Hop Hunter
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.27
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Distilled Hop Oil IPA
We harness the complex flavors of just-picked hops with Hop Hunter IPA using an all-new method of steam distilling wet hops before they even leave the fields. This revolutionary technique captures and intensifies the natural flavors, creating a unique and intensely aromatic beer. Our custom process gathers pure hop oil which, when combined with traditional whole-cone hops in the brew kettle, makes for an incredible IPA experience.
We harness the complex flavors of just-picked hops with Hop Hunter IPA using an all-new method of steam distilling wet hops before they even leave the fields. This revolutionary technique captures and intensifies the natural flavors, creating a unique and intensely aromatic beer. Our custom process gathers pure hop oil which, when combined with traditional whole-cone hops in the brew kettle, makes for an incredible IPA experience.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden colored, bit unclear, small to medium white head. Aroma is of some malt, mostly strong hoppy aroma of pine, floral and some citrus, resiny hops. Taste is medium sweet malt, medium to strong hoppiness, pine and floral, some citrus, resiny, medium bitterness, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily-resiny. (bottle, Pivoteka Zagreb)
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2016
at 13:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden with dense head. Pine aroma with grapefruit notes. Mango and pine taste. Full bitterness, not fully backed up by the malt. Fresh.
Tried
on 08 Jul 2016
at 15:36
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle on Sunday 29th May 2016, while on holiday in California. This followed a New Belgium Ranger IPA, which I much prefered to this brew. Clear golden pour with a wispy white head. Hops lead the way as you’d expect with such a named beer, but although they are dominant, they are not overpowering or bitter enough for my palate. Citrusy and piney, yes, bitter and malt sweetness preventing, no. I am beginning to enjoy some of these ’West Coast’ IPA’s, but this one fell short of many I have tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2016
at 08:48
7/10
Tried
on 04 Jun 2016
at 23:53
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
ABC Dutch Summer Tasting. Shared bottle. Near clear golden with white head. Sweet toasty caramel malts, grains,green leaves, lychee. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, chalky texture, oily fat feel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 16:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
33cl bottle shared at the Dutch summer tasting. Thin white head. hazy golden pour. A lovely IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 16:56
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared thanks to sjogro. Clear light golden with white head. Some tropical fruits, marijuana, light green leaves, soft caramel malts, light chicory, grassy. Medium bitter and light sweet. Medium bodied. Nice classic US IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2016
at 16:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap. Pours a copper color with full head. Aromas of resiny pine and grapefruit with herbal spicy hints. Flavors of dry bitter pine, spicy resin, grass and bitter grapefruit. A bit to biitter for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jun 2016
at 16:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
35,5cl bottle from Uba ja Humal, Tallinn. Pours clear golden with a somewhat modest white head. Rather intense hoppy aroma with pine, some citrus and caramel, grass and hints of fruits. Moderate to medium sweet with nice hoppy flavours and a rather bitter finish. Refreshing and quite delicious!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2016
at 09:23
8/10
Woah so many hop oils! Super clean. Solid bitterness. A little oxidised but a great concept. Excellent work.
Tried
on 08 May 2016
at 16:25