HopWired IPA
8 Wired Brewing in Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
IPA Regular|
Score
7.50
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We believe HopWired is the first bottled version of a true new world India Pale Ale made with NZ grown base malt and 100% truly unique NZ hops. We bet you’ll find nothing else like it on the shelves.
Although the malty sweetness is there, this beer is all about the hops. Unlike an American I.P.A. which will mainly hit you with a grapefruity-citrus flavour and aroma, the unique NZ hops used in HopWired are more like a tropical punchbowl: Passion fruit, lime, oranges and Sauvignon Blanc to name but a few. A local Marlborough winemaker said it smelled like gooseberries... Gooseberries? Who has ever smelled a gooseberry?? Decide for yourself or just enjoy it without further complications. Cheers!
Although the malty sweetness is there, this beer is all about the hops. Unlike an American I.P.A. which will mainly hit you with a grapefruity-citrus flavour and aroma, the unique NZ hops used in HopWired are more like a tropical punchbowl: Passion fruit, lime, oranges and Sauvignon Blanc to name but a few. A local Marlborough winemaker said it smelled like gooseberries... Gooseberries? Who has ever smelled a gooseberry?? Decide for yourself or just enjoy it without further complications. Cheers!
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8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
cloudy orange to amber colour, huge, very stable yellowish head; aroma of tropical fruits, grapefruit notes, pine resin and significant maltiness; very well balanced malty sweetness and hoppy bitterness with tropical fruity-resiny notes; excellent IPA
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2014
at 13:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Craftissimo. Can't believe I hadn't rated this before! Almost clear copper-amber pour with thin sticky head. Smells like what a great IPA should smell like - fruity pineapple and mango hops with sweet maltiness (more malty than I remember). Taste is fruity hops again with some citrus bitterness. Enough maltiness to balance it. A bit bubbly in at the finish but still very smooth in a good way. Great IPA
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2014
at 10:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap ste Le Šenk. Amber golden color with thick white head. Tropical fruits hoppy aroma with malty notes. Taste, solid malty base followed by nice resiny hoppy kick. Nice long hoppy bitter finish. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Oct 2014
at 07:59
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 0.50l. Clear amber orage color with large creamy off-white head, good laccing and average sparkling appearance. Aroma of passion fruit, lychee, caramel and might really be gooseberries or redcurrant. Taste starts with sweet short touch of caramel that quickly gets overdominated by pungent hoppy following, tropical fruitiness and heavy bitter finish with long aftertaste. Full body, oily texture and soft carbonation in palate. With that sweetness seems so imperial to me...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2014
at 00:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap@Pudel, Tallinn. Pours amber with off white head. The head stays for a moment. Aroma is caramel, pine, citrus, grapefruit. Flavor is sweet and bitter, caramel, pine, citrus, some berry and fruity notes. Finish is dry and pine bitter with faint hint of alcohol. Overall: great brew. I didn’t get that much tropical fruits NZ hops as I thought I would.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2014
at 12:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at BrewDog Shepherds Bush. Light to mid gold, ever so slightly hazy, big lacing. Massive pine aroma, candy floss, toast. A slight earthy note. Taste has an initial sweetness that turns to back-of-the-tongue hoppy bitter incredibly quickly. Bitter aftertaste which fades but doesn’t completely disappear. Impressive.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2014
at 12:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Flaske 500ml fra Vinmonopolet Tromsø Sentrum. Lys aprikosfarget. Lavt skum som flater ut. Lettskyet. Aroma av svisker & plommer. Smaken er innholdsrik. Fersken. Ananas. Litt plommer. Litt mandler. Avslutter tørt.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2014
at 12:51