Hop Trip
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.91
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WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 10 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 12/27/2015. Labeled as 6.1% ABV. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy orange/copper color with a 2 finger dense and rocky light khaki head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, light pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, mango, lemon zest, orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon/orange peel, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness, complexity, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Some light dryness from bitterness after the finish as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and fairly creamy/bready/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice harvest pale ale. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of juicy citrus/tropical hops and moderate bready malt sweetness; and very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
bergstaden (9523) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Amber with an off white head - Malt and hops in the aroma - Mlat body with a good frutiy hop flavour with some nice bitterness - Good fruity hop finish - This was nice
cheap (9533) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5
From a bottle, this stuff has a volatile metallic aroma. Cloudy lighter iced tea look about it. Surprisingly has pretty good co2, got to hand it to ya. First taste tho is that big large kick in the palate. Bitter waxy mouth coating resin fer sure. Good example of a DIPA. Wrenchingly on style, wew. YIP YIP. Reverse numbers if you like this style.
Davros (5279) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours amber with a large head.Nose shows soft citrus and pine along with rich caramel and sweet malt.More sweet malt as a flavour, with a little spicy and piny hops behind.
backdaft (309) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Poura deep amber color. Medium off white head ends in thin film with nice rings of lacing. Aroma is pretty mild with hops and pine. Tastes of earthy hops & caramel malt sweetness. A nice amount of bitterness lingers. Medium body and carbonation. A pretty solid APA ... that seems to be an IPA.
Zymurgeist (5717) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle to pint. Tropical juiciness dominate both aroma and flavor. Pours a clear golden-amber with off white head. Could use more malt backing. Can squeeze the citric, tropical juice out of this. Too one-sided. Low bitterness.
CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Best by date of 12/29/14 stamped in the bottom left side of the bottle.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy to transparent amber color with a nice one finger white to off white foamy head that gets nice and rocky as it dissipated.
The smell had a sweet deep caramel malts up front reminiscent of an English Pale Ale without the soapiness normally associated with English Pales. Light citrus hops try to balance but mainly stay in the background.
The taste followed the nose to a sweet touch coming across in a sweet sticky caramel flavor. There’s a light sweet caramel aftertaste and a sticky finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Moderate sticky sweet caramel balances across the tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good English Pale Ale that would be great with fish n’ chips but I can’t really see it as an American Pale Ale. I’d still have it again.
yespr (55501) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, peachy and slight citrusy. Peachy, light soapy to perfumed. Bitter and citrusy, peachy. Floral. Bitter and lingering floral hoppy finish.
andrewje41 (7962) reviewed Hop Trip from Deschutes Brewery 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Draft pour at Special Brews. Pours a dark copper color with a patchy lasting head to it. Mostly hops on the aroma. A lot of bitter hop flavor, with an equal amount of sweet malt character. I don’t know, I guess I was pretty bored with this beer. Nice hop flavor, but overall I wasn’t too impressed with this one. Maybe my expectation was high. I still enjoyed it.