Hoppy Xmas (6%)
BrewDog in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 🏴
IPA Winter|
Score
6.55
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Festive IPA. 2019 recipe is at 6%.
2020 version known as Hoppy Xmas. Later version (2024) as Hoppy Christmas. Buckle up for this seasonal Simcoe sled ride. A fruity festive fellow that delivers an all out Blitzen of Citrus flavour by the sack load. Citrus and tropical fruits on the Red nose. Tangy citrus, papaya and pineapple Dancer across the palate. All resting on a firm malty under carriage. A happy but bitter end waits.
Hoppy Christmas - don't keep the receipt.
2020 version known as Hoppy Xmas. Later version (2024) as Hoppy Christmas. Buckle up for this seasonal Simcoe sled ride. A fruity festive fellow that delivers an all out Blitzen of Citrus flavour by the sack load. Citrus and tropical fruits on the Red nose. Tangy citrus, papaya and pineapple Dancer across the palate. All resting on a firm malty under carriage. A happy but bitter end waits.
Hoppy Christmas - don't keep the receipt.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
[33cl can from a 2025 mixed pack as "Hoppy Christmas".] A hazy amber pour with a thick cream head; citrusy aroma; malty body with some citrus and pineapple; then a pithy citrus finish, but seeming rather thin.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2026
at 18:59
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nose is cereal malt, faint corn. Taste is malt, pine hops with a touch of mint. Thing mouthfeel.
Absolutely nothing to it.
Absolutely nothing to it.
Tried
on 06 Jan 2026
at 22:35
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Very slightly hazy gold with a bubbly / frothy white head and a soft cereal and fruity aroma. Hop kicks, sweet citrus and fruity bitterness, finishes dry and bittersweet.
Tried
from Can
from
Aldi (England)
on 24 Dec 2025
at 20:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with resinous hops, light mineral notes, light cereal, pleasant. In mouth, a nice crisp biscuit malt with resinous hops, light mineral notes, light cereals, a bit thin but pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Waterloo
on 28 Nov 2025
at 16:32
5.5/10
Tried
on 07 Nov 2025
at 17:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From Amstein, St-Légier, buying it in december 2023. Opening it yesterday, after a nice Christmas song of my son during in the school. Old style ipa, not so Christmas, it is more an ipa, resinous, malty, smooth, touch of sweetness, fairly bitter, citrus, 17.12.24, at Epalinges.
Tried
from Can
from
Amstein
on 11 Jul 2025
at 09:47
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
First time today travelling the gorgeous Settle to Carlisle railway, although I slept through the outward journey, this beer is being enjoyed on the reverse across the famous Ribblehead Viaduct in very wet weather. Strong and hoppy, not a huge amount of craft here in reality.
Tried
from Can
at
BrewDog Carlisle
on 28 Jun 2025
at 16:58
3.8/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 16
[as BrewDog Hoppy Xmas] Bottiglia. All'olfatto si esprimono sentori di sottobosco. L'intensità olfattiva è molto elevata e la maniera in cui permane è apprezzabile. Il mantello birroso superiore resiste abbastanza. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La parte liquida offre una visione offuscata. Il colore è ambrato. Il corpo è strutturato. L'amaro è medio. La forza gustativa è elevata e la persistenza è buona. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di pronta beva. Il retrogusto è intenso. Sul tetto della bocca si attestano sentori di miele, frutta secca, luppolo, agrumi, frutta passita e vaniglia.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2025
at 05:08
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can at home. Pours golden amber, nose is piney, floral, taste is pine, light fruit. 3.1
Tried
on 25 Jan 2025
at 16:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Klår, gyllen, kvitt skum. Aroma av malt, sigarboks, appelsin. Smak av grapefrukt, marmelade og sitrus
Tried
on 13 Jan 2025
at 18:56