Alpine Beer Company Hoppy Birthday

Hoppy Birthday

 

Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special
Score
7.37
ABV: 5.3% IBU: 50 Ticks: 159
Hoppy Birthday is known as “The world’s most celebrated beer.” A Pale Ale, it benefits from a heavy dose of dry-hopping and is truly a gift to the senses. This bold brew has an intense hop-bitterness, but the pine aroma is the star of the show.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Clear gold pour. Massive hop aroma. Resin and citrus. Pretty clean finish. Cerveza con caracter

Tried on 20 May 2025 at 01:15


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Amber-copper colored with a small head. Aroma is citrus and hints of spruce. Taste was spruce and citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 05:12


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can from Beer Republic. Piney hoppy aroma with grapefruit, citrus, orange, some malt and pine. Bitter flavour with a little sweetness, medium body. Classic West Coast fare. I love the uncomplicated elegance and drinkability in this adjunct-laden era.

Tried from Can on 25 Jan 2025 at 06:58


6

good hops. pretty good but nothing special.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:25


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Hazy orangeish golden colour, small white head, which leaves some lace. Aroma is citrus, some bready malts, mild toffee and herbal notes. Flavour is crisp bready and biscuity malts with some bitter floral notes as well as some spruce and slight herbs.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2022 at 21:39


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Blik 35,5cl thuis. Flink hoppig, bitter, malttonen, fruitig, bloemig, licht plakkerig, pine, harsig, mango, grapefruit, vrij zacht. (11-8-2022).

Tried from Can on 11 Aug 2022 at 20:09


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

35cl Blik van Beer Republic. Mistig gouden kleur, witte kraag. Mango, citrus, bloemig, fruitig zoet, fijne moutbasis, goed bitter. Lichte body. Lekker.

Tried on 17 Apr 2022 at 19:47


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Pours pale golden to light amber, some haziness. A couple of fingers of head, decent retention and not much lacing. Good enough intensity and freshness in a straightforward per style aroma: light cerealish base, piney and slightly resinous feel, notes of tangerine and grapefruit. Taste notes as per aroma, but with more sweetness than the aroma suggested, and also not very bright/defined. There's overall medium sweetness and medium to high bitterness, with some lingering sirupy sweetness in the aftertaste/finish. Light to medium bodied with average or lightly above average carbonation; a typical per style lively and easygoing mouthfeel. Unimpressive.

Tried on 25 Jan 2022 at 18:43


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

can from hopt clear yellow, smooth white head. quite intense floral hoppy aroma, but kind of thin at the same time bittersweet floral and fruity bitter hoppy with a matching crisp malty balance, some sugar or flowey flower powder notes. tastes like the kind of ipa you need to drink real fresh.

Tried from Can on 13 Dec 2021 at 21:04


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hazy golden with a white head - Herbal hop aroma - Malt body with a piney hop flavour that gives bitterness - The hop bitterness goes into a dry herbal finish - This was good

Tried on 27 Jul 2021 at 16:25