Hopfenstopfer Christmas Strong Ale
Häffner Bräu in Bad Rappenau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 🇩🇪
IPA - Imperial / Double Winter Out of Production|
Score
7.29
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 7 of 40. Murky brown color. Grapefruit, lemon, caramel and oily hops in the aroma. Malty sweet, soft oily hopbitter flavor with loads of tropical fruit and citrusfruit. Hint of licorice. Very well balanced. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle looks really, really good. Beer in the glass very zippy, huge head. Starts strong, intense hoppy-grasy, fine dry notes, not too intense. Mild bitter background. Fine fruity notes of apricot. Finish a bit alcoholic woody, still intense hoppy-fruity. A beer to enjoy!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2014
at 06:13
8/10
Tried
on 30 Dec 2013
at 12:53
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle. Cloudy dark orangey golden to amber colour with average, firm, frothy to creamy, lasting, lacing, off-white head. Caramel malty and fruity, hoppy aroma has notes of grapefruit, pineapple and citrus. Taste is minimally sweet caramel malty, a fresh, fruity citrus note, decent bitter hoppy overtones. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2012
at 11:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
75cl Bottle at Sloshfest, 2012 version at 9% ABV. Hazy golden colour, off-white head. Aroma is quite hoppy, sweet malts, bread, citrus and grass. Flavour is sweet, bready malts, yeast, citrus and bubblegum, floral hops, bitter pine and grass finish. Medium-bodied. Nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2012
at 07:03
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottl4 courtesy Alex. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Very spicey. Light sweet and moderate bitter flavor. Strong spicey notes. Cinnamon? Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. More BSA than IIPA.
Tried
on 01 Jun 2012
at 02:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2012-05-31, bottle from the brewery, plastic cork, purchased Oct 2011, bb 30.06.12, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Cloudy amber color, small head. Mild aroma of fruity hops and malt. Good malt and hop flavor, moderately sweet, with some fruity touch and quite storng bitterness, but less than it used to be.
It’s losing power, but it’s still a very enjoyable Double IPA.
2011-11-18, bottle from the brewery, plastic cork, purchased Oct 2011, bb 30.06.12, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Muddy dark amber color; the bottle opens without sound, and indeed the head is small, but persistent. The aroma is nice: fruity hops, some yeast, bitter orange peel, dried apricots, lightly soapy. Sweetish flavor, probably top fermentation; malty, with some sweet caramel; fruity, from the hops and from orange peels; strong bitterness. Light yeast. Rough, unprecise, but the effort is appreciated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2012
at 07:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(bottle, 75cl) Cloudy, deep amber colour with a beige and firm foamy head. Aromatic piney and fruity hoppy aroma with notes of caramel-malt and moderate spicy notes. Sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied with a pleasantly matured carbonation. Hearty cara-malt-character with present notes of aroma hops, including piney, resiny, herbal and subtle fruity flavours; the initial sweetness is fading towards the almost dry-ish and moderately bitter finish with loads of aromatic hop flavours and a well-covered alcohol. Very pleasant. 26.XII.11
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2012
at 16:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml.Hazy medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, spicy, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, frozen fruit, light grapefruit. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Good balanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120128]
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2012
at 02:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Pours dark ruby amber with bubbles on top. Nose is vague yeast and US hops. Flavor is bitter hops and caramel. Marmelade , caramel and grapefruit. Sticky and oily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2012
at 08:31