Hoppopotamus
Metazoa Brewing Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
7.13
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The Hoppopotamus may be gentler than its unpredictable hippo cousin, but don't let the balanced flavor profile fool you. It's full of surprises. Best appreciated from a wide mouthed glass, the aroma is bright with notes of grapefruit, orange peel, and tropical fruit. A burst of floral bitterness from the Citra and Mosaic hops is balanced by a soft sweetness from a light-handed dose of Vienna malt. Just when you think it's gonna zig, it zags. Try to keep up.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Overpriced single from Appalachian. Sat in my fridge for a long while. Canned 8/28/24.
Pint glass at home. Glazed & not quite haze honey amber with a generous white wash head.
Smell is a lot of orange pepper with a slightly tropical sweet edge & olde sticky malt; inviting.
Juicy, strong sweet orange & guava-ish front. Middle on is a potent & bittersweet abv delivery of grapefruit rind, parsley & bitter orange. Touch of canned & creamy oxidized Malta. Some residual sugar stickiness & belly burn.
This was surprisingly decent to good.
Pint glass at home. Glazed & not quite haze honey amber with a generous white wash head.
Smell is a lot of orange pepper with a slightly tropical sweet edge & olde sticky malt; inviting.
Juicy, strong sweet orange & guava-ish front. Middle on is a potent & bittersweet abv delivery of grapefruit rind, parsley & bitter orange. Touch of canned & creamy oxidized Malta. Some residual sugar stickiness & belly burn.
This was surprisingly decent to good.
Tried
from Can
from
Appalachian Vintner
on 18 Aug 2025
at 22:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tried on 4//20/24 but I can't recall where. New brewery! Brewery #2276, USA #1872, IN #35. Clear copper, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of candied citrus, pale malt. Taste is candied citrus, pine, toffee, pale malt. Moderate bitter, well balanced.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2024
at 02:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
1-15-24 Cork Liquor, C’bus, IN
Tried
on 16 Jan 2024
at 02:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tried
on 16 Sep 2023
at 21:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample during the Don't be Indy-cisive and Terre Haute Your Hair Deciding Hoosier Favorite IN Beer! tasting on 10/14/2022.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2022
at 20:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can pours out hazy golden topped with a white head. Nose is sweet tropical fruit hops and citrus. Taste is more of the nice tropical fruit hops and some malts.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2022
at 01:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fairly hazy deep copper and orange coloured body with a very small, barely single centimetre tall pure white head that fades pretty quickly. Aroma of bright grassy and citrusey hops with a lot of alpha acids and a bit of sweetness, especially noticeable after the bitterness in the nose. Medium-bodied; Strong bitter flavours dominate at first with a lot of alpha acids and some citrusey elements with a strong and balanced malt profile and some softer sugars from tropical and especially citrus fruits at the end. Aftertaste shows some lighter malts and yeast, but the citrusey and slightly dry hops and alpha acid bitterness cuts through just about everything, in a good way. Overall, a pretty nice IPA with a prolonged bitterness, balanced maltiness and soft sugars at the end but the unfiltered quality and the citrus pungency makes this a nice and solid 'new england' IPA despite being here in the middle of the country. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized pour on draught at The Eagle [restaurant] in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana on 09-August-2021 with my wife and family on my twelfth wedding anniversary.
Tried
on 10 Aug 2021
at 15:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy orange-gold pour. There’s a resin and citrus hop aroma that really leans in to the citrus. The flavor is good and hoppy with moderate to strong bitterness. There’s plenty of citrus, especially grapefruit and orange, and some resin and underlying malt. Very good.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2021
at 03:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
can. tried in French Lick Indiana - really freaking good IPA - big flavor and easy to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2019
at 02:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours clear and golden yellow, white head. Aroma is peach and citrusy hoppy. Crisp hoppy. Peach fruity. Lingering fruity. Solid hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jun 2019
at 23:09