Mandatory Fun
Mike Hess Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.37
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This one has all-the-hops. Mandatory Fun is a throw back all the way to the early part of this decade, when IPAs were hoppy and beer drinkers both rejoiced and marveled at the brewer’s ability to get so much flavor from those little green buds. Dry and delicious, and yet big and bold. This is a double IPA not afraid of a good time. It’s Mandatory Fun.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the Ocean Beach location. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of pine and slightly bitter citrus with a bit of sweet grain underlying. Flavor has a combination of onion and pine with a bit of citrus in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Dec 2023
at 05:10
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy, pale, thin head. Fruity hop, a bit leafy, touch of apricot. Body is light and there’s a hit of alcohol in the finish.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2022
at 05:01
9/10
Tried
on 24 Sep 2022
at 02:05
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Honey gold pour. Brief beige head. Citrus malt aroma. Bittersweet citrus flavor. Notes of grapefruit and lemon. Sticky mouthfeel. Spicy and dank on backend. Solid.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2022
at 22:20
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. tropical fruit and grapefruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor with orange and pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. tropical fruit and grapefruit linger with orange and pine.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2020
at 17:51
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
32oz crowler pours with a near clear copper body that supports a lasting tight off white head of foam. The aroma offers up tangerine, tangelo, clementine and then a bit of guava and mango. The taste delivers bitter grapefruit and citrus peel hoppiness as well as thin tangy tangerine, guava and mango juiciness. Solid brew.
Tried
from Crowler
on 25 Feb 2019
at 23:33