Postcolonial IPA
Hopfenstark in Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA Regular|
Score
7.05
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smith4498 (4269) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Growler shared at Maltzilla’s All American Weekend. Pours hazy copper color with off white head. Aromas of floral hops and caramel. Sweet malt flavor with some floral hops and mild bitterness. Medium body with averqage carbonation.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Courtesy someone at Fruit in the Room, thank you. Pours deep copper with modest off white head. The aroma is tart and spicy and a little bit of floral hops with some sweetness in the background. The taste is similar with spicy to tart hop notes leaning toward a sense of acidic like tartness with a smooth sweet sugary malty backbone.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle: Poured a hazy amber-orange color ale with a quite large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cat pea and dry hops which is somewhat reminiscent of Orval. Taste is also a strange mix between some dry European style hops with some funky Orvalesque notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Bottle had kind of aged and developed an Orval like infection which was very interesting though necessarily voluntary.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Amber-red colour. Cloudy, with a thick head. Hop aroma is rich with tropical fruit (mango, kiwi, cantaloupe). Rich, deep bitterness and stacks of fruit on the palate, plus a sweet underpinning that is mainly pale malt but with a firm, light crystal malt stickiness. A fat dose of yeast, long and pithy and Orvallish, adds complexity yet somehow avoids impeding the exceptional brightness of this beer. So rich, complex, bright and rewarding, this beer f’n rocks. Simply one of the best IPAs I’ve ever had.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draught pint at Vices et Versa on 9/29/07
Everyone at the table just got done talking about unfiltered IPAs and the fact that they shouldn’t be hazy. So I was a little tremulous when this pint showed up rather cloudy, with a thin, off-white head atop. Blotchy, wet lacing and moderate to poor retention were the rest of the specs, but I just don’t think a cloudy/muddy IPA is very appealing. A little haze is fine, but this was obviously chalk full of yeast, protein and other break material.
And it would be one thing if it just created a slightly smaller head and poor lacing, but sure enough, the flavor and aroma were definitely dulled. Of course, I’ve never had the beer before, but having their saison in bright condition, before this, I could tell that this was not the way it was intended. I dont know if Vices et Versa just did not let the keg settle long enough, or if this was just a poorly conditioned batch.
Regardless, the aroma was fruity, moderately bitter and a bit doughy/bland. Mostly the bitterness broke through, leaving the lighter, more crisp and lively hop notes muted and wet. Malts were crackery, mostly well-attenuated and didnt seem to interrupt the hop notes.
Similar issues with flavor, with the bitterness far exceeding the flavor, leaving too much citrus acidity and grainy malt texture to throw the beer out of balance. There were no flaws, and I could catch passing notes of light tropical fruits and juicy hop flavors (lime, orange, cherry, sweet resin), but the strong, chewy/doughy blandness and pronounced bitterness severely hindered these flavors. Will have to try again and rerate if/when it is in better condition, as these ratings suggest this is not what I should expect.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
A reddish dark amber ale with a thin off white head. A nice hoppey aroma, with berries, and oragne notes. In mouth, a sweetish lactic malt, with caramel and floral hops, but a bit thin and short in mouth. On tap at Vices versa, Jan. 2007.
GRM (7524) reviewed Postcolonial IPA from Hopfenstark 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Sample, Vices et Versa, savoured on January 20 2007; eye: amber, beige head, clear, no effervescence; nose: nice edgy hops, grapefruit, light caramelized malt; mouth: nice edgy hops, grapefruit, caramel, finale in bitterness with a hint of pepper, medium body, light astringency, light acridness, lightly sweet, mildly bitter; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Échantillon, Vices et Versa, savourée le 20 janvier 2007; oeil : ambrée, petite mousse beige, claire, pas d’effervescence; nez : beau houblon tranchant, pamplemousse, léger malt caramélisé; bouche : belle amertume tranchante, pamplemousse, caramel, finale en amertume avec une pointe de poivre, corps moyen, légère astringence, légère âcreté, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère; en résumé : correct