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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7/10
Tried
on 30 Apr 2017
at 21:27
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Stoneworks Peterborough. Pale golden colour with a white head. Pine fruity and orange blossom aroma and taste. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2017
at 13:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hop Hunter 6.2% Thin, frothy white head soon left a cover on a hazy golden body. Tropical fruits aroma. Medium body. Clean& crisp. Prickly down the throat. Dry on the aft. Very light. Bitter hoppy tastes of grapefruit, pith, lemon & pine. Good one but I’d love to taste this one fresher.
Tried
on 19 Feb 2017
at 14:34
7.5/10
Tried
on 03 Feb 2017
at 12:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Fox & Hounds, Sønderborg. Pours hazy darkish straw with airy white head. Clear aromabof hops and citrus, with notes of malt and yeast. Bitter and citric flavour of C-hops, with notes of fruit and malt and estery touches. Oily hints. Bitter, hoppy aftertaste with grassy hints. Well-balanced and decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2017
at 12:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Purchased in a you-select six-pack. It has a medium yellow body and an almost white head. It smells of citrus and grass. But the taste is where it kicks in. A hop bomb first impression. That lingers and follows with some orange and lime. Nice bitterness. Attributes of an Imperial IPA. Sierra Nevada, congratulations.
Tried
on 15 Jan 2017
at 18:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Not quite the hop explosion I was expecting after reading about all those highfalutin brewing techniques, but a pretty good IPA nonetheless, brimming with citric fruitiness and bringing a prolonged bitter fade. Malts seem a bit lacking--the middle picks up a mildly annoying metallic tinge--but the lingering hop presence prevents this weirdness from growing too noticeable. Not my favorite Sierra Nevada IPA but it will work in a pinch.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 11:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Beer Gonzo, Online Store, Earlsdon, Coventry, consumed at home whilst cooking Wild Mushroom Pilau and Dhaniya Keema, Friday 6th January 2017 Pours light lemony gold with a touch of haze, filmy white head. A little thin but decent hoppiness nonetheless, a touch dry. I get a touch of spice from the hops (hop oil used I note), solid if a tad underwhelming. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2017
at 14:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
35cl Bottle, thanks Harmen! Clear golden orange colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, crystal malt, light citrus, floral. Flavour is medium sweet, crystal malt, caramel, some grapefruit and lemon, floral, decent bitter finish. Light to medium bodied. Classic stuff, but not much going on.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Dec 2016
at 10:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
gouden met witte kraag. aroma en smaken zijn hoppig, gras en stro, matig tot redelijk bitter, matig zoet, stro, zacht, lage co2, matige body, goede smaken
Tried
on 27 Dec 2016
at 09:43