Fresh Hop IPA: Cluster
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.44
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djd07 (28882) reviewed Fresh Hop IPA: Cluster from Almanac Beer Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with off white head that lasts leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong floral hop and citrus. Medium mouth, nice hop bite, light toasty malt, lingering bitternes, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle split at Dadsgiving, 24/11/13. Lightly hazed golden with a good sized off white head. Nose is on the thin side for the style, light hops, citric tang. Taste comprises bitter orange, light tropicals, citric rinds, faint hops, toasted malt. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, grassy bitterness at the curtain call. Average for style.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle at Dadsgiving. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of dank hop, grain, caramel malt and yeast. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle from MeadMe thanks for the opportunity! Pours a brilliantly clear medium gold color with a huge bubbly off white head that persists forever and is fed by a constant stream of carb bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. Aromas of caramel and pine with a woody earthy edge. The flavor is as the aroma promised with a hint of sulfur and earthy tartness added in. Medium body with a moderate to high level of carbonation and a sweet slick bubbly mouthfeel. Decent drinker, nothing objectionable here, but nothing earth shattering either.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
This brew is a clear dark golden color with a medium foamy off-white head that burns away steadily. Small patches of lacing. Aroma of herbal hops, fruit and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, caramel malt and fruit. The finish is mildly bitter with a short hoppy and grainy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Bottle @ Steve’s house, courtesy of Craftshack. Pours a touch hazy golden orange appearance with a thin white head. Butter, diacetyl, herbal, grassy, garbage aroma. Tangy buttery, DMS and diacetyl, woody flavor. In very bad shape at this point.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bomber from Bine & Vine. Pours golden amber with a foamy near-white head. Aroma of floral hop and light caramel. Med body, or close. Flavor is earthy, herb, floral. There’s a lot of hop here. Background of sweet malt. Seems balanced. Not excessively bitter. No distinguishable hop burn. Nice drink, and tastier than many IPAs.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Crystal clear golden hued pour with a large, retentive, just barely off-white head. Aromas are biscuity with cereal, malty. Some fruity and earthy hop flavors, light grass. Slightly medicinal/damp cotton aroma. Not bad, but I really dislike cluster hops. Flavors are medium sweet up front, lightly bitter mid palate with a clean, slightly warming finish. Grassy, resiny, earthy and lightly moldy hop notes. A bit of apple. Light biscuit and cereal malt notes. Medium bodied with slightly fuller carbonation. This beer reminds me that I really dislike Cluster hops.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours crystal clear orange with a small beige creamy head that dissipates slowly and laces extremely well. Aroma is earthy, pine, dank, a bit of citrus. Flavor is lightly sweet and medium bitter, dank, earthy, and resinous. Medium body, oily mouthfeel. Smooth finish, not harsh.