New Holland Brewing Company Hopivore

Hopivore

 

New Holland Brewing Company in Holland, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Autumn Out of Production
Score
6.35
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 55 Ticks: 29
100 % of the hops in 2011 Hopivore were sourced through the Michigan Hop Alliance. Hopivore features Cascade and Brewer’s Gold hops from the Leelanau Peninsula. The hot and dry weather this year helped create productive and flavorful alpha and beta acids in these maturing vines, which are in their third and fourth season.Hopivore is a wet-hopped Harvest Ale, so the hops were introduced to the kettle only hours after harvest, without being dried. Hopivore presents a round, deep hop character, balanced by modestly sweet maltiness. Expect a more herbaceous hoppiness than other hop-forward beers.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 10/12/2015. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy golden amber color with a 2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of bright/dank citrus/floral/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, light caramel, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pine, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of bright/dank citrus/floral/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Good amount of dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and moderately sticky/resinous mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice wet hopped American pale ale style. All around very good robustness, complexity, and balance of bright/dank citrus/floral/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2015 at 21:15


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours an amber from a bottle, white head. Aroma of grapefruit, somewhat grassy. Taste is somewhat reminiscent of Pine-Sol, but in only the best way possible. Good beer.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2015 at 20:51


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From bottle to glass. Rich caramel malt is overt. Minimal forest floor. Clear amber with a small white head. Taste is full malt with faint citrus. A good, malty beer.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2015 at 19:48


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Dingy Amber pour with lots of carbonation and a medium head. Aromas are weakly dusty with a little grass and citrus. Flavor follows suite. This is not a very assertive hops presence and it comes off much more like an amber ale than an ipa. A little grass and spice with a hint of grapefruit and then a fizzle.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Nov 2014 at 18:05


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample at 1808 American Bistro. Pours a dark orange-amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes quickly to an outer ring. Short strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, hops and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of grassy hops, toasted malt and pine. The finish is mildly bitter with a short grassy hops aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.

Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2013 at 19:33


5.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Draft. Cloudy deep amber color, medium white head. Aroma of damp and earthy hops. Taste is bitter and watery.

Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2013 at 07:20


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

An orange amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, biscuit malt with green hops, floral, light dough notes. In mouth, a nice caramel with grassy floral hops, green and fresh, nice. On tap at Iron Monkey, Dec. 31 2012.

Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2013 at 18:14


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Tried on 09 Jan 2013 at 17:15


5.8
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 12

Bottle. Cloudy deep amber body. Frothy, off-white head, mostly lasting. Aroma of raw, dusty grain, leafy resinous hops, pine, grapefruit. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, smooth texture, lively carbonation. Taste of husky grain, resin, pepper — like so many other resin bombs.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2012 at 18:10


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at rustico. Pours clear gold with a white head. Fruity hop aroma. Soft malty flavor with a bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 10 Nov 2012 at 10:44