Mike Hess Brewing Company Habitus Rye IPA

Habitus Rye IPA

 

Mike Hess Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Rye Regular
Score
6.94
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 100 Ticks: 60
Habitus, winner of the 2014 World Beer Cup in the Rye category, is a spicy, crisp, and extremely drinkable double IPA. We use loads of Sterling and Chinook hops in the kettle and hopback (and even more during the dry hop) for intense pine aromatics accentuated by a rye and 2-row malt base for a truly great IPA experience.
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can 473ml (with open top, Beer Republic, date messed _/10/2017)
Dark amber color, small steady off-white head and lace. Ryeish aroma has odd ice-cream feeling in the nose. Medium-bodied. Resiny, piney, some citrus, rye is noticeable. Dryish finish. Could be freshier. Tolerable.

Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2017 at 09:29


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can procured from the Vanbrugh, Greenwich. Drank at home. Hazy amber pour with a white head. Cinnamon, orange zest, apricot, warm bread and pineapple aroma. Flavours of vanilla, peach, fresh cream, tangerine, apricot. Long bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2017 at 15:19


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Mike Hess, North Park. Slightly hazy light amber with a small head. On the sweet side with hops, grapefruit, grass, caramel and rye malt. The body was almost full and the finish bitter.

Tried from Draft on 19 Feb 2017 at 08:29


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught @ BeerTemple, Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 250, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1012 RR. [ As Mike Hess Habitus Rye IPA ].Hazy matt medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, rye, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, orange, fruity hops, riped fruit, wood notes, earthy notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, riped fruit, dried fruit, fruity hops, caramel, hop bitter, floral, wood notes, medium dry, bread notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20160903] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried on 07 Jan 2017 at 14:19


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

Can from Appellation Wines Comely Bank. Appearance - bright amber with a neat lace head. Nose - orange and a light hint of the rye. Taste - more orange going into dry shredded marmalade. Pine and resin at the back. Palate - medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall - enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2016 at 15:22


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

Copper coloured body with an amber glow and a nice, three centimetre tall rich tan head. Aroma of metal, malt, rye, grain, toffee, earth, caramel and quite a bit of earthier hop scents. Medium to Full-bodied; Biting malt and caramel flavours with some nuts, earth, alcohol, rye, toffee, grain and a touch of oatmeal and other specialty grains. Aftertaste shows some alcohol, but a lot of caramel and rich toffee and earth characteristics while offering a subdued and pungent hop and caramel sweetness and flavour. Overall, a nice and pungent rye-based IPA that borders on Imperial, also just borders on a typical West Coast styled IPA. I sampled this sixteen ounce can purchased from San Diego Lindbergh Airport on 15-December-2016 for US$7,70 sampled in the terminal at Phoenix, Arizona (thanks full opening can) later in the day on 15-December-2016.

Tried from Can on 15 Dec 2016 at 16:55


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pint can from Appellation Wines, Comely Bank. Pours hazy golden amber with a thick white head. Solid DIPA aromas, pine, resin, oily hops. Taste is clean, good bitterness. Hints of rye. Clean finish.

Tried from Can on 06 Dec 2016 at 06:36


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Keg at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Cloudy amber, mid sized. Strange aroma of green apples with notes of citrus. Sweet with full body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Fruity with crystal malt character. Green apples, notes of bread and citrus. Long but balanced bitterness.

Tried on 21 Aug 2016 at 15:00


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at The Perch, pours a hazy bright orange with a small beige head. Aroma is quite earthy and herbal in the hop department, with a chewy bready malt base. Flavour is along the same lines, with a herbal and earthy hop quality, some dirtiness from the rye and bready malt on the underside. Not overly impressive, but nothing off about it. It's okay.

Tried from Draft on 26 Jul 2016 at 15:20


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Tap at Harry’s Hofbrau. Hazy gold with moderate white head. Lots of spice here on both flavor and aroma, with earth interplayed.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jul 2016 at 23:32