Pure Hoppiness
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Green Flash Brewing CompanyIPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.77
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So mega-hopped it will take you to hop heaven. We’ve used hops in the boil, more hops in the giant hopback, and added to that, an incredible amount of dry-hopping for that cutting-edge “hop bite.” Once you’ve tasted this unique beer, all others pale in comparison. 1.072 OG Classified IBU 8%ABV
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tfontana (7277) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle pour into tulip glass from Greg & Jane's Beer and Wine. Appearance is clear light orange with decent sparkle, finger-width white fizzy head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is lemon citrus and dank resin with fleeting hints of tropical fruit and herbs. Taste is floral, bitter resin with mix of bittersweet lemon citrus. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin, foamy texture, lively carbonation and bittersweet resin/citrus finish. Overall, the hop aromas and flavors are strong but could be more complex. Not a bitter bomb by any means but West Coast in its resin and citrus dominant bitterness. Good but perhaps overhyped.
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From Nov 2007
This pours from 22oz bottle a hazy medium gold with a good 2 finger head of foam that shrinks to a fine layer further into the session and it has lots of lacing.
The smell is hoppiness to the max. Grapefruit rules the nose and it's powerful.
The taste has huge notes of grapefruit up front..maybe the most I've tasted, initially, in any DIPA. I can *just* taste some malt in the background but it doesn't come to anywhere near the forefront during the entire session. This sample of the style is all about the hops. And what a nice hop character it has. Lots of grapefruit, some floral, some grass, some spice...still, it's mostly the grapefruit. A darn good sample of a hoppy DIPA and yes..I *do* love examples of the style where the malt shares the thrown with the hops. Sometimes, you look for that malt-hop balance in a DIPA and sometimes you don't. When they are done right, I can appreciate both and this one fits the bill. The 8%abv is very well hidden. My first sample from the Alpine Brewery and I'd dare say, not my last. Well done!
gtaegeek (6356) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12 oz. bottle. Pours clear, golden color, with a big, frothy, white head. The aroma is pine and resin, with some floral notes, tar, and caramel. Sweet at first, with a strong, smooth bitterness. Medium to heavy body, with a creamy, astringent mouthfeel. Solid, and clearly well made, but not my favorite.
allmyvinyl (21071) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared at work, thanks to Joe. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Resin on the nose, dank hops and tropical fruit. Taste is bitter orange, more resin and a faint malt backbone. Decent DIPA.
rouhlas (5047) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
From tap at The Trappist, Oakland. Clear orange color with off white head. Hoppy and malty aroma, caramel, pine, citrus, orange, grass. Sweet and moderate to heavy bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Gyllenbock (17517) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Hopping Pig, San Diego. Light orange with a white head. Fresh and hoppy with resin, grapefruit, some malt and light caramel. The finish was bitter.
notalush (7339) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Tap - classic example from a region that invented this shit - resinous, oily texture, but still fairly clean and not overly heavy or sweet - citrus and pine, dank finish - peppery, spicy hop character and heavy but not abrasive bitterness.
Edwgallo (6795) ticked Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 5/4/2017. Pours fairly crystal clear deep gold/light amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, papaya, lemon, orange zest, light pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of bright/juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, papaya, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper, pine, honey, light caramel, lightly toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine/citrus rind/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, apricot, mango, papaya, lemon/orange rind, pepper, pine, biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of bright/juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and fairly creamy/grainy/bready balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is an incredible DIPA! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of bright/juicy citrus/tropical/pine hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth, crisp, and easy to drink for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
trapped (8300) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draught @ George Keeley. Clear dark golden with off-white foamy head, orange perl aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter grapefruit taste with some mango, smooth body, medium bitter finish. Very very smooth and tasty.