Hoppe
Southern Tier Brewing Company in Lakewood, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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We craft this much like a sculptor who uses only a hammer and chisel to shape stone into a masterpiece. Hoppe is spawned of these few essentials: barley, wheat, hops, yeast and water. This limited palette is an exercise in minimalism, with refined elements which are deliberately selected. This simple combination creates a golden shimmering brew infused with delicate aromas. The artful nature of this beer is exposed with the first taste. As the malt and hops created a composition of flavors, and elegant finish leaves an impression that your tastes will not soon forget. Don’t be deceived by the innocence of Hoppe. Please enjoy in moderation.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Pale golden in color with a large, creamy off-white head. The aroma has a warm and sweet quality from the citrus and caramel notes. Fruity. Taste is smooth, yet seemingly malt oriented. Again, caramel and fruity notes. Light florals and some soapyness in the lightly bitter trailer. I had more hops in mind here...
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jul 2008
at 22:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Great, fresh aroma of hops and wildflowers. Sweet malt in the flavor, but well balanced by bitter hops with flavors of grass, flowers, and herbs. The high abv is well hidden. Harsh on the palate in a good way, with the bitter hops lashing at the tongue and leaving a mild hop burn.
Tried
on 21 Jun 2008
at 13:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a light hazy golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bitter and floral hops are very pleasant. Taste is a mix between some floral bitter hops and light refreshing malt base with minimal caramel malt and more of a golden ale base. Good carbonation with full body and no apparent alcohol. Very well done and I have to admit that I could not detect the 10% of alcohol in this beer and thought it was very good for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jun 2008
at 14:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Run in Charlottesville. Pours a light amber with a medium frothy head with good retention and lacing. Big earthy, piny hop aroma. Sweet citrus and floral hop notes with a definite note of Southern style sweetened iced tea. Strange, but very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2008
at 00:33
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. One of the better strong ales. Hazy amber body with a small, off-white head. Heavy malt aroma of grain, wood along with hop aromas of pine, resin and grapefruit. Some alcohol notes as well. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately bitter and moderately acidic — though the bitterness becomes dominant through the finish. Medium to full body and average carbonation. Sticky in the finish. Some heavily hopped, heavily malted American strong ales turn out tasting odd to me. This one seems better balanced and tastier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2008
at 19:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown. Clear golden body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet citrus and flroal hop aroma. Very sweet caramel and honey flavor with some floral and citrus hops and a fairly dry bitter finish. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2008
at 19:44
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a dull gold with a very large white head. Aroma is a decent amount of pine hops with a candy sweetness. Flavor is mild hops with a caramel malt backbone and a touch of honey. Super thick mouthfeel for such a pale colored beer. This is just ok not great and probably the lowest rated of the ST beers i have had as this is pretty tame all around. Reminds me of a malt liquor with some extra hops thrown in there.
Tried
from Can
on 07 May 2008
at 19:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Great hazy golden orange coloured body with a thin white head - very nice! Aroma of grapefruits, pine, sweet caster sugar, oranges and of course - some fresh hops! Full-bodied; Strong alcoholic flavour up front , then fading to a potent metallic and nutty taste - that hides a lot of the hops! Aftertaste remains strong, a lot of flavours roaming, more strong and bitter tastes than mild ones. The hops are hidden after the smell, and the alcohol plays more of a part than you’d expect! I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from K&E Discount Beverage in New Paltz, New York at the end of 2007, sampled four months later on 29-April-2008.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2008
at 00:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
650ml bottle. Golden-orange color, a little cloudy. Excellent fresh and crisp citrus aroma. Lots of hoppy flavor. This beer is big and lets you know it. The alcohol isn’t so much hidden as it is incorporated into the overall taste. The hops perfectly balance the warming effect of the alcohol, with a cool and crisp bitterness. Creamy and rich yeast flavors also come through. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2008
at 21:10
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from a 22 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy vivid golden color with a very large yellow-white head. The aroma was dry and earthy with moderately strong floral and piney hop elements. The flavor was lightly sweet and tangy with spicy and floral hops followed by grapefruit and a hint of pine. Overall a nicely complex hop presence. The finish was dryish and hoppy. The mouthfeel was moderately thick. The alcohol was well hidden. Very interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2008
at 21:59