Hop Zombie
Epic Brewing Company in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.45
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"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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From a 22 oz bottle shared in Jackson WY. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Citrus hop nose. Flavors of peach and grapefruit. Nice bitter hop finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2013
at 17:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Monument in Concord, CA. Pours darkish gold with a slight white head. Aroma is smoothly hoppy - must be a mix - but tropical fruit and citrus are probable. Full bodied. There’s a nice caramel backbone, and there’s a lot of hop - floral, citrus rind, and perhaps pine or earthy. It’s very hoppy, but not harsh. It’s finishing very hoppy, definitely bitter, but entirely refined. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2013
at 17:57
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Big grapefruit aroma with pine and light summer fruit. Pine and grapefruit flavor with light sweetness. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and summer fruit linger with pine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2013
at 14:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
500 ml bottle from Winooski Beverage Warehouse. The color is nearly clear gold with head that lasted half the glass on a vigorous pour. Aroma is mostly fruit hops. (Grapefruit and mango) Flavors is again grapefruit upfront, sweet malts with a light resin in the finish. It’s sweeter than expected. Or the hop profile is falling off. Bitterness is lightly lingering. No date code on the bottle. Hard to know the amount of time it sat on the shelf. That being said, I bet this would be great on draft and still a nice drink in this bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2013
at 08:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hopy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2013
at 07:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle with a best before of September 25, 2013. Pours with a full golden hued body and a large, fluffy eggshell white head with good lace and retention. Massive and fresh hop aroma! Grassy, huge tropical fruit with kiwi, lychee and mango. Mild passionfruit and Nelson like fruitiness. Mild malt. Huge tropical fruit flavor as well. Floral, grassy and passion fruit, balanced bitterness, low minerality, bready malt backing. Well made. Very dry finish, assertive. Medium bitter balance, crisp. Lively bubbles and slightly warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2013
at 22:52
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Tried
on 02 Mar 2013
at 21:08
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from BC Liquors, Park Royale, West Vancouver
Golden color, clean, with small compact head.
The aroma is wonderful, immediate impact, plenty of fruits, mango mainly, peach, and a hint of passion fruit; followed by some zesty lemon and more traditional hop smell.
The mouthfeel is round bust also smooth and lean; very good malt flavor, sweet with elegance, not cloying nor hard, dynamic, with plenty of fruits and soft hop resins; strong bitterness, but you don’t even notice it.
Needless to say, the final is long, balanced and vibrant; still carrying the mango and peach forward.
It’s pricey, but it’s also a perfect Imperial IPA as I haven’t had in long time.
Golden color, clean, with small compact head.
The aroma is wonderful, immediate impact, plenty of fruits, mango mainly, peach, and a hint of passion fruit; followed by some zesty lemon and more traditional hop smell.
The mouthfeel is round bust also smooth and lean; very good malt flavor, sweet with elegance, not cloying nor hard, dynamic, with plenty of fruits and soft hop resins; strong bitterness, but you don’t even notice it.
Needless to say, the final is long, balanced and vibrant; still carrying the mango and peach forward.
It’s pricey, but it’s also a perfect Imperial IPA as I haven’t had in long time.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2013
at 18:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Clear golden yellow with good white head. Lovely hop aroma with citrus, pine and stone fruit. Quite full bodied with almost syrupy feel and abundant fine carbonation. The flavour is very clever; it is dominated by interesting and pleasant hop tastes, but is not overwhelmed by bitterness. There is quite a strong caramel malt underpinning to the flavour which keeps things in good balance. A very drinkable high hop content high alcohol beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2013
at 02:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
500 ml bottle. Pours a clear gold with large head that settles slowly leaving considerable lacing. Pleasant, full aromas of fruit, citrus, and pine. Flavors of lemons, resin, and pine. Long bitter finish. As advertised - overly hopped.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2013
at 19:44