Cloud Drop

Upper Pass Beer Company in Burlington, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Zero Gravity Craft Brewery
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular

Score

7.29

ABV: 8.0%

IBU: 60

Ticks: 15

We brewed this beer a a few times in our Tunbridge brewery before starting to do bigger batches. Now this beer is made in Stowe VT at Von Trapp Brewery. It's aggressively hopped in the whirlpool and post fermentation with six hop varieties, making it juicy and flavorful, but not too bitter. The malt bill contains a blend of German and English base malts, Munich, oats, and wheat, contributing to a smooth mouthfeel and nice flavor. Drink Responsibly!

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8.4

bookman65 (6047) reviewed Cloud Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Oh, this is good...Pours a very hazy, pineapple-orange, with minimal head. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruits, with some basement dankness and sour washcloth. Flavor is citrus and tropical fruit, with just the right level of smoothness. Not too sweet, not too bitter. There's just a light pine/spruce hop bitterness in the finish. Very well-done beer.

Tried on 23 Jul 2018 at 21:31

8.4

CLW (16859) reviewed Cloud Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. can shared by Chalmeaux. The standard haze that makes the style. The flavor is just great. Tropical fruit, pine, and the lightest hint of scallion. Maybe even floral. Flavor is deep. The bitterness is here but it also has a juicy texture to it. Oats provide a full / thicker mouthfeel. Creamy. THE definition of an New England IPA... this brewery nails it again! Dude be killing it!

Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2018 at 16:50

Chalumeaux (4962) reviewed Cloud Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 7 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from can thanks Ben Yelle hazy orange with a nice white head. Aroma is juicy orange pineapple nice floral hops with mild pine. Taste is awesome nice mouth feel citrus pine floral hops. So crushable.

Tried from Can on 07 Apr 2018 at 02:34

6.6

johnnnniee (7495) reviewed Cloud Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 8 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can shared by Todd, thanks! Hazy murky yellow color with a thin white head. Citrus pine and resin with a bready maltiness underneath. Light astringency and not horribly hoppy IMHO.

Tried from Can on 04 Sep 2017 at 11:49

7.9

CoastGuardVet (6205) reviewed Cloud Drop from Upper Pass Beer Company 8 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured into a tulip, the appearance was a hazy burnt pale orange color with a half finger’s worth of white foamy concave head. Mild messy lace.
The aroma was basically orange juice up front, full and bitter, sweet with an ample piney/resin backbone. Some lemon rind as it warmed.
The flavor guided the hop bitterness smoothly into an aggressive bittersweet juicy to piney aftertaste. Brisk orange juice/piney bittersweet finish.
The palate was medium bodied with a fair sipping quality about it. Ample amount of bitterness hits my tongue in an acceptable way. ABV felt as projected. Carbonation seemed fine.
Overall, pretty good DIPA that I could have again, but not as smooth as the description says.

Tried on 23 May 2017 at 21:19