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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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Amber with small white head. Flavour is malt, caramel and lots of hop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2010
at 06:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Boston/NY 2009. Clear golden color, short head. Quite hoppy aroma, grapefruit. Dryish bitter taste.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 May 2010
at 01:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Bar Pilar. Slightly hazy orange, white head, scant lacing. Aroma of orange peel, yeast. Nicely bitter start to finish, with lots of citrus and a background of white pepper. refreshing and easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Apr 2010
at 13:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Franklins. Orange-tan color, steady thin head. Hoppy orange citrus aroma. Lots of hop character, very zesty and full of fresh, green hop flavor. Chewy mouthfeel, with some noticeable alcohol. Nice crisp, cool finish. Well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2010
at 22:49
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours clear and deep orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is solid grapefruity and pinewood hoppy. Caramelish and overripe fruity hops flavoured. Bitter and dry into a roasted caramelish finish. Dry hoppy and caramelish malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2010
at 15:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Had on tap at Sharx sports pub in RI. Chose this based on cool pirate themed tap. Hoppy and refreshing nice surprise from a place that doesn’t have great selection. I really liked it despite being very hungover.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Dec 2009
at 07:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
2010-03-09, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Hazy amber color. The hop aroma is quite resiny. Good body, with toffee flavor, light residual sweetness; the hop has some resins, pine needles, bitter orange peel, average bitterness, but not biting as wanted. It seems a bit tired, not fresh.
2009-10-18, draught at Pony Bar, New York, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Blond color. Nice aroma of citrusy hops. The body is quite round, toffee flavor, and good hops, citrusy and also a bit resiny. Strong final, resiny, leaner than the alcohol content would suggest. Good hop Ale.
Hazy amber color. The hop aroma is quite resiny. Good body, with toffee flavor, light residual sweetness; the hop has some resins, pine needles, bitter orange peel, average bitterness, but not biting as wanted. It seems a bit tired, not fresh.
2009-10-18, draught at Pony Bar, New York, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Blond color. Nice aroma of citrusy hops. The body is quite round, toffee flavor, and good hops, citrusy and also a bit resiny. Strong final, resiny, leaner than the alcohol content would suggest. Good hop Ale.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2009
at 15:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
bottle thanks to Treborwhip, pours amber to deep gold with a medium white head. Aroma is full of citrus hop notes and some bready malts. Sweet carmel malt and nuts in the vein of almonds shines with some pleasant grapefruity hop character in a dry finish. This is the definition of drinkable. I could throw these back all night.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2009
at 14:40
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a orange color with a pillow off white head. Aroma is hoppy, but not overwhelming as one would think with it being enriched by so much hops. Taste is sweet at first, but as it warmed the hops came through with a nice balance, and then blast to the taste buds.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2009
at 16:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught on 28th July at Rattle & Hum, NYC during their East West Challenge festival. Pale yellow with thin, quickly dying white head. An aggressively hoppy taste is lightning-conducted by honey which is craftily controlled both in amount and intensity. Slight cheesiness from the dry hopping and a bitter-ish finish.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2009
at 12:28