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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6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at Austin Food Works. Clear golden with white head. Faint hop aroma with peach, caramel, malt and grass. Lightly hoppy taste with lemon, peach, sweet caramel and a grassy finish. Quite bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2016
at 13:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle from Beer Gonzo. Pours clear gold, white head. Aroma is leafy pine and caramel. Taste is resin, grapefruit, orange pith. Expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2016
at 17:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at the Tornado Room, Berkeley, 29/01/16. Clear golden orange with a decent off white covering. Nose is pine, light skunky hop trace, orange pith, grapefruit shreds. Taste comprises tangerines, toasted bread, red grapefruit, orange peel. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dashed with pine needle and dankish hop bitterness. Solid IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2016
at 10:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(tap 0,3l @ OP (Brno))
Aroma: Sweet, hoppy, fruity, floral.
Appearance: Clear golden color. Minimal, white head.
Taste: Light sweet, light bitter, strong floral hops.
Palate: Medium body.
Overall: Nice intense hoppy aroma and taste.
Aroma: Sweet, hoppy, fruity, floral.
Appearance: Clear golden color. Minimal, white head.
Taste: Light sweet, light bitter, strong floral hops.
Palate: Medium body.
Overall: Nice intense hoppy aroma and taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2016
at 16:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12fl.oz. bottle. Pours a slightly hazy, pale gold with a medium, long lasting, frothy, white head that laces. Citrus aroma of lemon, grapefruit, floral hops, grass and pine needles. Sweet, crisp flavour of lemon peel, grapefruit, pine needles and grass with a dry, bitter, resiny hop finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and average carbonation. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2016
at 23:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Finally picked up a bottle of this from the local grocery store make-your-own-6er. Poured a clear golden yellow color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was lots of nice floral notes, pleasant pine hop character, with a decent blast of citrus. Flavor was nicely balanced, not a malt bomb at all. Very tasty. Lots of tasty from what I presume is that hop oil.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2016
at 12:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
0.35l Bottle from Biervana. Clear dark-golden color with white head that becomes a ring quickly. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit and resin, quite herbal as well. Taste starts off with a floral herbral kick, then the fruits come into play, more citrus and grapefruit there. A biscuity malt base cuts through as well. The bitterness builds up, and it ends quite bitter. Of course, the complementary residual sweetness is there as well, but the bitterness wins. It feels very bitter. Carbonation is rather low. It’s got this chewy mouthfeel paired with a piney aftertaste that makes you smack your lips multiple times after swallowing. Impressive, Sierra Nevada, impressive! Especially since this bottle is already a few months old when it makes it to Europe. Would probably be a nice summer sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 14:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle.Dark orange colour with white head.Aroma is fruity of greapfruits and pine hoppy and herbel,with medium body and fresh fruity mouthfeels,but ther are many better Ipa then this one overall but o.k
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2016
at 13:32
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Akkurat. Fresh happy drinkable lots of tangerine, pine and some lime.
Tried
on 06 Feb 2016
at 11:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at Brashland. Pours a clear orange gold with medium frothy white head that lasts. The aroma is onion and pine. Medium mouth, grapefruit, pine, onion, resin finish, ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Feb 2016
at 20:51