Hop Freshener Series: Dank & Sticky
The Hop Concept in San Marcos, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Series|
Score
7.44
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The inaugural beer of The Hop Concept brand, this IPA boasts aromas of citrus and dank, resinous pine. As the flavor opens, huge notes of stonefruit and dank resin give way to a malty backbone and drying hop bitterness on the finish.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bomber in my hotel room on 25th March 2019 (Fin Hotel, Oceanside California). I hate plastic cups! Three pours, each was a golden orange colour with a decent white crown every time. Dank, yes; Sticky, no. Enjoyed it though.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2019
at 18:42
10/10
Tried
on 20 Sep 2018
at 10:54
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap. Almost clear golden orange color with white to off white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, grass, pine, citrusy fruity, bread, caramel. Sweet and bitter taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2018
at 15:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask gravity at GBBF 2018. 8.0% Haze amber colour lasting white head. cat pee sauvignon blanc simcoe aroma some sweetness. Likeable enough. Sweet but good simcoe. Hides abv well. Liked it.c
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2018
at 09:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at GBBF 2018, Olympia, London. A dark golden/amber coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, pine aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, citrus, pine, orange, slightly bitter and dank. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Aug 2018
at 10:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can into tulip glass, best before 9/20/2018. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep golden amber color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good sized pine, citrus rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, orange, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, berry, citrus peel/rind, mint, wood, green pepper, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance; and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Mildly increasing warmth of 8.5%. Overall this is an awesome DIPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink; despite the aggressively bitter/resinous/drying finish. This is definitely for pine forest lovers only! 5 Classic C hops(Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, Comet, CTZ); plus Mosaic, Eureka, and Simcoe. Extremely dank, vibrant, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; nice malty backbone, with minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. A really enjoyable offering, loved the hop profile as expected.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2018
at 23:45
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ home. Slightly unclear orange color, full sized quite dense white to off-white head that lasts for a long time and leaves fair lacing. Aroma is indeed quite dank, resinous, piney. Taste malts, dank resinous and piney hoppiness, loads of hop bitterness, medium to firm bitterness in general. If you dislike bitter IPA's, don't buy this one. But I like it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2018
at 13:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On draft at Devils Slide Tap House in Pacifica. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aroma of melon and pineapple. Bitter flavors of citrus zest.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Apr 2018
at 01:18
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Közepes, nem túl tartós hab, majdnem félbarna. Citrusos, enyhén dáligyümölcsös illat. Kissé száraz, citrusos, ananászos, déligyümölcsös ízvilág, fűszeres felhanggal. Közepesen testes, közepesen szénsavas, erősen keserű. Finom, jól kiegyensúlyozott sör.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2017
at 14:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Botella. @Cimmeria, Oviedo 29/06/2017 BBD:--
Color amarillo, aromas citricos y resinosos con algo de pino agradable, sabor resinoso seguido de notas dulces y pino cuerpo medio, con un final amargo, agradable.
Color amarillo, aromas citricos y resinosos con algo de pino agradable, sabor resinoso seguido de notas dulces y pino cuerpo medio, con un final amargo, agradable.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2017
at 09:35