Whipper Snapper
Basqueland Brewing in Hernani, Basque Country, Spain 🇪🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.26
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Whipper Snapper is a Hazy IPA that doesn’t beat around the bush: juicy and unapologetically aromatic.
The base of lager malts and flaked oats keeps the body smooth, silky, and never heavy, while the dry-hop of Kohatu, Mosaic, and Krush Cryo blasts notes of Cabernet Sauvignon grape, ripe mango, and mandarin peel, fresh and direct, with no permission asked.
A Hazy IPA, no doubt, but cheeky, very New Zealand, and made to drink again without regrets.
The base of lager malts and flaked oats keeps the body smooth, silky, and never heavy, while the dry-hop of Kohatu, Mosaic, and Krush Cryo blasts notes of Cabernet Sauvignon grape, ripe mango, and mandarin peel, fresh and direct, with no permission asked.
A Hazy IPA, no doubt, but cheeky, very New Zealand, and made to drink again without regrets.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 21 Apr 2026
at 21:38
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12th April 2026
Panda thanks to Cloin. Just a very light haze on this gold beer, small but tidy bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied malts but sweet enough. Crisp cooling pine. As per the description, lots of bright winey grape that goes very well with the bold pine. Whisper of floral lime. A touch of peachy citrus on the back end. Very bright and breezy. No idea how these flavours were delivered with these hops. Fascinating Captain!
Panda thanks to Cloin. Just a very light haze on this gold beer, small but tidy bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, good fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied malts but sweet enough. Crisp cooling pine. As per the description, lots of bright winey grape that goes very well with the bold pine. Whisper of floral lime. A touch of peachy citrus on the back end. Very bright and breezy. No idea how these flavours were delivered with these hops. Fascinating Captain!
Tried
on 12 Apr 2026
at 22:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 22/03/2026.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is juicy tropical fruit flesh, papaya, hint of mango, pine tickle.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, pine resin, mandarin, tangerine, grass, hint of gooseberries.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a just off white head that thins to a swirl.
Nose is juicy tropical fruit flesh, papaya, hint of mango, pine tickle.
Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, pine resin, mandarin, tangerine, grass, hint of gooseberries.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come lightly resinous hop bitterness.
Tidy IPA.
Tried
on 22 Mar 2026
at 15:17