Hop Cone Syndrome
Rainhard Brewing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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2016 Silver Medal Winner at the Canadian Brewing Awards
It’s that time of year, when the new hop crop starts arriving. Hops are at their peak freshness and exploding with intense flavour and aromas. We marked this occasion with a brand new beer that showcases just how fresh these hops are!
Hop Cone Syndrome is a Double IPA, brewed with the 2015 hop crop, featuring Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic & Columbus!
It’s that time of year, when the new hop crop starts arriving. Hops are at their peak freshness and exploding with intense flavour and aromas. We marked this occasion with a brand new beer that showcases just how fresh these hops are!
Hop Cone Syndrome is a Double IPA, brewed with the 2015 hop crop, featuring Simcoe, Citra, Mosaic & Columbus!
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from the LCBO, Clear medium copper with large rocky off white head that leaves spotty lace. Nose is bright pine, citrus, tropical fruit, light caramel. Flavour follows with a light caramel base supporting a medium+ citrus peel, pine and pineapple bitterness, Mouth is full and creamy with good carbonation and a sticky finishy.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2025
at 03:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the source. Poured a copper/orange with a medium white head. Aroma is dank, and juicy at the same time. Loads of hops obviously, especially grapefruit, and orange zests. Malts are equally present, some nice sticky malts, solid cereals to match the big hops. A super well balanced beast of an ipa. nice stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bouteille 500ml, gracieuseté de msjpearson, Thanks Mike! Couleur orangée voilée, mousse beige pâle meringuée. Arôme d’ananas, malt, pin, touche d’alcool, houblon résineux. Goût d’ananas, houblon résineux, malt, amertume moyenne-élevée toute en longueur. Carbonatation faible, corps moyen-dense.
Tried
on 23 May 2017
at 21:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500mL bottle, sent from wilco (thanks a lot, Mike), pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of resinous hops, sweet caramel malts, and light candied notes. Flavour is wonderfully balanced, with truckloads of resinous hops and caramel malts. Appropriately sweet and without any hop harshness. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2017
at 22:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazed golden ipa with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with loads of orange pulp, light tropical fruits, resinous floral hops, grapefruit pulp, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity biscuit malt with loads of tropical fruits, orange pulp, resinous and piney hops, very nice and citrusy. On tap at Brother’s Beer Bistro.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2017
at 20:23