Hop Crisis!
21st Amendment Brewery in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.44
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Shaun and Nico have to break out of Alcatraz. And fast. The Hop Syndicate is hoarding hops, depriving the people of their right to hoppy, aromatic beer. Join Shaun and Nico on their adventure to Free the Hops! First, they plan a daring escape through the sewer pipe, then they surf monster waves on ironing boards, and finally they attempt a high speed cable car getaway.
Hop Crisis. Crisis? What Crisis? A few years ago, when hop prices shot through the roof and the worldwide hop market went into a tailspin, at our pub in San Francisco we decided there was only one thing for us to do. We made the biggest, hoppiest IPA we could imagine and aged it on oak for good measure. This ImperialIPA breaks all the rules with more malt, more hops and more aroma.
Hop Crisis. Crisis? What Crisis? A few years ago, when hop prices shot through the roof and the worldwide hop market went into a tailspin, at our pub in San Francisco we decided there was only one thing for us to do. We made the biggest, hoppiest IPA we could imagine and aged it on oak for good measure. This ImperialIPA breaks all the rules with more malt, more hops and more aroma.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Parker Pie, 9.7%, served in an IPA glass it gives off an intensely jammy waft of stone fruits. Getting in for a closer whiff I get some boozy sharp heat, lots of malt caramel sweetness and hints of pine. Full bodied and quite a lusciously smooth mouthfeel. The taste is sharp peppery pine, jammy sweet stone fruit and a semi-dry herbal finish with some warmth radiating outwards from your stomach. Quite a good double IPA though I didn’t get anything from the oak spirals.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2016
at 09:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Golden pour. Aroma has lots of hops, caramel, citrus, pineapple and peach. Bitter taste of citrus hops, pineapple, peach, mild caramel and a really bitter finish. Great hop bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Sep 2016
at 01:11
4/10
Tried
on 24 Mar 2016
at 19:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home after a somewhat rough work Friday, happy that’s done for the week! This is a pretty damn good one here. Appearance is a lightly cloudy gold with a prominent and billowy white head. Aroma of oak, caramel malt, smells hoppy. Taste is nice, definitely potent, very much barley-wine esque. Not as malty as a barley wine though. Done well, good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2015
at 19:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, pours a clear straw color and topped with a thick finger of white head. Intense sheet lacing. Sweet scents of citrus and tropical fruit, some pine. Sweet taste, lightly bitter. Syrupy and rich. The hop balance is spot-on, this is really enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Sep 2015
at 21:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pour is a hazy golden with a large white head. Aroma is a big citrus hop with some lemon-lime notes. Flavor is more of a honeydew melon and pear hop with wallop of alcohol. Finish is clean with notes of the fruity hops left on the tongue. The alcohol is here in a big way. Not a burning but more of a sinus clearing way. Still not a huge caramel malt bill to get in the way, this is all about the various hop varieties used. It’s tasty but powerful.
Tried
on 25 Jul 2015
at 17:11
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can thanks to Russell. Pours a cloudy orange with small off white head. The aroma is pine and citrus. Strong pine, medium mouth, malt bomb.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2015
at 23:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
You won’t be able to tell the high ABV. Nice but not overpowering aroma leads to a sharp, biting flavor that is pure DIPA. Clear golden body with nice creamy head, tons of clumpy lacing. All around winner
Tried
on 04 Sep 2014
at 18:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a semi-clear yellow color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There’s some light foamy lacing just kinda clinging all over the place.
The smell had a fine sweet grapefruit with some cherishing citrus characteristics running all over in and out but in a good way.
The taste was pretty much the same with a leading sticky edge of citrus freshness to be in the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. ABV? What ABV, haha, I felt or tasted none of it.
Overall, DIPA, well done one. She’s dangerously sessionable. I’m pretty sure I’d have this again.
The appearance was a semi-clear yellow color with a one and a half finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There’s some light foamy lacing just kinda clinging all over the place.
The smell had a fine sweet grapefruit with some cherishing citrus characteristics running all over in and out but in a good way.
The taste was pretty much the same with a leading sticky edge of citrus freshness to be in the aftertaste and finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body. ABV? What ABV, haha, I felt or tasted none of it.
Overall, DIPA, well done one. She’s dangerously sessionable. I’m pretty sure I’d have this again.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2014
at 22:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can. Bright pale gold color. Medium sized foamy white head holds firm. Fragrant pine hops dominate the nose. Slight grainy sweet malt undertones. First sip yields a big bitter hop wallop. What malt appeared in the nose is quickly overtaken by the avalanche of complex hops. Notes of bubble gum, tropical fruit, pine and bitter citrus emerge. There is a subtle oakiness that lingers in the mid taste, but it is barely noticeable. Each swallow brings a warming fruity alcohol burn. Best sipped at about 55 degrees. Finishes dry and bitter with more subtle oak. Nicely done.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2014
at 19:56