MiddleCoast Brewing Company Pen Hopper IPA

Pen Hopper IPA

 

MiddleCoast Brewing Company in Traverse City, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.32
ABV: 6.5% IBU: 67 Ticks: 7
A bright clean light copper colored ale bursting with fresh citrus aromas. Brewed with locally grown Michigan Cascade and Chinook hops then finished with ample amounts of Mosaic and Citra to create a tantalizing nose with a soft bitter finish.
 

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8.4

Tried from Can on 09 Feb 2024 at 16:12


Imagine owing a brewery and are knowingly shipping out an IPA that's fifteen months old?! Canned August, 9th, 2019. Malty and oxidized. Utter disgrace.

Tried from Can on 13 Nov 2020 at 16:14


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Amberbeerwith a cream head. Grapefruit and light malt aroma. Malt and grapefruit flavor with light spice. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Malt and grapefruit linger.

Tried from Can on 27 Jun 2020 at 22:01


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

16oz can from Halftime. Almost 8 months old. Orange golden body, fizzy head. Oranges and tangerines, caramel in the aroma. Initial burst of citrus peel followed by sweet caramel malts. Still drinkable, but i bet this was a lot better fresh.

Tried from Can on 17 Jun 2020 at 02:38


7

Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2019 at 15:25


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 4/1/019. Pours fairly hazy/cloudy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 2 finger dense/creamy/rocky off white head with amazing retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts that whole glass. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Amazing appearance aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, honey, white bread dough, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a fantastic IPA. All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft feel, and not aggressive. Fantastic Chinook, Cascade, Mosaic, Citra profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hops; with a perfectly balanced dark/bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and spot on Midwest style IPA all the way through. Very impressive.

Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2019 at 02:14