Hop Stalker
Fat Head's Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.22
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Deliciously Dank Fresh Hop IPA
Great complexity of aroma with a balance of dank citrus and piney hops. Tastes of grapefruit, lemon zest, pine, and grassy earthiness. Finishes with a nice amount of piney citrus rind bitterness.
Great complexity of aroma with a balance of dank citrus and piney hops. Tastes of grapefruit, lemon zest, pine, and grassy earthiness. Finishes with a nice amount of piney citrus rind bitterness.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled on draft at Tapped this beer poured a bright orange-copper color with a medium sized foamy orange-tan head that left good lacing. The aroma was tart with citrus, cactus, lemon and windex. The flavor was bitter and earthy with cactus, lemon and windex. Long finish. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Oct 2016
at 17:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear yellow orange color with a small white head. A big sweet fruity meaty hop nose. The flavor is big sweet pils malt, honey, citrus, smooth citra. Quite good. Low bitterness. So smooth and flavorful.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2016
at 15:14
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Drank this directly from a 12 oz. bottle. (I am not totally dissecting this brew) The nose is lightly danky. The flavor is dank resiny hops, mild notes of citrus, light toasted grain.
Moderate to stronger in bitterness level with a grassy and pine finish. Body and mouthfeel are as they should be. Pretty enjoyable IPA.
Moderate to stronger in bitterness level with a grassy and pine finish. Body and mouthfeel are as they should be. Pretty enjoyable IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2016
at 09:58
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/8/2015. Pours slightly hazy orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense and rocky off white head with good retention, that reduces to small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, light caramel, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great complexity and balance of bright/dank citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, light caramel, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Large amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, citrus rind, pine, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of bright/dank citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and minimal hop astringency after the finish. Good amount of dryness from bitterness that builds up after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, sticky/resinous, and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding fresh hop IPA. All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of bright/dank citrus/tropical/piney hops and moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. The resinous quality does build up as you finish the glass, but never really gets to the point where it becomes unbearable. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2015
at 21:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a fairly clear gold with a thin head and grassy aromas that have a hint of caramel and citrus to them. Flavor hits with lemon grass and a hint of pine before giving way to caramel and then resiny late palate bitterness. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2015
at 21:06
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can poured into a tulip. Canned 10/14/2014. Clear golden yellow with a finger of off-white head. Nice lacing. Aromas of citrus, biscuit, floral notes, malt, caramel. Tastes of grapefruit citrus, floral notes, some pine, a little of that onion/garlic dankness. Medium body with a semi-dry finish. Medium carbonation, juicy mouthfeel. Would like to try this fresher but it’s held up well despite the age.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2015
at 00:45