Hopsmack!
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company in Decorah, Iowa, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.71
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Giant aromas of pineapple and tropical fruit jump from this enticingly complex double IPA. True to its name, this brew delivers a heavy smack of dry hops and a double dose of bitterness in the finish.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour into tulip glass from Total Wine & More, Danvers. Appearance is cloudy orange with turbid, pulpy particulates, fair sparkle at the edges of the glass, 2-finger width off-white foamy head with poor retention and light soapy lacing. Aroma is strong citrus, grapefruit. Taste is citrus with piney bitter, lighter tropical fruit. Palate is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with thin, frothy texture, soft-to-average carbonation and crisp finish as taste with lingering light bitter. Overall, not terribly complex and the flavors are indistinct. OK but many superior options.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2019
at 01:56
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours murky mango into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving spotted sheets. Sweet passion fruit and mango aromas. Dusty with mango and pineapple upfront turning to dusty tropical fruit skin in the dry lasting finish.
Tried
on 12 Mar 2019
at 00:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home watching some Bordertown my Finnish crime drama. Yellow orange with puffy white head. Nose is pineapple and herbal. Tastes quite herbal almost toothpaste mint, pineapple, tangerine, grassy, resin and perfume as well. Chewy mouthfeel. Enjkyable
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2019
at 04:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
'Bottle - undated. Almost opaque gold with an inch of white head. Aroma of whole juiced oranges, honey buns, some herbal notes. Nice but not all that vibrant. 7+ Nothing gluey about the mouthfeel but you wouldn''t really call it clean. Moderate chewed cracker sweetness, broad citrus flavours, some herbs and pine, strong bitterness takes a while to struggle through. But when it does it''s not excessive and the citrus and some peachy and herbal notes linger. Not the suggested hop monster but the finish is lovely and everything works together.'
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2018
at 12:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Toppling Goliath, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out lightly dank hops, with some piney hops, light earthiness, a bit of a herbal quality, and biscuity malt. Flavour is along the same lines, with citrus hops, cereal malt, and light caramel sweetness. A bit shy on the punchiness, with a cereal malt sweetness on the finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Dec 2018
at 04:11