Hop Peak IPA
Breckenridge Brewery in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.38
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Maurice (8362) ticked Hop Peak IPA from Breckenridge Brewery 6 years ago
Meppener (1690) reviewed Hop Peak IPA from Breckenridge Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Flasche im Flieger aus den USA (United). Körper: Bernstein, klar, wenig Schaum. Aroma: Zitrushopfen, Mango, Grapefruit, Geschmack: Kiefer, Karamell, Mango, Grapefruit. Nett, bitter und Komplex.
superspak (10160) reviewed Hop Peak IPA from Breckenridge Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, best before 2/3/2019. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with awesome retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. A bit malty/muddy aromas. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with solid strength. Taste of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey/caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 6.5%. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish, not aggressive. Feels like Columbus, Centennial, Amarillo, and Simcoe. Very juicy and fairly dank/earthy hops; nice bready malt backbone, mild residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example. Great classic hop profile.
Frothingslosh (19093) reviewed Hop Peak IPA from Breckenridge Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sampled from a bottle this beer poured murky orange-peach color with a large fluffy orange-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was tart, citric and perfumey with notes of Pez and pepper. The flavor was lemon, grapefruit, perfume, Pez, pepper and earthiness. Long finish. Medium body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Pour is a cloudy tan with a large white head. Aroma is a fairly nondescript hop with a little sweet malt. Flavor is again a very little hop presence. Chewy malt is there but not as sweet as I thought it was going to be. With the level of IPA's being made this day, this one is way down on the list of ones to try.
Bitterbill (4330) reviewed Hop Peak IPA from Breckenridge Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Best before date is hard to figure out never mind how hard it is to find it.
Gotta say, it looks brilliant in my nonic glass. Crystal clear medium gold with an impressive head of foam. Even the lacing is above average.
The smell has impressive notes of pine and grass. And grapefruit. The hop aromas are right there, within my comfort zone.
Grapefruit and pine dominate, grass falls behind but is there. A bit of cracker malt peeks through from time to time but in no way is assertive. And there's the rub for me. This tastes like an amped up India Pale Session Ale. Hop juice. There are some redeeming qualities though.
Kinda resinous, almost has a hop oils thing going on. Slickness on the tongue reflects my comments above.
Okay, I just changed my opinion midstream. Love it when that happens to the betterment.
Juicy mouthfeel, appropriate carbonation.
Best hoppy beer from Breckenridge I've had since the 471 DIPA.