Hop Dam Triple IPA
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Spring|
Score
7.60
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Hop Dam has been a long time in the works, and its design required us to build a large stainless steel hop dam for our kettle, just for this beer! It was worth all the effort, because this beer is extremely hoppy and very satisfying, using 50% more hops than our Mean Manalishi Double IPA, which was voted Best Double IPA In The World by the US Beer Tasting Championships. Hop Dam is 10% alcohol by volume, and really hoppy, with a bitterness level that is very high but refined and therefore refreshing – its like kissing a hop!! Along with all the standard hop additions, it is also mash-hopped, first-kettle-hopped, and dry-hopped!!! Hop Dam is a 100% American-style IPA, dominated by the top-rated, assertive and refined Amarillo hops, along with lots of aroma and flavor from Columbus, and Cascade, and the wonderful Summit hops – the very special dwarf hop plant picked by hand, and sought-after for its great flavor and aroma. These hops work great together, and make Hop Dam TRIPLE IPA our new standard for hoppy beers!! It will be available for only a few months, so get Hop Dam while it lasts!
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Dark amber/brown with small tan head. Flavour is malt, hops, very bitter, pine, caramel and fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2011
at 23:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle from ølbutikken. clear orangebrown, smooth small yellow head. pretty dark for an IIPA.aroma profile is flowery, exotic fruits, but then a solid base of grapefruity and piny bitter notes too. flavor is bitter hoppy, slightly flowery hoppy, bitter malts, very bitter brew, it almost burns from bitterness, grapefruits and pine dominates the hoppy flavor. Likely one of the most bitter hopy beers i’ve had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2011
at 04:20
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz bottle. Pours a bright amber with very small particulates and an off-white head. Extremely resinous, herbal pine hop aroma. Pine resin and bitter grapefruit lead the flavor, still quite herbal, spicy and very fresh. Nice strong bitterness. A great, tasty, fresh IIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jun 2011
at 20:06
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottled@The 2nd ES/CS Beer Tasting. (thanks K.K.). Slightly hazy coppery golden colour with a small white head. Leaves some lace. Aroma is lots of fruity and floral hops along with honey, nectar, wood and some herbal notes. Flavour is quite similar along with caramel and crystal maltyness. Pleasantly balanced Imperial IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2011
at 04:05
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours hazy amber into a snifter. Off-white head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet grapefruit aromas. Full with front to back deep, dark resin and grapefruit and a lasting, hot caramel and parched pine finish.
Tried
on 26 Feb 2011
at 19:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear orange color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity piney hoppy grapefruit aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy and very bitter piney grapefruit flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2011
at 02:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from bottle at SBWF 2010, cons 2010-10-08, Nacka AP: hazy bronz, wee white head AR: hops, pineapple, pine F: hops, pineapple, pine, a very style typical IPA (american)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2010
at 15:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Butters on 04/17/2010 at the 11th Richmond RateBeer Gathering. Clear copper amber body with a small frothy white head. Big citrus and resiny hop aroma. Sweet citrus and resiny hop flavor on a pale malt background. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2010
at 09:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
22 ounce bottle courtesy of Butters. Thanks! Sampled at the 11th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 4/17/10. Pours a clear amber color with a thin head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of fresh herbal, bitter hops. The taste is very bitter hops... resiny, leafy, herbal. Not much else is there, except for the sweet malty notes and maybe some faint nuttiness. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2010
at 21:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is spiced, herbal and yeasty fruity flavoured. Dry hoppy, spiced and herbal. Soapy, herbal and bone dry. Dry herbal finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jun 2010
at 09:50