Hops! The New Fruit IPA
Matchless Brewing in Tumwater, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.35
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This West Coast Style IPA doesn’t shy away from the traditional bitterness of a true IPA while at the same time showcasing bold tropical fruit character. The beer starts off with a nose of ripe tropical fruit, including Pineapple and Papaya. Mango and nectarine follow through on the palate along with notes of cantaloupe and honeydew rounding it out. Nothing is held back with the bright, medium body that allows the showcase of fruit character to shine through. No fruit was harmed during the making of this beer because Hops the New Fruit!
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tallboy from Andrew. Super happy Andrew sent me the new hot shit from Seattle. As usual for Seattle, disappointed. Fruit my ass. Decent, moderately bitter IPA with some fruit essence but mostly bitterness and generic American hops. 737313
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2017
at 07:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500mL can, pours a hazy copper golden with a medium white head with good retention. Aroma brings out considerable pithy stone fruit, citrus hops, some pine and biscuity malt. Flavour has wonderful depth and body, with lots of piney and citrusy hops, stone fruits, and just enough biscuity malt to hold it all together. Another fantastic juicy, piney and fruity IPA from these guys. Extremely drinkable and well-made. Fantastic.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jul 2017
at 00:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tall can from Elizabeth Station. Canned on 2017-06-13. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a huge white head. Aroma is tropical fruits and some flowery notes. It is a quite bitter with piney and tropical fruits notes, quite malty at the same time. A good example of the West Coast Style IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2017
at 01:42
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
40 oz growler filled at Flatstick Pub, because for some reason, I thought that would be enough of this beer to satisfy. Hardly so. Delicious IPA here, and quite the introduction to a brewery I was already looking forward to. Quite an impressive debut single here. Hazy golden orange pour with a ton of foam head and lacing. Fruit heavy IPA. Tropical, mango orange fruit aroma. Flavor is creamy and extremely refreshing. A moderate bitterness to follow, and a soft bready malt, but all takes a back seat to the fruit character that explodes in this beer. So juicy and delicious. Huge variety of different fruit and hop character. Can’t wait to see what else these guys can do, but I’m not done with this one yet. This won’t be my last go with this one. Loved it.
Tried
from Growler
on 04 Jan 2017
at 21:51