Mean Manalishi
Hoppin' Frog Brewery in Akron, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.63
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Explore the extremes of hops, and experience all of their bitterness, flavor and aroma with this Double I.P.A. An extreme, super-assertive and satisfying amount of American hop character is balanced with a toasty, caramelized, intense malt presence.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 22 oz bottle from Whole Foods - Bowery, 10/22/09
Aroma: The aroma is pretty powerful, lots of grapefruit, some malts, some wet grass, and resin too
Appearance: Pours a cloudy amber-orange color with a thin, somewhat bubbly head
Flavor: Really tasty sweet and bitter beer, nice hoppy, resiny-citrus flavor, some sweet caramel as well
Palate: This beer has lots of body and a nice long finish, drinks nicely, almost no booze burn
Overall Impression: I thought this was a pretty interesting beer, I'm not sure my description of the nose does it justice, but it was the best I could come up with. There was some in there that I wasn't quite able to describe exactly. It was kind of like wet grass and resin, but something else too. Anyway, overall this beer is really quite tasty. A really well made brew that I enjoyed quite a bit. A wonderful example of the style.
Aroma: The aroma is pretty powerful, lots of grapefruit, some malts, some wet grass, and resin too
Appearance: Pours a cloudy amber-orange color with a thin, somewhat bubbly head
Flavor: Really tasty sweet and bitter beer, nice hoppy, resiny-citrus flavor, some sweet caramel as well
Palate: This beer has lots of body and a nice long finish, drinks nicely, almost no booze burn
Overall Impression: I thought this was a pretty interesting beer, I'm not sure my description of the nose does it justice, but it was the best I could come up with. There was some in there that I wasn't quite able to describe exactly. It was kind of like wet grass and resin, but something else too. Anyway, overall this beer is really quite tasty. A really well made brew that I enjoyed quite a bit. A wonderful example of the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2009
at 15:43
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Dark amber with a fairly large and thick foam. Great aroma of tropical fruits, citrus, grapefruit. Also a lot of hops and some sweetness. A lot of tropical fruits and grapefruit in the flavor. Also some cookies and candy. Balanced bitterness. The body a little above average I would say. The relatively high alcohol content (8.2%) felt not at all. Long aftertaste. A nice beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2009
at 01:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 65cl Dark amber color, small beige head. Strong aroma of pineapple, resin, mango and yeast. Very piney-resiny flavor. Also tropical fruits (mango, kiwi). Lingering bitterness in the aftertaste. Nicely balanced DIPA. Not too sweet or alcoholic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2009
at 10:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled (thanks omhper!). Hazy reddish amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruits and some sweet wooden hops along with caramel and a bunch of grassy and hayish dryness. Flavour is sweet malts, nectar, wood and some herbal notes has well. Fruity and bittery grassy finish. Mouthdrying. Wellbalanced and rather nice DIPA for once.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2009
at 12:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Clear copper colour, creamy head. Intense lychee and lingonberry aroma. Fairly sweet with rounded mouthfeel and solid body that carries the pleasant and powerful lychee-like hops well. Finishes with stong, sweaty bitterness that never gets aggressive. Extraordinarily well made DIPA!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2009
at 16:10
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottled:
Pours dark amber with a small head. Aroma is really hoppy and has notes of tropical fruits, goose berries and tobacco. Flavour is caramel, tropical fruits and tobacco followed by an intense and long bitterness. Very good!
Pours dark amber with a small head. Aroma is really hoppy and has notes of tropical fruits, goose berries and tobacco. Flavour is caramel, tropical fruits and tobacco followed by an intense and long bitterness. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2009
at 13:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a small yellowish head. The aroma is very pleasant with lots of citrusy hops. The taste differs alot from the pleasing simple aroma, there is a lot of pine, grapefruit and some port wine. More bitter than the aroma implyes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2009
at 07:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Very much citrus hops and cookies for an IIPA. Big grape bitterness. I like that this IIPA still tastes like an IPA and not like an american barley wine, but I still think they could have used some more malt to balance the hop explosion, it almost got a thin feel to it as it is now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Aug 2009
at 04:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a very malty and very hoppy bitter aroma with hints of grapefruit and pine needles. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter pine needles flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish with a long bitter aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2009
at 10:14
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle from somewhere in Copenhagen I guess. Deep orange, thick beige head. Tasty ipa with shed loads of sherberty hops. Really lovely hops and absolutely loads of them. Lots of pine and leafiness and this overpowering sherbertyness. Good toasty malts and some good toffee too. 168 IBUs. Wow and never too out of kilter either. Lovely grapefruit flavours as well. Rather outstanding I would say and one of my favourite DIpas straight away.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Apr 2009
at 08:35