Hop Lava
Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery in Hood River, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.99
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77ships (14506) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Thanks to Erwin! 500 ml. bottle sampled @ “Tim’s orgasmic Trillium tasting”. Bottled on 23/12/14. Hazy orange, small creamy white head. Nose is oranges, floral, odd mint note, muted by age, base malts are clearly evident giving it some Turkish delight like sweetness. Taste is odd mineral, floral, light mint, thinned by age with Turkish delight malt sweetness, old paper, some yeast, touch candy. Body is thinned & yeasty. Obviously too old to properly judge. Distribution might be potentially to blame here since the guy who brought this apparently purchased this rather recently. The malt base is decent enough for this to be somewhat okay still but clear signs of age are still heavily evident.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Double Mountain Hop Lava (by Double Mountain Brewery and Taproom):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
16/X/15 - 50cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: XI/26/14 (although it only hit the shelves somewhere this summer) (2015-1483) Thanks to Erwin for sharing the bottle!
Clear orange beer, big irregular creamy big bubbled head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very yeasty, bit malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: little bitter, malty, bit sweet, dry, fruity touch. Aftertaste: bitter, dry, sweet malts as well, caramel, fruity finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours a glowing golden color with about a finger of sudsy white head. The nose is hoppy, mostly floral and grassy. Some hints of the maltiness. Lots of floral bitterness in the taste, lingering finish. Not sure if I’m a fan of the malt choice... seems to accentuate the bitters rather than sooth. Gets a little soapy at the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Fluffy, just yellowish head over orange-golden beer; Typical exotic fruit nose, but in a syrupy, sweet way, apricot liqueur, maybe a tad oxydized. Bitter, metallic, bitter fruit. In the finish there is a grainy flavour, again seemingly just a tad oxydized. Orange- and apricot liqueurs, rosewater, if bitter. Very slick, well-bodied, good carbonation. Not a very outstanding IIPA, IMO.
Fin (18365) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle picked up from Fyne Ales Brewery, consumed at Craigendmuir campsite, Stepps, Nr Glasgow, Thursday 18th June 2015 Pours hazy gold/orange with a white sticky head. It’s fine but no great shakes, it’s American so you get the standard American hoppy IPA flavour which more often than not tends to err’ towards malty and a touch too sweet. Some sweet orange and rind, yes it’s fine. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.4
mike_77 (15875) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Delicate aroma with floral hop tones. Fairly lightly flavoured for an IPA but the balance is good. Moderate bitterness makes for a good session beer. Nice that the maltiness is retained well.
Kermis (23416) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared. Pours hazy amber with a white head. Aroma of caramel malt, light grapefruit and fruity hops. Flavor is over moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Caramel malt in the foreground of the palate with the hops a bit hidden behind. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Deanso (15673) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
bottle shared. Thin creamy white head. Very hazy blond pour. Nice citrus bitterness. We shouldn’t have drunk thus after Hill Farmstead.....
Benzai (24515) reviewed Hop Lava from Double Mountain Brewery & Cidery 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle @ home shared with Abijen. Clear golden color, medium to full sized thick white to off-white head that lasts for a long time. Aroma is dull: malts, hay, hayish bitter. If it was a pilsener it would be quite crisp and hoppy. Tastes the same: malts, hayish, hayish hops, malt bitter. Huge disappointment. Crappy IPA or a crappy bottle.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft pour at Frankies pizza. Pours a cloudy golden color with a foamy head and a ton of lace. Big citrus hops aroma. Citrus flavor up front with lemon and a touch of grapefruit. Hoppy finish. Good stuff. Will look for more from these guys.