Hop Delusion
Karbach Brewing in Houston, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.25
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draft from karbach. Clear orange amber pour. Strong hop aroma with some cedar. Juicy hops from beginning to end with strong malt.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
On tap at Whip In, pours a clear copper golden with a small beige head. Aroma brings out dank hops, biscuity malt and some weed. Flavour is oily and dank, with resinous hop oils, dank notes, weed and some rough alcohol. It works, but could use some tidying up. Okay.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared at the level 42, 24/05/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. Clear golden orange coloured pour with a a fading sticky white head. Aroma is spicy hop, peppercorn, little caramel, pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet grains, juicy orange, caramel, pine resin, little jammy fruits. Palate is medium bodied, sticky, moderate carbonation. Hides the large abv quite well.
WingmanWillis (38284) ticked Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 9 years ago
popery (1998) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
The beer is a light amber color. Moderately cloudy. The head is white and pretty big. Lots of lacing, good retention. The aroma has a nice mix of hop flavors with a pretty good amount of malt presence. There’s a fairly dank grapefruit and pine resin foundation. Pineapple juice sweetness. Some mango and orange. Caramel tinged malt sugar character. More malt sweetness comes out as the beer warms. Taste has a lot of malt character. Hop flavor is there, but it’s toned down and a bit bland. Medium bitterness. Piney, grapefruity hop flavor. A bit heavy. Caramel malt flavor. Medium body. Not a bad DIPA but it just doesn’t have it in the taste.
ineedbeer (4099) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured from a can dated 04/29/2015. Aroma is balanced between malt and hops. Light caramel and toasted bread with a bit of cracker. Moderate grapefruit and pine resin with a hint of alcohol. Pours a slightly cloudy, copper orange with a medium sized, moderately thick, slightly off white head with decent retention. Medium lacing and small legs. Flavor is moderately sweet with some caramel, toasted bread and crackers. Medium high to high bitterness. Medium low hop character, mostly grapefruit and pine resin. Light alcohol spice. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, not a great beer. Balanced malt and hops, but I prefer an unbalanced IPA tilted towards hops.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
4th November 2014
Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Thanks to Theydon Bois. Bright clear gold beer, big cream colour head. Palate is airy and semi dry. Mild fine carbonation. Airy malts bring mild creamy sweetness. Good marmalade hops backed by light lime and lemon. Mild pine and a touch of tropical fruits. Hops spice before a light semi dry finish. A fine beer.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Colin. Pours clear gold with a frothy white head. The aroma holds lots of ripe citrus, orange, some bready malts, suggestions of caramel. Medium sweet flavor with some leafy hops, orange rind, grapefruit, pine, grainy bread. Medium to full bodied with fine to average carbonation. Warming finish with moderate piney resins, some crackers, toasty pale malts, more orange and grapefruit. Pretty nice.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle thanks to Colin. It pours clear amber with a thick yellow-white head. The nose is piney, soapy, lemon peel, sherbet, grapefruit, toasty grain and hay. The taste is bitter-sweet, creamy, pine, lemon peel, sherbet, alcohol, lemon meringue, straw, booze and more pine with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit sweet and a touch boozy, but nor bad.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Hop Delusion from Karbach Brewing 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the Yard House, Houston. An almost clear one, dark golden to pale amber in color and with a minimal sized off-white head. Lots and lots of citrus peel and pine cones in the aroma, resins and a little malty touch and some alcohol on the nose. The flavor has a lot of bitterness, still not too much, with pink grapefruit, pine cones and a generic citrus flavor. Some malty flavors too. It’s lightly warming on the palate, full bodied and with a nice carbonation level. Lasting bitter finish with pink grapefruit and pine cones. Sure delicious this one, with a really nice balance. Well, it’s mostly on the hoppy side, and its also quite dry, making it dangerously easy drinkable. 140516