Hop Slayer Double IPA
Wild Onion Brewery in Lake Barrington, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.78
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An intense Double IPA brewed for the "hopheads" of the world. This robust ale is so full of malt and hops that you can almost chew on it. Served in a snifter to bring out all of the nuances of malt, hop, and alcohol.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught fro. habitat. Clear amber pour. Fruity citrus nose. Small white head. Grapwfruit more than resin. Purdy good.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:17
7/10
RB score 3.37
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2025
at 03:37
4/10
Kind of flat. Could be better.
Tried
on 05 May 2016
at 18:56
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. can purchased at The Beer Shoppe or $3.95. A tad pricey but worth the sample for sure. Cloudy Amber color with fast diminishing head that leaves very little after it settles. Aroma is rather nice, heavy with resin, pine qualities with a spicy rye (or at least spicy) malt note.
Flavor starts with a moderate level of malt and citrus backed by a chewy yeast body. The chewy yeast gives way to a rather bold pine. The resin pine isn’t real big at first, it seems to stack up after you work your way though the glass. No date is displayed any place on the can, yet it’s clear to me it on the fresher side. If you find this on draft or fresh can don’t pass it up. Tasty
Flavor starts with a moderate level of malt and citrus backed by a chewy yeast body. The chewy yeast gives way to a rather bold pine. The resin pine isn’t real big at first, it seems to stack up after you work your way though the glass. No date is displayed any place on the can, yet it’s clear to me it on the fresher side. If you find this on draft or fresh can don’t pass it up. Tasty
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jan 2015
at 19:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Hazy Muddy Brown, A few Floaters, Huge Fluff Head, Decent Lacing. Sweet Malt, Floral Hops and Pine Aroma. Sweet Malt, Resin, Pine and Hop Bitter. More Sweet Than Bitter. Full Body, Hides High ABV Well. Easy To Drink, Enjoyed It. Recommended....
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 22:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can-thin lt tan-hazy dk amber. A-resin/herbal, med malt-cereal. T-initially not good, after being in the pint glass a bit: herbal/floral/orange hops, med malt-cereal/caramel. Enjoyable but not my style of hops.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Nov 2013
at 18:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: Pours light amber with a white head. Aroma is piny hops and resin hops, with a substantial malt backbone. Taste is rather bitter and hoppy, but with a big chewy malt backbone. A relatively standard DIPA, but pretty good.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2013
at 10:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured a bright orange-amber color with a large creamy-soapy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was strong pine, resin and caramel. The flavor was sweet and tangy pine, resin, orange and caramel. Medium length sweet pine, resin and caramel finish. Full bodied and just a touch boozy. Interesting.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2013
at 11:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Taster at the Blarney Stone’s Solstice Fest, Oak Forest. Cloudy amber color with a fruity hop smell. Simply tastes quite full of IPA goodness, but also plenty of malts to make for a pleasing balance. Lots of pine and a bit of apricot in the hop palate.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2013
at 14:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can. Better Beer Of The Month Club. Hazy deep amber with a beige head. Aroma of citric and piney hops, grassy hints and a bit of malt. Flavor has some sweet malt, caramelly and a bit biscuity, piney and resinous hops and a bitter and slightly alcoholic finish. Medium-bodied, a bit heavy. Quite alright. Also, I like the drawing on the can.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2013
at 12:36