Loose Cannon
Heavy Seas Brewing Company in Halethorpe, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.16
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Our flagship beer, Loose Cannon wins people over at first smell. The carefully cultivated interplay of Simcoe, Palisade, and Centennial creates a most fragrant IPA - its nose bursts with notes of grapefruit, herbs, and pine. Bitterness is somewhat subdued by the floral quality that pervades the taste. The color is burnished gold, and the mouthfeel is creamy. A strong malt backbone balances out the triple-hopped beer. Its nickname, Hop3, comes from the brewing process: our brewers hop Loose Cannon in the boil, the hopback, and the fermenter. It won a second place CAMRA award at the 2010 Great British Beer Festival.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Appearance: Golden brown, clear. Nice off-white head. Aroma: Fruit, citrus. Flowers? Heaps of hops. Taste: More fruit, malt and hops. Quite nice. Info: Draft, 16/4-2012
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2012
at 18:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Slightly hazy amber color with a nice big white head. Good lacing. Hoppy aroma of pine, citrus, some resinous notes and a bit of slightly caramelly malt. Flavor starts sweetish with malt and a grainy hint, continues hoppy and somewhat fruity with nice grapefruity bitterness. Medium-bodied, maybe a tad too light. A nice IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2011
at 15:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the Strawberry Street Vineyard, Richmond. Hazy amber in colour with no head and moderate carbonation. sweetish, tangerine and citrus hop aroma. Flavour was similarly sweet, with some jammy fruit and hoppy, dry finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2011
at 13:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
35cl Bottle, thanks Harmen&Kevin! Slightly hazy golden amber colour, white head. Aroma of pine, light floral, light malty. Flavour is medium sweet, caramel, floral, pine bitter finish. Light to medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2011
at 00:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ Granny’s house in Exira, Iowa, courtesy of my baby bro. Fairly hazy, bright orange appearance with a fairly small off-white head. Slightly grassy, grapefruit, citrusy, mild to moderate hoppy nose. Resiny, grapefruit, mild piney hoppy, slightly toasty malty flavor. Inoffensive but boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2011
at 22:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Bright orang-amber color with lace. Pretty and original looking. Juicy citrus aroma, grapefruits, caramel, and a bit of chocolate. Big citrus, grapefruit and orange, pepper, alcohol, gin, floral and hot, tingly, bitter, with underlyingt caramel and chocolate. Interesting, juicy, with a peppery finish. A good one, and original.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2011
at 19:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle from Greenwood poured into a shaker. Says purchase before Nov 2011. Pours a light orange with a small bit of off-white head. Aroma is solid hops. Slightly citrus but mostly grassy. Medium bitter and lightly sweet. Decent IPA so far. Medium bodied with a thicker than average texture. Lively carbonation and a decently long slightly bitter finish. Overall, not a bad beer. Don’t remember how much I paid for the single bottle but its definitely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2011
at 01:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared with friends. Pours orange-amber with a bubbly white head. Hoppy aroma with pine, fruit and citrus. The flavour has a light caramel sweetness combined with citus, spice and fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2011
at 07:30
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
35cl bottle shared with kermis. Thin white head. Slightly hazy golden blond. Nice bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Jul 2011
at 12:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tasty, easy-drinking IPA with a nice citrus soul. The malt comes on heavy and strong, but the hops bitterness balances them nicely, leading the way to a grapefruit-and-pine cone finish that takes its sweet time moving across your palate. The malts start to win the battle as the beer warms, but this brew still makes a nice IPA to sip. (9/08)
Tried
on 29 May 2011
at 19:56