Epic Brewing Company Hop Zombie

Hop Zombie

 

Epic Brewing Company in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.44
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 90 Ticks: 81
"Hops have taken over the world. Permeated the senses of the minions. Hop Zombies now roam the streets. Lupulin ichor oozing from ravaged legions. Gorging, gouging, masticating. Salivating over insane hop flavours and aromas. The time is nigh. No more festering away in hopless oblivion. Join the Hop Zombie Revolution."
 

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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Caramel malt, pine, and grapefruit aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet orange, caramel malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel and pine flavor. Nice body.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 23:49


7.5

Tried on 30 Jan 2022 at 16:13


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dose 0,33l: Bernstein, leicht rotstichig, glasklar, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; fruchtige + kräftig würzige Nase, fruchtig-würzige Süße, Zitrusnoten, leichte fruchtige Säure, Mango, Maracuja, Grapefruit, Grapefruitzest, kräftige Hopfenaromen, Kräuter, Pinie, kräftig Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, kräftige Hefearomen, getrocknete/eingelegte Früchte, kräftige fruchtig-würzige Bitterkeit; fruchtiger + würziger Körper, kräftige Süße, Zitrusnoten, exotische Früchte, Ananas, Maracuja, Grapefruit, würzige Hopfennoten, kräutrig, Pinie, Malz, Getreide, Karamell, cremig, moderate Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; kräftiger fruchtig-würziger Nachgang

Tried on 05 Dec 2021 at 17:40


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

330ml can. Clear, orangey golden colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Piney, resinous, citrusy, hoppy aroma, pale and caramel malty background, notes of pine, spruce, lemon, grapefruit. Taste is crisp, bitter, citrusy, piney and resinous hoppy, notes of orange zest, pine, spruce, lemon, grapefruit, grapefruit zest, pale and caramel malty basis with little residual sweetness. Oily texture, smooth and soft palate, fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Very clean, crisp, oily - very good!

Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2020 at 17:43


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle from Countdown outside Christchurch airport at hotel in Queenstown. Clear orange-golden pour with sudsy white head. Aroma is zesty grapefruit hops with crisp biscuit malt. Taste is bracing resin bitterness with some grapefruit and pilsner-y malt. Classic west coast DIPA style, very pine and grapefruit. A bit like Pliny. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2020 at 05:58


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

09-02-19 // on tap at Mikkeller Berlin. Excellent DIPA. Very well balanced. Great hop aroma and bitterness. Malty backbone. Light juicy. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hop Zombie on 09 Feb 2019 at 13:53 - Score: 8. Original review text: Excellent DIPA. Very well balanced. Great hop aroma and bitterness. Malty backbone. Light juicy.

Tried from Draft on 10 Feb 2019 at 17:03


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

(Bottle) Hazy amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with citrus, orange peel, mandarin, caramel, resin, apricots, lychee, toffee, honey and tropical fruit. Malty, hoppy taste with notes of citrus, orange peel, apricot marmalade, caramel, toffee, tropical fruit, resin and a generous citric/resiny bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a slight sweetness. Really well made and tasty DIPA with impressive amounts of citric/resiny hops and malt to back it up. Excellent beer!

Tried from Bottle on 03 Feb 2019 at 19:37


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Vultures Lane. Clear golden with cream colored head. Grapefruit, peach, light citrus, dank weeds, caramel, sugary malts, light alcohol, grassy. Over medium sweet, bitter and bodied. Also had it from bottle and it seemed a little fruitier.

Tried from Draft on 20 Aug 2018 at 06:27


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tap at Lager Lager. Clear amber, low offwhite head. Tropical fruit purée hop aromatics, pine. Medium to full, resinny mouthfeel, pineapple, apricot and dragonfruit candy. A wee bit too sweet for my taste.

Tried from Draft on 17 Aug 2018 at 14:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draft at Slowbeer, Fitzroy. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head and plenty of bubbles. The aroma is dry malt, light citrus fruit, resin woody alcohol hop. The flavour is moderate sweet with a somewhat smooth malty fresh fruit woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A great example of the style with well hidden alcohol.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jan 2018 at 06:14