Hop Circles 2
Fugu Brewing Co. in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital Region, Belgium 🇧🇪
Brewed at/by: Brouwerij Anders!IPA - Imperial / Double Series
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Score
7.03
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Bierridder (4318) ticked Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Benzai (24515) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at home. A bit pale golden color, full sized white head. Aroma is malts, pleasantly hoppy, lightly floral. Flavor is malts, a bit sweetish hoppy, light peach, nectarine, softly bitter. Decent to medium body and carbonation.
Rasmus40 (37007) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Beyond Beer, Hamburg. Hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and moderate hoppy - fruity and citrus. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 171023
Kasper40 (1261) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Dåse fra Beyondbeer, Hamborg. Gylden med et hvidt skum. Dufter meget frugtig. Bitter og let sød.
Sloefmans (15389) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Good white head over veiled, if bright yellow beer. Grapefruit, fruitrind, unripe strawberry, cucumber. Cypress flavour, again cucumber; other grains. Sweet and malty, maybe tasting a bit tired. Finish has again grapefruit. Not very carbonated, slick, hopoily. OK, but suffering from the malt overdose, no doubt needed for balancing. Txs to Stef!
Alengrin (11609) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
One of apparently two versions of a DIPA by Fugu, a newish beer producing company near Brussels; my can does not mention the "2" as in the picture above, but it does carry the same hops as this version (with Talus and Citra replacing the Amarillo and El Dorado of version 1), so I guess this entry is where my rating belongs. Thick and frothy, densely cobweb-lacing, egg-white, moussy head on a lightly hazed, warm orange-glowing apricot blonde beer with visible sparkling. Aroma of toasted onions, diesel (quite pronounced here, oddly), dried mandarin peel, lilies, not quite ripe papaya, crumbled biscuit, raw gherkin, pepino, dry cookies, hints of triple sec, nylon or rubber band and radish peel. Cleanly fruity onset, green mango, unripe mandarin, some pineapple and kiwano; medium carbonation, supple mouthfeel, rounded, fluffy. Dry cookie-ish and lightly biscuity maltiness soaked in green-fruity, dank and diesel-like, oniony and citrus peel-like hoppiness, bringing a relatively long spicy bitterness, but fruity juiciness is also retained, while alcohol remains well hidden. Pleasant enough DIPA, holding the middle between West Coast style and New England in a way. This brewer clearly has a tight connection with American craft beer and has let go of Belgian traditions completely - but does this well, for the beers I tasted so far. Very solid.
jefverstraete (7489) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Fruity, hits of orange peel, citrus, pineapple, papaya. Rather sweet, bitter hoppy finish.
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
33cl can, BB 06/04/2023.
Dorée /pâle, col blanc-cassé crémeux.
Arôme au bouquet houblonné fruité sur le tropical, la Talus dans une lignée de Sabro confère de fines effluves de noix de coco. A cela s'ajoute des notes de pin, léger résineux avec une touche de fruits à noyaux en retrait (abricot).
Palais est assez sec, avec un effet épicé venant de DDH qui dénature l'apport des houblons, tout en y ajoutant, une fois de plus le cryo. Pas mauvais, mais encore une énième bière où les houblons se suffisent à eux-mêmes sans ruiner cela avec du ddh et autre nouveau procédé de Yakima. Je retrouve un côté 'hop burn' qui arrive en fin de bouche, pas vraiment plaisant. Juste après c'est là que les houblons arrivent - trop tard. Fini devient faiblard - haut en effervescence avec un côté poussiéreux latent. Fruité sur le tropical, léger agrumes.
nathanvc (6963) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can from Hopduvel. Clear orange, thin, white head. Aroma of ripe orange, lychee, canned pineappe, plum, honey, triple sec. Taste has sweet orange, pineapple & plum over a honeyish, bit sugary malt base, softly bitter orange peel note. Sweet finish with floral hops, ripe citrus note, gentle bitterness and warming triple sec-like alcohol. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Not bad, bit too sweet.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Hop Circles 2 from Fugu Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12/VI/22 - 33cl can from De Hopduvel (Gent), shared @ Arno’s place, BB: 6/IV/23 (2022-696)
Clear blond yellow beer, small aery irregular off-white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very nice, super juicy, tropical fruits, nice, very intense. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: a bit soapy first, metallic, sweet touch, a bit lemony, fruity. Aftertaste: a bit sugary, some grapefruit, hoppy, weird, a bit soapy, metallic touch, fruity finish.