and pine resin
Wow, this is a nice IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft @ Drover’s Run. Merry friggin Christmas to me… who woulda thought the newly remodeled Jacques Spur (off Highway 95, 20 miles from Lewiston) had a top shelf beer selection?! Bright golden pour with a thick, creamy finger of white head. Tons of lacing for the entire shaker. Nose is somewhat muted, but in all fairness it was served a bit too cold. Citrus, tropical fruit, and floral hops. Sweet and enticing. The flavor is huge hoppy goodness. Citrus, tropical fruit, floral… just a hint of pine. A medium body and moderate bitterness. Great flavors. I had a couple pints with dinner and I am impressed. Bale Breaker is on the radar.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Topcutter IPA from Bale Breaker Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at Seattle Winter Beer Festival 2014, pours a crystal clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of piney hops, along with some biscuity malt. Flavour brings out more of mineral water, piney hops, and dry biscuity malt. Very well-balanced, with a nice dry palate. Nice IPA.