Tree Brewing Hophead India Pale Ale

Hophead India Pale Ale

 

Tree Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - Flavoured Regular Out of Production
Score
6.89
ABV: 5.6% IBU: 64 Ticks: 35
The name says it all...a full bodied India Pale Ale brewed for those that take their hops so seriously, they are referred to as ’Hop Heads’. Brewed year round since 1999, HopHead IPA is our Signature beer and was the first ’serious’ IPA to be crafted for wide consumption by a Canadian brewery. Considered risky business for a small Canadian craft brewer at the time, it is now considered to have been ahead of its time by leading the charge into brewing full flavoured IPA’s. Intense hop aroma with a complex malt/hop profile. Snappy bitterness with a very dry finish.

Malt: Pale, Light Munich, Vienna, Crystal

Hops: Perle, Centennial, Cascade, Columbus, Crystal

Initially part of the Raw Series: No.1
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

lovely aroma. Big citrus, grapefruit, and a slight caramel sweetness. Flavour is so nice, very well balanced between the citrus, and sweetness, and the bitnerness is very very nice. Not too bitter, but just right. excellent IPA.

Tried on 27 Feb 2025 at 06:11


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Orange-gold body with good head. (That’s what she said! Ha!) Malty hop aroma, not too bad, not too expert either. Flavour is soft hops and weak hint of malts. Very subdued, preferred the double better. Give this to your friends at the barbeque and keep the strong one behind the bar for yourself.

Tried on 09 Apr 2016 at 22:31


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

355 ml bottle. (5.6% ABV) Pours a hazy copper with a medium, off-white head that laces. Sweet, hoppy aroma of citrus, caramel malt and grass. Sweet, fruity flavour of grapefruit, caramel malt, mild resin and grass with a dry, bitter, hoppy finish. Medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2015 at 23:18


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy copper with a thick off white head. Grassy nose. Flavors grapefruit and pine resin. Bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2014 at 19:56


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draught @ St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, BC

Pours orange with a small white head. Aroma of exotic fruits, malts, resinous hops, pine, citrus. Taste is malty and refreshing fruity hoppy with some citrus, resin and pine. Finish is bitter, malty and sweet with loads of fruity notes. Quite sweet and resinous IPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hop Head IPA on 02 Jun 2014 at 21:38 - Score: 8

Tried on 02 Jun 2014 at 20:55


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Update of old tick. Well balanced with tons of citrus and pine. Lingering bitter finish.

Tried on 09 Feb 2013 at 17:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

(bottle) clear amber with a tall tan head; aromas of citrus, later some stewed fruit; predominantly bitter flavour with a long medium bitter finish, bit austere and not very balanced

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2013 at 15:10


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

This IPA poured a medium amber colour with a soapy, bright white, minimal head. Scents include spruce, grass, light caramel and dough. First swig was very hoppy with flavours of caramel, toast, and full grown spruce trees. Finish is bitter with spruce sap lingering...

Tried on 20 Dec 2012 at 19:42


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bouteille 330ml. De couleur cuivrée et semi-voilée. Nez de houblon floral, citrique, moyennement herbeux et aux faibles notes résineuses, de céréales sucrées, moyen de fruits (agrumes), léger de caramel aux notes rôties ainsi qu’avec des notes de biscuits. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture légèrement huileuse. Goût moyen-amer de houblon floral et citrique (une amertume présente toute la gorgée) et accompagné d’un moyen goût fruité (agrumes) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de céréales sucrées et aux faibles notes rôties et terreuses ainsi qu’un moyen goût de caramel avec des notes de biscuits puis en finale l’amertume reprend de l’ampleur en se montrant plus asséchante et plus herbeuse. Post-goût long et un peu sec, amer de houblon floral, herbeux et citrique avec un léger goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes).

Tried on 19 Nov 2012 at 01:27


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle shared at beer temple. Pours clear golden with a small off white head. Aroma is citrus, grass, light resin. Flavour is light sweet and moderate bitter. Medium Bodied with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2012 at 11:11