Heady Topper
The Alchemist in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
8.17
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We love hops – that’s why our flagship Double IPA, Heady Topper, is packed full of them. Heady Topper was designed to showcase the complex flavors and aromas these flowers produce. The Alchemist has been brewing Heady Topper since 2003. This Double IPA is not intended to be the strongest or most bitter DIPA. It is brewed to give you wave after wave of hop flavor without any astringent bitterness. We brew Heady Topper with a proprietary blend of six hops – each imparting its own unique flavor and aroma. Take a big sip of Heady and see what hop flavors you can pick out. Orange? Tropical Fruit? Pink Grapefruit? Pine? Spice? There is just enough malt to give this beer some backbone, but not enough to take the hops away from the center stage.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 Oz can poured an split. Much thanks to Eugene for sharing this, and making this day even cooler. Pours a cloudy, fizzy yellow color with an oily head. Grassy hops aroma and a very smooth hop flavor. Very earthy hops, which a difference to what I’m used to. Tasty beer though. Solid imperial.
Tried
from Can
on 23 May 2015
at 15:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
So I am finally getting to try this. Trev was nice enough to send me some relatively fresh cans, you are too nice. It’s a murky light golden color with a medium head. Some green and citrus hops, not a lot of bitterness on the noise. Flavor is malt heavy moderate bitterness. It’s nothing like I expected and surprisingly not as hoppy as thought. It’s malt heavy and hides the hoppiness more than I like. I guess it’s fine and just not worth the hype for me.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2015
at 14:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can. Barwa zlota, miodowa, piwo metne, piana biala srednio trwala, delikatnie krazkuje. Cytrusy rz?dz?, intensywny aromat czerwonego grapefruita, swiezy, lekko slodkawy. W smaku lekko wytrawne, goryczkowe na wysokim poziomie skontrowane delikatny slodycza, goryczka cytrusowa, srednio dluga, chmielowa, minimalnie sciagajaca. Pijalne az za dobrze, niebezpiecznie pijalne, mozna powiedziec.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2015
at 05:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit and tropical fruit aroma with grapefruit and pine. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger with light pine and light malt backing.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2015
at 17:51
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can at Beer Geek madness 2. Hazy golden color with medium white head. Nice clean aroma of citrus hops, resin, biscuity malt. Strong citrus hoppy, resiny taste wit notes of caramel. Long hoppy bitter finish. Very tasty balanced beer.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Apr 2015
at 03:08
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
So my wife went over to visit her friends baby and came back and said they got you a beer and pulled this can out of purse what a great surprise. I’ve tasted before but never enough to rate. So huge thanks to Steve for this. Pours hazy straw color. Nose of tropical fruits and bitter pine but not over the top. Tastes of pine, peaches, resin, florals, grass, and hints of raw dough. Bitter yet creamy mouthfeel. Lingering finish of moisture sucking pine. Great capper to a very nice day.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2015
at 21:23