Car Hopper IPA
Caboose Brewing Company in Vienna, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.34
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Medium body, earthy floral hop character, true hop lovers IPA.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
At source: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is sugar and ripe fruit. Taste is bitter and pretty sweet. Some bitter and hoppy aftertaste. A boozy note is in there. Not that good. Too heavy.
Tried
on 05 Nov 2015
at 20:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5
On draft at the brewery it is a clear golden color with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is bitter with white grapefruit that finishes bitter in the palate.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2015
at 15:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
On draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy Copper with an ecru head. Grassy nose. Flavors of alfalfa and herbs with some light citrus. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 May 2015
at 18:11
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Growler courtesy of radagast83, thank you sir! Cloudy yellow orange color, white edge head. Aroma of fresh peach and apricot. Taste is juicy, very bitter pear, stonefruit.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2014
at 06:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler shared by radagast83 at the DC Local Tasting on 8/16/2014. Hazy yellow with light off-white head. Aromas of light floral notes and pine. Tastes of floral notes, citrus, pine, light caramel. Medium body with a dry finish. Medium-low carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14
Re-tried at Caboose on 7/24/2015, 4 oz pour on draft. Pretty good all around, seems like they’ve fine tuned the recipe. 7/4/8/4/15
Re-tried at Caboose on 7/24/2015, 4 oz pour on draft. Pretty good all around, seems like they’ve fine tuned the recipe. 7/4/8/4/15
Tried
from Growler
on 18 Aug 2014
at 19:31
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
32oz growler pours a hazy orange with cloudy, white head. Nose is pithy, heavy citrus, heavy pine, pine sol too, mild candy. Flavor has a bit of vodka/bleach at the outset but that fades away, the soap comes after, pine too, some grapefruit. Bitter finish.
Tried
from Growler
on 18 Aug 2014
at 15:26
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Tastes like bleach with some citrus. Pours gold. Astringent finish. Bitter. Thanks to Radagast for this one.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 08:31
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
Orange peel, grass nose. Cloudy amber, thin head. Orange peel iverpowered with fishy sea water. Not in good condition.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 15:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft sample at the brewery during growler hours - construction starts next week, official opening in a few months. Poured a medium orange-amber color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was tropical fruit notes, juicy. Intense hop notes. Flavor was tropical fruit notes, fresh NZ hop notes. I hope the second keg I got a growler of this from isn’t too bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2014
at 10:15