Little Big Hop
2nd Shift Brewing in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.90
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New England Style Session IPA
A small wonder to behold, with all of the hop flavors and aromas and coming in at only 4.9% ABV. Some people would call it a session IPA but they would be wrong because that makes no sense. It's a low alcohol double IPA or maybe an imperial table beer or an American lager that uses ale yeast and 10 times the hops as normal. This beer is stupid good. Hops used: Magnum, Cascade, Zythos, Simcoe, Columbus.
A small wonder to behold, with all of the hop flavors and aromas and coming in at only 4.9% ABV. Some people would call it a session IPA but they would be wrong because that makes no sense. It's a low alcohol double IPA or maybe an imperial table beer or an American lager that uses ale yeast and 10 times the hops as normal. This beer is stupid good. Hops used: Magnum, Cascade, Zythos, Simcoe, Columbus.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
a: pretty hazy straw yellow body | frothy white head
a: dank | floral | aspatame
f: perfumey | fresh-cut-grass | easy wheats
t: dry | slight citrus | funky yeast
o: newer-school | easy-drinking | stale-ish malts
16 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Kansas City, Missouri | 12-January-2026 | US$2,75 | no can date | sampled: 15-January-2026
a: dank | floral | aspatame
f: perfumey | fresh-cut-grass | easy wheats
t: dry | slight citrus | funky yeast
o: newer-school | easy-drinking | stale-ish malts
16 ounce can | Trader Joe's (grocery): Kansas City, Missouri | 12-January-2026 | US$2,75 | no can date | sampled: 15-January-2026
Tried
from Can
from
Trader Joe's - Kansas City
on 16 Jan 2026
at 02:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap at brewpub - very nice hazy ipa - light and crisp, good haze. Super easy drinker - more of a session
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Jun 2022
at 14:08
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce can from Niemuth’s, 4/2/22. Murky orange, large foamy offwhite head, good retention. Aroma of astringent hops, kinda olivey, some dank and grapefruit. Taste is grapefruit, tangerine, vanilla, pale malt. Old, canned 6/30/20. Not used to old beers from Niemuth’s. So, probably a one off. Still good.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2022
at 20:11
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Very frothy, sudsy, hazy appearance. The aromas are cereal, fresh tropical fruit and citrus hops. Flavors are like nose, a little more sweet than tart, low bitter decent carbonation. Body is a touch then and watery. not bad but I've never been a fan of session IPAs.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2020
at 00:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can picked up from Beer Gonzo Webshop, Earlsdon, Coventry and consumed in Frank at Lenggries Mountain Camping, Boxing Day 2019 cooking Mousakka and listening to Martin Freeman, Decades on 6Music. Pours hazy yellowy gold with a white head, big billowing frothy white head. Nice beer, fruity a little bit of sweet sherbet, soft mouthfeel, really good, lemony, this is very good.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Dec 2019
at 15:53
Tried
on 09 Jul 2019
at 13:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pounder: Grass nose, piney hints. Cloudy golden, thick head. Lillies. Medium body, easy carbonation, slightly oily. Refreshing and hop forward.
Tried
on 29 May 2019
at 22:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Pours a pretty hazy straw color with a sudsy head and aromas of lemon, pine, and a touch of honey. Flavor is a crisp and light hops presence with just enough malt backbone to keep it from being a tea. It's definitely light and airy, but good enough that I could enjoy a lot of this if it were easier to get.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2019
at 02:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Yellow colour, Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
on 26 May 2019
at 19:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
473ml can. Murky, yellow-ish, orange juice-like colour with average, frothy to creamy, osteoporosing, minimally lacing, white head. Tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of passion fruit, mango, guava, pineapple, zesty, bitter hints of orange. Taste is dry, bitter, tropical fruity hoppy, slightly diluted notes of passion fruit, mango, guava, pineapple, orange, orange zest, oaty and wheaty basis, minimally papery and metallic overtones; prickly carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2019
at 14:13