Hoppapotamus
BrewBoys in Croydon Park, South Australia, Australia 🇦🇺
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.28
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Nice beer but "insanely dry-hopped" must be a bit overstated. Has a nice zesty flavour to it and the aromas are nicely fruity, but it lacks body and overall flavour intensity - it’s just too watered down. What flavour there is is actually really nice - hoppy, zesty, a little spicy and earthy with a nice and rather long bitter and grassy finish. Nice but I at 3.8% this just lasks body. Very drinkable though (obviously!)
Tried
on 04 Apr 2017
at 13:55
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
From a 650ml bottle on 20/8/2013. Pours a cloudy, very dark golden with big lasting head. Has a beautiful aroma, with masses of fruity and floral notes, some honey, and a dash of piney hops. The flavour is dominated by sweet citrus and tropical fruit (orange, mandarin, tangerine and mango), with some honey and marmalade, set off against a light caramel malt background. It finishes off with a big, lingering hop bite, with grapefruit notes quite prominent. Has a fullish body and quite lively carbonation. This is a really impressive, beautifully balanced drop. Much more IPA than APA in style, this is just outstanding - the best Australian brew I’ve tried to date.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2013
at 02:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours copper with a large, lasting head.Nose shows prominent lychee, spicy hops, sweet clean malt and soft confectionery notes.Pretty aggressive flavours, some soft fruit notes but the piny, resinous and grapefruit hops quickly take over. Finishes with a sharp, aggressive, metallic bitterness.Carbonation seems pretty full-on.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2013
at 20:41
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Hazy amber with a large off-white head that becomes a fat coat but never less. Aroma of peach, kumquat, lychees, pine, marijuana, bread crusts. Creamy texture with medium carbonation. Moderately sweet with darkish bread, stone and some tropical fruit. quite peppery and piney at the fairly bitter finish. Hearty but lightened towards the finish, leaving a mouthful of spicy and zesty flavours. Complete.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2013
at 09:09