Hopkeeper
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.34
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Hardywood Hopkeeper is brewed with Virginia-grown malt from Murphy and Rude Malting Co. in Charlottesville, VA, and a touch of Virginia Honey. Our Double IPA is hop-forward and approachable, with a proprietary blend of hops lending lush notes of juicy pineapple, fresh orange zest, and citrus fruit.
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7/10
Poured a cloudy yellow from can. Mostly citrus orange plus some honeyed sweetness. Pretty good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft: Poured a copper orange with a white head. Aroma is fruity, orange, citrus. Taste is bitter hops, has a hell of a bite, citrus, orange.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Apr 2023
at 01:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at beervana Newport news. A a clear deep orange coloured pour with a a fine off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, sticky hop, resin, orange rind, light caramel. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, jammy fruits, nutty, pine, citrus fruits, grass. Palate is semi sweet, sticky citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Apr 2023
at 21:20
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can from Total Wine Gainesville, VA, 7/21/22. Hazy orange, large white head, good retention. Aroma of lime, dank, grapefruit. Taste is mango, grapefruit, lime, kiwi, passionfruit. Strong lingering bitterness. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jul 2022
at 23:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Hardywood West Creek, 6/17/21. Hazy golden-orange, white head. Melon, mango, peach, papaya. Bright and floral. Mildly boozy. Pretty nice.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2021
at 19:47
6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2019
at 17:48
10/10
Guest tap. Brilliant West Coast dipa. Yes!
Tried
from Draft
at
Old Street Brewery & Taproom
on 30 Jun 2019
at 00:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy golden and peach coloured body with a thinnish white head that fades relatively quickly. Aroma of grass, pungent grapefruit, oranges and a heavy dose of vanilla and lactose with a good deal of pungent and astringent alcohol around the edges. Medium-bodied; Strong astringent grain and malt flavours dominate at first with a deep and medicinal hop and alcohol bite soon afterwards with a dash of citrus and grapefruit with some dry herbs on the finish as well, but all hop elements and a lot of bitterness throughout. Aftertaste shows the pungent hop vibes, a good deal of alcohol and pungency, but all balanced quite well with the malt and punch of an Imperial IPA, but showing a bit lighter like a lager towards the end. Overall, a nice beer that shows a solid hop profile, but a dry and herbal grassy malt backbone which is well balanced, but strong flavoured.Nice to sample and worth trying if you prefer Imperial IPAs over traditional ones. I sampled this pint-sized, 500 mL bottle purchased from Costco in Pentagon City (Arlington), Virginia on 05-April-2019 for US$4,99 sampled at home in Washington on 06-May-2019.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2019
at 06:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Citrus and passion fruit. Golden pour with decent head, lacing. Good balance and a pleasant beer. Some hint of mint on finish. Tap at Galaxy Hut.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 May 2019
at 02:55
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
50cl bottle clear gold white head. Nose has honey, grass, lemon, soap. Herbs on tongue, honey, grasses, straw, lemon, soap. Finishes with a hit of honey and some pith too. Old school. 7 3 7 3 12
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2019
at 13:10