Blue Point Brewing Hoptical Illusion

Hoptical Illusion

 

Blue Point Brewing in Patchogue, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.81
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 70 Ticks: 111
Our piney, dank, and mind-bending East Coast IPA is a huge part of Blue Point's history. As Long Island's original IPA, it is often the first IPA of many local drinkers who pass the love for this crushable IPA from generation to generation.

Hoptical Illusion's malt-forward body and piney hop kick have landed it 4 notable awards, including a GABF medal.
 

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6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ waterfront-manhattan. Hops aroma, not a lot more, but for whatever reason not bad out of the cask.

Tried from Cask on 20 May 2025 at 00:55


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

Old rating from 2016 - 355ml bottle on my NYC visit. Pours amber with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of orange, grapefruit, lemon, pine, resin, dough & malt. Moderate body. Long medium bitter finish

Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2025 at 20:59


7.5

RB score 3.44

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2025 at 03:14


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Hopt. Aroma is soft fruity hops, some tropical and peachy notes, bready and biscuity malt, mild floral/herbal, touch of pine resin and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Malty IPA, bit restrained, but very pleasant.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:48



7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Madison Square Garden during intermission of The David Gilmour concert. Clear amber orange pour. Small beige cap. Some floral citrus and pine in the aroma. Some toasted, caramelly notes on the palate. Mild dank citrus and pine, as well. Smooth, medium bodied and easy drinking. I… have become… comfortably buzzed.

Tried from Draft on 07 Nov 2024 at 00:23


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Plechovka z american beer. Vôňa citrusova. Farba oranžová. Chuť citrusová medova.

Tried from Can on 27 Nov 2021 at 17:40


Tried from Bottle on 18 Mar 2019 at 00:19


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

How: Draught.
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York.
Appearance: Amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, citrus, hops, caramel.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, some fruit, citrus, a bit floral.

Tried on 14 Dec 2018 at 12:02


4.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Aroma was ....interesting, not anything I'd experienced from an IPA before. Taste was off, didn't really remind me of an IPA at all. Palate was kind of weak. Not necessarily bad but it was just a pretty weak attempt at making an IPA.

Tried on 05 Apr 2018 at 00:29