Hopadillo IPA
Karbach Brewing in Houston, Texas, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.90
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He lurks in the shadows, waiting in bold anticipation. He's surprisingly bitter. Bitter about something. Legend has it that he feasts on those with fresh hops coursing through their veins. This dry-hopped, Texas IPA has a flavor as defiant as the Hopadillo himself. It's packed with the bracing bitterness of hops from around the world that this creature craves. He's comin' to get ya. You've been warned...
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Chili's near the hotel in Houston. Pours a mostly clear deep amber color with a thin off white head that slowly recedes. Bready toasty light caramel maltiness with old school pine and citrus with bits of tropical and earthy notes. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2023
at 18:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
DFW airport. Imperial pint. Clear, classic amber. Looks like a Yeungling. Moderate & clean bitter pine/herb/pith nose. Brighter than expected. Bitter greens & slight veg, basic toast, snappy acidity, steel, long rindy finish. Very clean. Could have two.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2023
at 00:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Can) clear, bright, fluorescent orange amber colour with a medium tall cream coloured head; aroma of jam, tropical fruit; dryish flavour with a long, medium bitter finish
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2023
at 01:20
7/10
Tried
on 19 Nov 2022
at 02:25
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2022
at 11:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned, 355 ml at Willie Nelson's Ranch. Hoppy, pine, some citrus, malty backbone, sweetish, bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2022
at 18:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - DFW Airport, pours a clear copper amber orange with a small white head. Nose brings out some gentle berry fruits, light resinous hops, a little pine, and a touch of sweetness. Flavour is on the maltier side for a west coast-ish IPA, with resinous hops, sweet bready malt, and some gentle red berries. Personally I'd prefer less malt and more piney/resinous hop character to overtake. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2022
at 18:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can (best by 9/19/21) pour from Total Wine and More, Brentwood. It’s a clear, light amber (honey) with decent sparkle, finger-plus width off-white foamy head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma is dank vegetal, pine and malt base. Taste is strong caramel malts with lighter vegetal/floral. Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with smooth texture, soft-to-average carbonation and malty over danky vegetal finish. Overall, old school—little hop flavor and high on bitterness—and it’s not like you can blame this on age. Pass.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2021
at 02:23
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a clear copper with a bone white head. Aroma is caramel malt and some cascade hops. Flavor is a chewy malt and little pine hop but not much else. It's not sweet or bitter. Kind of a IPA that was made 20 years ago that's still stuck around.
Tried
on 31 May 2021
at 20:14
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[12oz can from Total Wines, Naples, FL.] A golden amber pour with a tight cream coloured head; malty aroma; piney bitterness to start, then a caramel and malt body with some earthiness and spice; before a rather hopless finish with some berry fruit. Reminds me more of an ESB than an IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2019
at 02:21