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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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor with light tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Very good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine lingers with earth and light malt backing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2015
at 19:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught at Lord Hobo, 3/19/15.
A slightly hazed brassy body is topped by a small white head that retains at cover.
Peachy hop notes abound with some strong malt undertones; light sugar cookies and some lychee and hickory nut skin that adds a needed dryness. Moderate tropical fruits begin to emerge but there is some alcohol dryness that works against it.
Bracingly bitter hop notes are displayed across a nicely attenuated body. The hops are fresh, juicy and very forward, but the bitterness is very aggressive on the finish with the old resin burn hurting the drinkability. Dosent hit that lush, almost sweet hop flavor that the best doubles have and while the alcohol is controlled, the acidity is just over the top.
A slightly hazed brassy body is topped by a small white head that retains at cover.
Peachy hop notes abound with some strong malt undertones; light sugar cookies and some lychee and hickory nut skin that adds a needed dryness. Moderate tropical fruits begin to emerge but there is some alcohol dryness that works against it.
Bracingly bitter hop notes are displayed across a nicely attenuated body. The hops are fresh, juicy and very forward, but the bitterness is very aggressive on the finish with the old resin burn hurting the drinkability. Dosent hit that lush, almost sweet hop flavor that the best doubles have and while the alcohol is controlled, the acidity is just over the top.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2015
at 17:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[2/13/15] Draught at Rogue Ales Public House in San Francisco. Clear amber. Nice hoppy aroma, dank and fruity. Bitter hoppy flavor, “green”, with some fruitiness and some malt backbone, not too sweet. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 20:46
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
13 oz pour on draft at Row 34. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Nice lacing. Aromas of citrus, onion, garlic, light caramel. big floral hops. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, onion, garlic, tropical fruit. Medium body with a dry finish. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2015
at 16:52
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Capitol Beer in Sacramento, CA. Pours amber gold with an off-white head. Aroma is rather dank. Med + body. Flavor is a bit dank, some mild caramel, and some earthy resin, bitter hop. I’ve had hoppier, and more bitter, but this is hoppy and bitter! Somehow it’s mellow, despite all the flavor. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2015
at 16:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sampled on draft at Caliente this beer poured a caramel-amber color with a large foamy off white head that left exceptional lacing. The aroma was tangya dn sweet pine. The flavor was tangy and sweetish pine and a touch of earthy hops. Turns dry on the meidum length earthy and pine finish. Moderately full bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Mar 2015
at 10:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours gold. Nose/taste of dank weed, grainy citrus, bitter grapefruit and orange peel. Cracker malt. medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2015
at 22:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz. bottle, pours an opaque dark orange with a medium white head. Nose brings out dank resinous hops and dry caramel malt. Flavour is robust, with a barrage of resinous dank hops, dry bready malts and a pretty high but pleasant bitterness. Loads of dank hops dominate. Wonderful stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2015
at 10:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours rather unclear, slightly orange . No real head . Smell is hoppy , with a mango tone , very fruity ( like fruitjuice almost ) Taste is bitter up front , turns very full on fruits in aroma . So much aroma that you get a foggy , fruity tastesensation which is hard to sescribe . A crazy mix of all kinds of fruits you can imagine to find in hops .
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2015
at 19:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Brouwer’s Cafe, Seattle. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, pine, hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2015
at 11:56