Fat Lizard Brewing Co. Hoptimistic Beast IPA

Hoptimistic Beast IPA

 

Fat Lizard Brewing Co. in Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland 🇫🇮

  IPA Regular
Score
6.88
ABV: 6.6% IBU: - Ticks: 12
Feeling hoptimistic, you beast? Well, this one’s for you! Hoptimistic Beast IPA is the fruit of our beautiful collaboration with the world’s leading hop supplier Yakima Chief Hops and the main hop distributer in Northern Europe, Humlegårdens Ekolager.

Brewed with the up-and-coming Yakima Chief Elite Trials hops HBC 586, HBC 630, HBC 638 on the aroma side. Magnum as a bittering hop.

Gluten Free
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can 440ml (KSM Kampus, canned 091024)
Golden colour, small white head and some lace. Mango fruityness, some citrus in the nose. Light-bodied. Sweetish fruity flavour, some mango and even strawberry in the flavour. All used HBCs give fruity and berryish flavour. Two months of old can, should try newer one.

Tried from Can on 09 Dec 2024 at 15:54


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

440ml can at home. Poured pretty much clear deep orange in color. Piney, malty, stone fruity, light bitter. Fresh stuff.

Tried from Can on 28 Oct 2024 at 13:11


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma is nice, juicy mango and papaiya, light mandarin. Taste has mango, grapefruit, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Nice amount of aromatic fruits.

Tried on 25 Oct 2024 at 11:17


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

--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Clear golden, mid sized head. Generous grapefruit aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Piney grapefruit and lychee. Long bitter finish.

Tried on 06 Feb 2024 at 20:20


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


Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡 💻👀

[ As Fat Lizard Hoptimistic Beast IPA ].
ABV: 6.6%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, moderate to heavy hoppy, tropical fruit, exotic fruit, peach. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, wheat, fruity hops, tropical fruit, fruit peel, peach, hops bitter, medium dry to dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20240111]
7-3-7-4-15

Tried from Can on 11 Jan 2024 at 18:06



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

Can (from Alko web). Yellowish golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some toffee and mild nectary tones with some wood too. Flavour is fruity, floral, nectar, toffee, wooden dry tones with some mild peachy tones in the finish. Nicely bitter.

Tried from Can on 05 Dec 2023 at 18:27


6

Tried from Draft on 18 Nov 2023 at 19:39


7

Clear,white foam.Piny scent and flavour.citrus.dry and sticky.medium bitterness.fulfilling. Canned:24/10/2023

Tried from Can on 11 Nov 2023 at 19:09


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

Draught @ Henry's Pub, Helsinki 25.11.2022. Sweetish, caramely malty and grassy with some fruits, pine and grapefruit, hints of citrus and mild bitterness

Tried on 05 Dec 2022 at 19:08