Hophead Double IPA
Tree Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.17
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Hop Head Double IPA is Loaded with five different hop varieties, this bold IPA is not for the faint of heart.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice ! Made it to Ontario (it says on their website) LCBO in a bomber. Pours a slightly hazy amber colour with a creamy off-white head that stays a long, long time, creating bubbly lacing. The aromas are a nice mix of the hop (pine, grapefruit), sweet malt (caramel) and notes of nuts. Pretty much the same is found in the taste. A nice dry finish with the hop, lingering, but not over excessively. Again, well-balanced with the caramel malt, burnt sugars. This is really easy to drink and does not hit the extreme of Double IPAs.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2011
at 21:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Okay amber-brown body with modest carbonation and barely any head. Lots of IPA hops on the nose, plenty of sweetness and bitterness and just downright tastiness. Flavour is a nice mix of hoppiness and a dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable, but hard to differentiate from a well crafted "normal" IPA, let’s say.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2011
at 18:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Light resinny aroma. Cloudy orange, low offwhite head. Pine, grass, mango notes, resinny layer, light tinny resin. Medium body, oily mouthfeel. Grassy retronasal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2010
at 19:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured an hazy orangey color ale with a large foamy head with great retention and some very good lacing. Aroma of pine and citrus notes is quiet intense. Taste is dominated by citrus notes with loads of pines and a slightly sweet malt backbone. Body is quite full with great carbonation. Very well brewed though maybe a bit too astringent for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2010
at 13:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
22 fl oz bottle, courtesy of fiulijn. Pours hazy orange with huge white head. Aroma is mild spiced and dry hoppy. Citric, malty and wooden flavoured. Bone dry and bitter into a dry and bitter finish. Bitter and slight citrusy. Dry and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2010
at 00:32
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Lots of caramel malts. Body is definetely malt accent. Lots of crystal malts, Lots of dried fruit, too malty for my liking, but not bad
Tried
on 09 Aug 2010
at 05:26
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
2011-03-09, bottle from BC Liquors on Robson St., Vancouver, 8.3% ABV, 7-5-8-5-15=40
Dark amber color, hazy, with medium sized creamy head. Strong caramel aroma, some hops, light apples. Strong body, with caramel and toffee flavor, and enough sweetness; very strong bitterness, some bitter oranges and a lot of resins evident mostly in the final. Very long final. Sweeter than I remembered. Pleasantly aggressive.
2010-08-14, bottle, purchased 5 months ago, 7-4-8-5-16=40
Dark amber color, hazy, with a generous, compact and persitent head. Nice aroma, toffee and hops, the hops are green and grassy. Good body strength; it has a good toffee flavor, with some sweetness; strong bitterness, but the hopping, even if it has some qualities, is not penetrating. Still very good.
2010-03-23, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 7-5-8-5-16=41
Cloudy orange-amber color; nice creamy head. Nice hop aroma, less powerful than the bottled one, citrusy hops. Good toasted malt and toffee flavor, with some residual sugars on the tongue, and a powerful hopping. Very strong final, resiny, citrusy enough and a bit creamy too. Long final, excessive but well built.
2010-03-14, bottle, 7-5-8-5-15=40
Cloudy red-amber color; small sized creamy head. The aroma is light, creamy, even with scent of Belgian yeast, and timid fruity hops. Strong body, good toffee flavor, sweet, with caramel; strong bitterness, with evident resins and light fruits, citrusy hops. Solid, even if not exciting.
Dark amber color, hazy, with medium sized creamy head. Strong caramel aroma, some hops, light apples. Strong body, with caramel and toffee flavor, and enough sweetness; very strong bitterness, some bitter oranges and a lot of resins evident mostly in the final. Very long final. Sweeter than I remembered. Pleasantly aggressive.
2010-08-14, bottle, purchased 5 months ago, 7-4-8-5-16=40
Dark amber color, hazy, with a generous, compact and persitent head. Nice aroma, toffee and hops, the hops are green and grassy. Good body strength; it has a good toffee flavor, with some sweetness; strong bitterness, but the hopping, even if it has some qualities, is not penetrating. Still very good.
2010-03-23, draught at Alibi Room, Vancouver, 7-5-8-5-16=41
Cloudy orange-amber color; nice creamy head. Nice hop aroma, less powerful than the bottled one, citrusy hops. Good toasted malt and toffee flavor, with some residual sugars on the tongue, and a powerful hopping. Very strong final, resiny, citrusy enough and a bit creamy too. Long final, excessive but well built.
2010-03-14, bottle, 7-5-8-5-15=40
Cloudy red-amber color; small sized creamy head. The aroma is light, creamy, even with scent of Belgian yeast, and timid fruity hops. Strong body, good toffee flavor, sweet, with caramel; strong bitterness, with evident resins and light fruits, citrusy hops. Solid, even if not exciting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Aug 2010
at 01:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
650mL bottle, pours a hazy dark orange/brown with a tiny white head. Moderately strong aroma of civtrus hops, very juicy fruits and a decent caramel malt backing. Flavour is very juicy and very astringent, with loads of juicy oranges, resinous and citrus hops, and a thin caramel malt backbone. Very high astringency, a bit too much, as this is off-balance. Still, enjoyable hop bomb.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2010
at 21:39
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle, thanks Savvy1982! Pours dark carmel with a medium off white head. Aroma is a rather mild mix of cannabis, pine, hay, and crushed peanuts. Flavor is huge sweet malts, both bready and nutty with some alcohol, metal, and huge hop finish of pine and citrus. Extremely dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2010
at 16:17
7.5/10
Mellow hops, sweet and a little spice to it. Hops bite at the tail end but not as strong as i would have liked.
Tried
on 21 May 2009
at 18:17