Old Man Hopper's India Pale Ale
Rust Belt Brewing Company in Youngstown, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.08
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5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample at the Big Tap In on 04/20/2013. The beer is a slightly hazy orange color with a medium foamy white head that recedes steadily. Small patches of lacing. Aroma of citrus and grain. Medium body with flavors of citrusy hops and bready malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a short hoppy aftertaste. Pretty average overall.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Apr 2013
at 07:14
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber from Charleston Beer Exchange. Pours ruddy amber with a creamy off-white head. Aromas of mild roast malt and some citrusy hop. Med body. Flavor is floral/citrus over some slightly harsh roast caramel. Doesn’t seem all that bitter, but it’s not Imperial. It drinks pretty good.
Tried
on 02 May 2011
at 18:31
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
22oz bottle pours a lightly hazy orange with a thin, white head. Nose is sweet, peaches, light citrus, oranges, honey. Flavor is sweet, honey, oranges, lemons. Finish is full bodied, a touch too sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2011
at 07:39
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Melted caramel color with an off-white, tall, head. Citrus and pine hops are covered by a powerful caramel, sweet malt aroma. Grapefruit, pine, citrus notes in the flavor with a strong caramel malt presence. Too malty sweet for my liking in an IPA but it’s not a bad beer by any stretch.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2010
at 19:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is citrus hops with some sweet malts. Flavor is the same some hops and sweet malt hit you but nothing to put his over the top. Average at best but still worthy of a try
Tried
on 09 Oct 2010
at 14:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a red-orange color with a large foamy orange-white head that lingered and produced good lacing. The aroma was lightly sweet and had a moderate presence of grapefruit, pine and caramel. The flavor was sour, tangy and moderately bitter with moderate notes of grapefruit and floral hops. The finish was long, dry and flowery. Medium body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2010
at 13:19
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 3
Big inexpensive beer deal; 22 oz bomber for $3.50, I love those local beers! So price effective and tasty. Hey, I’m not an IPA lover so ignore my humanistic rating of this beer. It is for the most part on style so, if you like IPAs, get a bomber of this and catch one! Looks like a darker pale lager, somewhat like yuengling. Smell is strong, yet dull in floral hops, but dull in a strong good way; you know the edge is nocked off the olfactory. Decent head that fades to an attractive creamy scum. taste is bitter IPA that sticks to your tongue like hand soap and cod liver oil. Not quite like chewing on green grapefruit rinds but it ceratinly is a real go getter. Long bitter rude finsh that reminds me of the reasons that I don’t care for this style. But again, try it if youy like hops. Strong and bold without being sharp.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2010
at 10:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bomber. I love the prices on these Rust Belt brews and so far they have been pretty good, so I’m excited about an IPA. This one pours a coppery orange with a medium-sized sudsy head and weak aromas of caramel malt and apple fruitiness. First sip reveals a bit of a disappointing take on the style. Malt driven with little hops (at least American IPA style hops) oomph. Lots of caramel and apple drive the thing, with a bit of a grassy and herbal hops presence. It’s not bad, and probably would rate higher in my book if it were labeled something other than IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Feb 2010
at 18:27