7 Hop IPA

12oz bottle from the shelf, no date apparent, drunk 5/17/16. Assumedly fairly fresh.
Large, foamy, off-white head tops a light amber-bronze body with high clarity. Moderate to strong retention on the head.
Cherry, juicy lime, light earth, hints of pineapple and ending with a large amount of ruby red grapefruit. There’s a strong undercurrent of woody, dank, spicy character and a pretty strong mint-like note that is interesting but odd. Malts show light bread and touches of dry toffee while alcohol is concealed and the beer is clean.
Cherry, lime, grapefruit and dank, vegetal, woody notes seem pretty straightforward, with base malt sweetness balancing properly and attenuation seeming to be medium-high. There’s a really strange mint-lime-basil flavor that is intriguing but rather out-of-place in the beer. As well, while there’s no heavy resin or huge bitterness, it’s a bit more malty than I’d like and on the sweeter side of semi-dry.
Would be nice to know how old this was....but alas I guess Rogue doesn’t care enough to date their hoppy beers....

Amber-orange colored, bit unclear, off white creamy medium head, good lacing. Aroma is of malt and caramel, some orange hard candy, tropical fruity, but mostly the hops are subdued. Taste is medium+ sweet malt, caramel, orange hard candy, medium tropical fruits, some light floral and citrus notes, medium bitterness, mineral, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily. The guys at the shop brought the bottle from the basement but it seems the Atlantic voyage did its part before... hops dead Jim... (bottle, Bierboutique, Graz)

330ml bottle from Brewdog online store. Orange gold amber colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of tropical fruits, mango, citrus, hop. Taste is malt caramel, sweetish, with mango, orange, pine, hop resins and grapefruit bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Very drinkable.

12oz bottle. A pretty respectable IPA, borderline IIPA. Classic NW body, mouthfeel...caramel, piny NW hops, mild citrus. A little bit of bubblegum, a lot of yeast character maybe. OKish, certainly a pinch antiquated.

Bottle from Tanakaya. Pours a glowing orange peach color with a half finger of head that dissipates quickly. Big orange aromas with grapefruit and some pine. Boozy on the palate but with lots of orange, dekopon some lime and grapefruit alongside pine and resin. Bitter and boozy. Not bad a but a little boozy for me. Slight warming finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of 7 Hop IPA on 10 Apr 2016 at 20:06 - Score: 7. Original review text: Good punchy grapefruit notes but a tad too boozy.

12oz bottle thanks to Matt. pours out a crisp golden topped with a white head. nose is tropical fruit hops pineapple some caramel sweet malts. taste is more of the tropical fruit melon and a nice sweet.

On tap at P&P Charleston. Clear light Amber with medium/small head. Aroma is pine hops, medium body, lower carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is grapefruit hops, pine hops, herbal hops, and slightly bitter finish.

Poured into a taster showing honey amber with half a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows light caramel malt. The palate is well carbonated and medium bodied. Flavors of light sweet malt and light hoppy bitterness. Not a lot of other flavors. Pine resin on the linger.