Hop Henge
(has 7 batches)
Deschutes Brewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.38
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Hop Henge Experimental IPA is our annual exercise in IBU escalation. An outrageous amount of Centennial and Cascade hops are added to each barrel, with a heavy dry-hop presence as well. It is dense and muscular, with a blend of crystal, pale and carastan malts creating an overall biscuity characteristic. It’s all hop, no apologies.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
22oz bottle picked up at Supermarket Liquors
Appearance: Pours clear golden/amber with a nice big off-white head and good lacing left in the glass
Aroma: Floral, grapefruit and citrus
Taste: Sweet caramel, fruity, citrus with a bitter pine finish
Decent IIPA, too sweet for me.
Appearance: Pours clear golden/amber with a nice big off-white head and good lacing left in the glass
Aroma: Floral, grapefruit and citrus
Taste: Sweet caramel, fruity, citrus with a bitter pine finish
Decent IIPA, too sweet for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2011
at 20:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ Hotelroom, Denver. Pours dark golden with a huge white head. Aroma of citruss, grapefruit,resin, melon, kiwi, oranges. Taste is caramel and bready malts, fruity hops, melon, oranges, peach. medium to full body, soft carbonation, long bitter finish. 120411
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Apr 2011
at 18:58
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2011-03-03, bottle from Liberty Wine, 10th St., Vancouver, as Hop Henge Experimental IPA, 9% ABV, 8-5-9-5-18=45
Beautiful copper-amber color; generous creamy head. The aroma is initially resiny and citrusy, but it evolves into a more fruity one, with sweet toffee and apricots. The body is leaner than the strength may suggest, increasing the drinkability; good caramel and toffee flavor, with a light residual sweetness; the hopping is more fruity than resiny, with yellow fruits jam, apricots, peach, mango; some resins appear in the end; the final is bitter and persistent of course, but without excess.
A delicious, fresh, powerful yet balanced, and harmonious beer.
2010-01-29, as Hop Henge Imperial IPA, 8.1% ABV, 9-5-8-5-17=44
Beautiful amber color. The aroma is a good mix of fruity and creamy hops. Sweet malt and toffee flavor, well balanced by the fruity hop, with oranges and light resins. Very good.
2009-09-22, as Hop Henge Imperial IPA, 8.1% ABV, 8-5-8-4-15=40
Hazy amber color, small head with a nice lace. Very nice hoopy aroma, with a Parmesan and sweaty touch. Smooth mouthfeel, malty flavor but not too strong, with powerful hopping, but as well it’s not too aromatic. Good and pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2011
at 12:39
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650mL bottle, pours hazy copper with a white head. Aroma of piney hops, citrus and caramel malts. Flavour of piney hops - somewhat bitter, citrus and balanced generously with caramel malts. Semi-sweet, medium palate. Most excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2011
at 12:47
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
bottle(16Jan11)pours orange to light ruby red with a medium white head. Aroma is strong pine and grapefruit hops. Flavor is sweet toasted malts, toffee, nuts, orange peel, pine and citrus hop bitterness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2011
at 19:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy golden pour with a full lasting off-white head. Big mostly citrusy hop aroma. Full bodied, but not overly sweet. Muscular is right. ABV is up there but matched well with the fresh flavorful bitter hops. Big in all categories equally. Very Nice.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2010
at 21:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Red amber liquid with a healthy, soapy head. I like this look for a DIPA. Pine, spruce, caramel, grapefruit. Great hop aroma. Gets a tad boozy, but the bitterness of the hops keep it from going overboard. The malt backbone is there and the bitterness level is very good. Pretty good feel - oily with hop essence.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2010
at 15:18