Special Hoperations 2019
Fat Head's Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Barley Brown's BeerIPA Rotating Out of Production
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Score
6.21
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Special Hoperations 2019 from Fat Head's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Crisp light copper and orange coloured body with a very thin, single centimetre tall pure white head. Aroma of grass, grapefruit, flowers, bittering hops, a good deal of malt and a touch of dry biscuity grain with a little sweetness from citrus fruits on the finish. Medium-bodied; Strong bitter flavour from all the hops up front with a lot of citrus fruits, grapefruit, floral and slightly grassy notes throughout, but a little dose of sweetness and malt showing through, but the hops are by far the strongest here. Aftertaste shows the deeply bittered hops with a good malt backbone and balance with a grassy and dry finish and a dash of floral aspects as well. Overall, a nice and well-structured and exceptionally well-balanced IPA that shows the malt well, a touch of sweetness and plenty of bitter hops, just like the IPAs of old. I sampled this stubby, twelve ounce bottle purchased from Wegman's in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on 26-May-2019 for US$1,99 sampled at my house in Washington on 06-June-2019.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/2/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, onion, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, onion, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel.rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, mint, onion, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, sticky/resinous/rindy, and fairy crisp balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal 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 moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and fairly crisp to drink, with the moderately bitter/resinous/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Amazing Warrior, Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy hop complexity; with a great balancing clean pale malt backbone. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A highly enjoyable offering, and outstanding West Coast style example as expected.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1
Must a got this from chalet. Bottle, was hoping for something brown. Almost smells like fermenting orange juice, almost. Very nice sparkling pale clear pour. So fricken rude on the palate up front, an onslaught of big game hops, mouth coating, almost to the level of chewing on a green grapefruit rind soaked inner tube. This is the big guns, its got to be a double imperial IPA. Big fat spiked puncture of the palate. Such an ass kicking brew. Should come with a warning label to alert lager lager lovers, whew. I've been murderrized. Does the tip of my tongue seem to feel a warming alcohol sensation?