Cold Hop
Boulder Beer Company in Boulder, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.67
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Introducing Cold Hop British-style ale, a unique ale with a rich golden hue, and the 7th release in our Looking Glass Series of specialty beers. Cold Hop’s pleasantly fruity, floral hop aroma and earthy flavor perfectly balance the mild sweetness of the English grains, resulting in a refreshing yet high-gravity British-Style ale.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught from draught 55. Darkish amber. Not much head. Some malt and toffee and such. OK.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:11
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Sep 2007
This pours from 22oz bottle(bottled July 1 as per small stamp near base of the bottle) a clear gold with a healthy head of foam that shrinks fairly quickly....some spotting in the middle and some lacing hugging the side of my glass.
The smell has some hoppy and sweet notes along with some bread and some fruit. Nice nose.
The taste on first sip and I get some good caramel malt and bread followed by some grain and a mild hop character. Tasty. After a few more sips, there's more hoppiness in the flavour but it's balanced nicely by the malt and it really works well for me. I don't have to have a hop bomb in every IPA that I drink!! ;^)
The mouthfeel is medium, the carbo is medium, and it finishes slightly sweet. Good stuff and it's going to be no problem at all finishing the bomber. I recommend it!
This pours from 22oz bottle(bottled July 1 as per small stamp near base of the bottle) a clear gold with a healthy head of foam that shrinks fairly quickly....some spotting in the middle and some lacing hugging the side of my glass.
The smell has some hoppy and sweet notes along with some bread and some fruit. Nice nose.
The taste on first sip and I get some good caramel malt and bread followed by some grain and a mild hop character. Tasty. After a few more sips, there's more hoppiness in the flavour but it's balanced nicely by the malt and it really works well for me. I don't have to have a hop bomb in every IPA that I drink!! ;^)
The mouthfeel is medium, the carbo is medium, and it finishes slightly sweet. Good stuff and it's going to be no problem at all finishing the bomber. I recommend it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2017
at 09:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a ruddy burnt orange to amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Sly sticky lace.
The aroma had some semi-sweet bready to biscuity malts with a mild soapiness. Grassy and earthy hop bitterness.
The flavor stays true to the aroma, semi-sweet with a subtle bitterness. Mild flowing hops to malts aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a good sessionable sort of feel. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, this was definitely an English pale ale throughout and I could see myself coming back to if I could get it again.
The aroma had some semi-sweet bready to biscuity malts with a mild soapiness. Grassy and earthy hop bitterness.
The flavor stays true to the aroma, semi-sweet with a subtle bitterness. Mild flowing hops to malts aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a good sessionable sort of feel. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, this was definitely an English pale ale throughout and I could see myself coming back to if I could get it again.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2017
at 10:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - pours yellow white head - nose/taste of coffee, light citrus - medium body
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2016
at 23:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Fat Heads Pittsburgh. Pours gold with medium frothy white head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is earth and pine. Medium body, juicy hop, grapefruit, light bitterness, good.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2016
at 12:02
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft - Light fruit and pale malts. Clear gold with a nice white head. Sweet caramel and light hop bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jul 2016
at 11:02
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Drafy. Hazy deep amber color, medium white head. Aroma of toffee and citrus. Taste is earthy, fruity caramel. OK.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2015
at 16:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz nitro pour at RFD in DC. Pours a slightly hazy, darker orange with some very cream, lacing white head. I thought the aroma was very nice, clearly a British take on the style, lots of fall fruit, some root veg, standard pine, lemon. some dried leaves. Flavor is malty and sweet, roasted parsnip, pear, lemon, orange, pine. Clean finish. Creamy in the mouth. I thought this was excellent.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2013
at 07:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
6.3% on tap at DIA. Pours with a very lively carbonated (from tap with an overflowing head). Massive billowy off-white head. Hazy golden-orange hued body. Aromas are bready, grainy, grassy malty, caramel with light esters. Flavors are floral and nicely bready with some light british esters. There was also a strong metallic note sadly. Lively bubbles.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2011
at 13:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Floral and citrus hops with light biscuit and toasted malts in the aroma. Very fresh tasting hops and light malty backbone. Medium bodied with decent carbonation that cut it down a bit. Impressed.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2011
at 17:45