Hopportunity Knocks IPA
Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.89
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Kettle Series. When hopportunity knocks, answer it. This ale is Caldera’s rendition of answering the Pacific Northwest call for a @*! pile of Centennial hops with a big beer to back it up. Don’t get left out in the cold, open up and fill the void within you . . .
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650ml bottle
Pours dark orange with a thick white head. Aroma of berries, caramel, toffee, gooseberries, grass and herbal spicy notes. Taste is crisp, herbal and caramely with hints of gooseberries and vegetables. Finish is crisp, grassy and earthy with hints of malts and herbal notes. A bit unbalanced, doesn’t feel super fresh.
Pours dark orange with a thick white head. Aroma of berries, caramel, toffee, gooseberries, grass and herbal spicy notes. Taste is crisp, herbal and caramely with hints of gooseberries and vegetables. Finish is crisp, grassy and earthy with hints of malts and herbal notes. A bit unbalanced, doesn’t feel super fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2015
at 11:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ weekly tasting shared with Dutchdrebus. Clear a bit rusty orange to light amber color, full sized creamy white head. Aroma is malts, hops, some fruityness. Taste malts, hops, decently fruity, a hint of resin. Decent to medium body and carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2015
at 17:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Central City Liquor store, Surrey
Amber color, hazy, medium sized head. Powerful hop aroma, caramel, lightly cheesy, puke; interesting. Semi-dry mouthfeel; strong caramel flavor with a toffee touch; strong bitterness, with resins and some fruits.
Quite heavy on the malts, but fairly good.
Amber color, hazy, medium sized head. Powerful hop aroma, caramel, lightly cheesy, puke; interesting. Semi-dry mouthfeel; strong caramel flavor with a toffee touch; strong bitterness, with resins and some fruits.
Quite heavy on the malts, but fairly good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2014
at 01:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Golden-amber. Light frothy head. The hops are a bit floral, a bit peachy but not all that fresh. Sweet malts are up front, a dash of alcohol as well, and then the rather old hops come knocking. Really fresh this is probably better but there’s no date on the bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2014
at 17:29
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
5th July 2013
Very hazy amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is minerally crisp. Creamy malt with big crystal malt caramel and a little toffee. Nice malt base! Big and bitter marmalade hops with a contrasting pine. Finishes smooth with a barleywine like salty bitterness and bitter linger. Overall quite barleywine like in character. Nice!
Very hazy amber beer, good pale cream coloured head. Palate is minerally crisp. Creamy malt with big crystal malt caramel and a little toffee. Nice malt base! Big and bitter marmalade hops with a contrasting pine. Finishes smooth with a barleywine like salty bitterness and bitter linger. Overall quite barleywine like in character. Nice!
Tried
on 29 Oct 2013
at 05:20
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Share courtesy of MikeJslc. It pours with a clear copper body that supports a white head of foam. The aroma offers up some sweetness, malts, biscuit malt, a bit of sweet orange hard candy and faint resiny hoppiness. The taste has a resiny hop character and seems to lack hop depth and flavor which prevents it from tying in with the various malt notes. I get a bit of esteriness here and there too as a bit of grapefruit citrus notes pop up near the finish. This seems disjointed.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2013
at 22:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bomber thanks to Mike. Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head. Sweet caramel malts some light citrus. A fruity flavor with oranges and mellow tea, some biscuit, earthiness. Decent. Clean and light.
Tried
on 26 May 2013
at 10:03