Hop Pocket Ale
Tuppers' Hop Pocket Beers in Bethesda, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.11
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Hops!!! A rich harvest ale, deep gold & and extravagantly hopped. Carefully aged with whole flower Mt. Hood & Cascades.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Caramel malts, some herbal hops, light citrus, floral, as well. Flavor has a much stronger hop bitterness than the aroma leads on, but the flavor is still dominated by the caramel malts. Still, some floral and herbal notes along with mild citrus tones. Very enjoyable, if a bit sweet overall.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2009
at 04:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Location: Having lived in VA/MD/DC region for a long time I use to drink this one pretty regularly, and I didn't realize it had been retired, which explains why I haven't seen it in a while....
Overall Impression: Looking back on an old rating I had no comments but the score, so I'll just score it for now. Too bad, because I do remember thinking this was an enjoyable brew.
Overall Impression: Looking back on an old rating I had no comments but the score, so I'll just score it for now. Too bad, because I do remember thinking this was an enjoyable brew.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2009
at 13:24
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Doughy, buttery, wheat, and pineapple nose. Dark copper pour with a medium yellow head. Quite complex flavor pine needles, orange, caramel, and walnuts. Marigold finish. Much better than I remember from before rating. The quality has either improved or I’ve developed a much more appreciative palate.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2008
at 17:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
My last rate was from a bad bottle, so it’s gone entirely. Sampled on draft at the 2nd annual Virginia Beer Festival at Capital Ale House Midlothian. Pours a clear copper coolor with a huge head. Good head retention and lacing. Big resiny hop aroma with fine citrus notes. Very bitter hop taste with resin, citrus and caramel malts. Medium-full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jan 2008
at 17:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 2007-11-17, 7-4-7-4-16=38
Cloudy amber color; big frothy head. Hoppy aroma, a bit grassy and earthy, nice. Medium body structure, some good grainy malt flavor, with a good hopping, bringing some nice hop oils. Very good.
Draught at the Old Dominion pub in Dulles Intl Airport, Washington DC, 2007-10-07, 6-4-7-5-15=37
Hazy amber color. Some malt and hop aroma. Good body strength, very good caramel and toffee flavor, with a quality and powerful hopping; the hop is resiny and partially fruity, it leads to a very strong and long final. Very good Pale Ale.
Cloudy amber color; big frothy head. Hoppy aroma, a bit grassy and earthy, nice. Medium body structure, some good grainy malt flavor, with a good hopping, bringing some nice hop oils. Very good.
Draught at the Old Dominion pub in Dulles Intl Airport, Washington DC, 2007-10-07, 6-4-7-5-15=37
Hazy amber color. Some malt and hop aroma. Good body strength, very good caramel and toffee flavor, with a quality and powerful hopping; the hop is resiny and partially fruity, it leads to a very strong and long final. Very good Pale Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2007
at 07:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Amber golden with tiny, floating impurities and a huge, rough, shaving foam style, lacing head. Lightly sweet caramel aroma with some fat citrus hops. Medium body with sweet caramel flavour and a distinct, hoppy finish. 171107
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Nov 2007
at 10:44
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3.5
Texture 6
Overall 3
Sweet candy aroma with hints of floral hops in the background. Cloudy brownish iced tea appearance. Surprisingly less hoppy than I expected on the palate. Tho there is this mild grapefruit peel effect that is tempered by a chocolate feel that is indescribable. OK, now the bitter hop bite is beginning to manifest itself on the palate. Also has an artificial plastic taste about it. Good decent carbonation that is welcomed. The hop bitter bite keeps building near the end of the session and it ends with a finish that is a lingering bitter medicinal feel that hangs around for a while.
Tried
from Can
from
The Beer Store (Nashua)
on 03 Sep 2007
at 13:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Secret Santa. Pour is a slightly hazy orange-red-yellow with a nice off white head. Aroma is cascade hops right away, and not much else. The taste reveals a bunch more, the hops start rather bitter and mellow quickly into a nice malt backbone and finish with some orange rind. There is some cocoa or caramel sweetness in there as well. Extremely drinkable, a nice beer. Thanks Santa.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2007
at 21:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Beer_Hawk; Thanks Joey!; Nose of citrusyhops with some caramel; a more balanced nose than most pale ales; slightly hazy amber with a tiny off-white head; dlavor of lemony hop bitterness mixed with caramel in the medium body; the bitterness lasting well into the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2006
at 17:58