Hop-a-Peel

Atwater Brewery in Detroit, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

IPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production

Score

6.55

ABV: 7.5%

IBU: 118

Ticks: 15

Atwater’s HopApeel is a frontal assault on the American IPA style that features not only the classic American Cascade and Chinook hops, but two of the new “Super Cascade” varieties in both the kettle and in the dry hop. Dried and ground orange peel is added to the whirlpool to deliver a citric bittering that sets HopApeel apart from the masses.

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5.9

nuplastikk (10543) reviewed Hop-a-Peel from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12oz bottle. Unfiltered thick red-orange body. Steady off-white/bneige head. Not much of an aroma. Big, caramel thick sugary old school American IPA. Not bad, but not really good in any way either. Pretty drab. Crystal malt overload. Very glad I didn’t buy a six pack.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2014 at 19:48

6.3

shrubber (15840) reviewed Hop-a-Peel from Atwater Brewery 11 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle. Biscuit caramel and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet bready caramel malt and moderately bitter metallic orange peel flavor. Okay but rough.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2014 at 17:03

7.6

superspak (10160) reviewed Hop-a-Peel from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled in 3/2014. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange copper color with a 2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon zest, orange peel, pineapple, peach, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of juicy citrus hops, orange peel, and moderate malt sweetness; with good strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, peach, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, pine, caramel, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity of citrus hop, orange peel, and moderate malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with only a light warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good citrus spiced IPA. Good complexity and balance of citrus hops, orange peel, and moderate malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2014 at 20:04

6.6

Anders37 (30297) reviewed Hop-a-Peel from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft @ GABF 2013. Pours a golden color with a white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy piney finish.

Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2013 at 08:34

6.8

Sledutah (12396) reviewed Hop-a-Peel from Atwater Brewery 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

GABF 2013
Aroma of grapefruit and floral. Flavors of grapefruit and lemon peel
Nice

Tried on 14 Oct 2013 at 17:33