Reaver Beach Brewing Company Hoptopus Double IPA

Hoptopus Double IPA

 

Reaver Beach Brewing Company in Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.12
ABV: 8.8% IBU: 108 Ticks: 17
Famous for a reason. Brewed for over a decade and canned right here in Virginia Beach since 2014, our Hoptopus Double IPA is a massive, hop-driven beer, combining a firm malt base with copious kettle hopping for sturdy bitterness. Dry hopped to the gills with the mighty Simcoe hop, this denizen of the deep surges with character of grapefruit, mango, and pine. Your palate will never be the same.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Talk boy can. Poured a hazy orange yellow. Lots of citrus. White head. Juicy with a bit of resin. Nice iipa.

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:17


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can

Tried from Can on 31 Jan 2022 at 19:48


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Taster at brewery. Orange golden pour, hazy, small frothy off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, lots of citrus, oranges. Taste adds in some sweet malts, more sweet orange, citrus, zzesty.

Tried on 26 Sep 2021 at 23:03


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

Ever so slightly hazy golden and peach coloured body with a thick, three to four centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of citrusey, grapefruity and lightly resinous qualities with a good deal of malt, some noticeable sugars and a large bitterness, at least in the nose from the dry hops. Medium-bodied; Strong rich hop flavours dominate with some grapefruit and pure citrus flavours with a good deal of malts, but very little else in terms of complexities. Aftertaste shows the resin from both the sticky hops, but also from the syrupy sweet notes and a dash of alcohol and more assertive grainy malt notes at the finish. Overall, about what you'd expect for an East Coast Imperial IPA with some deeper flavours, but a lot of hops and a good deal of malt for balance with some good sweetness and bitterness as well. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Newport News, Virginia on 17-November-2019 for US$3,86 sampled in the streets of New York while looking at the Christmas Lights in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, New York on 06-December-2019.

Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2019 at 08:09


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

From a 16 oz can at Spacebar in Falls Church. Pours a hazy gold with an off white head. Aroma of shoe polish and tropical fruit. Flavors are moderately bitter berries. Intensely bitter finish,

Tried from Can on 14 Jul 2018 at 02:10


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can poured into a tulip. Mostly clear golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of citrus, floral notes, malt. Tastes of citrus, stone fruit, floral notes, malt, some tropical and stone fruit. Medium body with a dry finish.

Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2018 at 03:35


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16 oz can from Growlers to Go, Short Pump. Pours an unclear golden-orange color with a thin white head and some light, spotty lacework. Aroma is pine and grapefruit, grassy and floral too. A little pale malt, some caramel. Soft feel, decently dry. Good bitterness level. Tasty stuff.

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2017 at 17:10


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Tap. Pours clear golden, small white head, creamy, decent lacing. Aroma is grapefruit, hints of pine. Flavor is light sweet, medium bitter, classic and clean. Medium body, lingering bitterness.

Tried from Draft on 29 Aug 2016 at 18:19


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can thanks to obguthr
Pours cloudy golden with a medium sized white head, good lacing. Aroma of caramel, floral and pine. Taste is malty, grassy and pine resin
Decent

Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2016 at 01:06


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

Draft pour at Novemberfest 2014. Poured a dark golden orange color with a small white head. Aroma was plenty of resin pine notes, some grassy notes. Light hops. Flavor was bitter hops, pine, herbal. Some booze comes through.

Tried from Draft on 02 Nov 2014 at 19:33