Hypernova
Ecliptic Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Quadruple Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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stevoj (18327) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Taster at brewery. Medium/dark golden, small ring if head, curtains of lacing. Aroma is malty, taste too seems to favor the malts, but a strong hop undercurrent is there, bitterness and ABV coming in late. Dangerously smooth and inconspicuous. 12%, really?
Gerbeer (8214) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
650 ml bottle. Pours amber with light head. Aromas of caramel, dough malts, and mashed fruit. Flavors follow same with light citrus and a bit of tea (stale hops). A nice enough malt bomb though.
BeerPlace (10899) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
650ml bottle at Brian’s office. 2017 edition. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is malty, candied oranges. Same taste. Slightly hot (as it is 12%, hehe). Sweet and hoppy bitter aftertaste. Nice.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hazy light tan. Thin head, touch of bubbles. The aroma is a bit on the woody side in terms of hops that are a touch stale. The malts are sweet, smelling chewy, and there’s definitely some alcohol. Lots of alcohol on this one...quite boozy...lots of sweet malts, and a massive bitterness. It’s not super bright, and seems a bit strong for me, in terms of being a bit unbalanced.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Deep copper with a white head. Powerful caramel malt with a large dose of hops underneath. Very sweet. Any hop notes are dumbed down by the malt. Full bodied sugar bomb.
SpringsLicker (4048) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Clear gasoline gold with a medium-sized off-white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of pine resin and honey. The flavor is sweet with a brief appearance of hop bitterness before it fades into a sweet finish. Approaching cloying. The first sip had a bit of alcohol and an accompanying warming. Too sweet for my tastes as an IIPA and not quite a good complex BW.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head. A big sweet resin hop nose. The flavor is big sweet fruity hops, huge resin, oranges, sticky sweet. Very drinkable. This is a lovely big ipa.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8
2017-04-18, courtesy of Brian, 7-5-8-4-15=40
Some higher alcohol, rubber and fusels in the aroma, but the malt is biscuity, with some toffee, moderately sweet, followed by good hopping which is not very bright though.
2016-02-12, bottle from The Beer Junction
Hazy amber color. Nice aroma of hops, orangey and resiny, maybe less powerful than expected. A bit caramelly and sweet, very powerful, some toffee, and a lot of resiny and orangey hops; the alcohol is well managed.
A bit caramelly and sweet, still an excellent beer.
Ferris (26026) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - Sweet and piney leaf. Clear copper with a small white head. Piny and pithy. Booze is well hidden and overall nice a bright.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hypernova from Ecliptic Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at PIB 2015, pours a cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of rich resinous hops and balanced caramel malt. Flavour brings out a truckload of resinous hops, a touch of pine, and a big caramel malt backbone that never cloys. This is one of those impeccably balanced triple IPAs - not too sweet / cloying. Excellent.