Hophead India Pale Ale
Tree Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.89
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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
Malt: Pale, Light Munich, Vienna, Crystal
Hops: Perle, Centennial, Cascade, Columbus, Crystal
Initially part of the Raw Series: No.1
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5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Keg at Beer Revolution, Calgary. It pours clear amber, with an off-white head. The nose is sweet caramel, toasted malt, earth and citrus pith. The taste is caramel, brown, bread, straw, earth, light citrus and toast, with a lightly bitter/dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Rather malt-forward. Very so-so.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2012
at 07:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Picked-up a 6-pack of this one at the LCBO. Pours a clean amber colour with big frothy off-white head that has good retention and great lacing. Aromas of burnt toffee and grapefruits. Kind of on the light side of things for the palate. Not as bitter from the glass, than the bottle. Caramel malts with the hop showing in the finish with a medium dry bitterness. A good IPA that has balls, but does not overpower and is still easy to drink a few.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2012
at 21:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft - Sweet hoppy aroma, clear orange with a medium persistent head. Grapefruit and malt with just enough bitterness. A bit of an alcohol yeasty finish but in all a well balanced session beer. A great value IPA from Canada.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2012
at 18:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Strong bitter taste with a medium body. Strong smell of hops, not too much complexity but decent. Worth having again.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2012
at 10:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
2019-02-01, draught at Big Rock, Vancouver, 5.6% ABV, 5-5-6-2-11=29
Clean light amber colour with creamy head. Metallic feeling covering some amber malts, robust bitterness with little hop quality.
Mediocre IPA, and I'm being generous.
2013-01-03, draught at Tap & Barrel, Vancouver, 6-5-7-4-14=36
Amber color, darker, with small creamy head. It has some aroma of malt and hops, not exciting though. Good caramel flavor, with reasonable body strength, moderate residual sweetness, and a good hopping, bringing in mild resins and light fruitiness (bitter oranges mainly).
A good beer, a caramelly IPA.
2010-03-26, bottle, 5.6% ABV, 7-4-7-5-16=39
Hazy amber color, small head. Caramel and hop aroma, raw sugar, light cookies. Good toffee flavor, with some dark caramel, and minimal residual sweetness; it's also a bit biscuity, very nice. Good hopping, both strong and aromatic, well balanced. Long final. High drinkability for this quality brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2010
at 01:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is rather malty and citrusy to grapefruity hops. Bitter and dry flavoured with an initial dry and rather distinct malt base. Goes grapefruity bitter and hops fruity into a dry finish. Lingering aromatic from back of the nose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2010
at 03:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 12fl.oz.[ Trade by fiulijn ]. Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, citrus - orange, grass. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100417]
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2010
at 01:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours unclear golden with a small creamy head and lacings. Nose and taste are very floral and hoppy. Citrus mainly. Dry and crisp flavor. Medium bodied. One dimensional. Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Apr 2010
at 09:58
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, 5.6%. Weak wet hop aroma. Hazy dark amber colour. Very small white head. The flavour starts off a little watery. Then comes some bitterness. A little aromatic hoppiness and a distinct bitterness. Quite bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2010
at 13:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle thanks to Savvy1982! Pours a rich carmel with a medium off white head. Aroma is nice, fairly mellow for an IPA, but nice. Notes of pine, cascade and rich bready malts. One of the best IPA’s flavor wise that I’ve had. There is such a great balance in this beer. Not only do the hops shine and keep this tasting dry and bitter, but the malt is huge and is such a nice complement. There are sweet carmel and almond notes with a slight metallic note with lots of fresh hop flavor in the finish. Top notch!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 15:18