Hermitage Brewing Company Hoptopia

Hoptopia

 

Hermitage Brewing Company in San Jose, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production
Score
6.51
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 65 Ticks: 42
Hoptopia is Hermitage Brewing Company’s flagship IPA. This amber colored beer has a great aroma that is a mixture of piney, citrus, and floral hop notes. This hop forward beer has a piney hop flavor, mixed in with some grapefruit-like character, and balanced by a toasted malt flavor with hints of caramel. Hoptopia is a well balanced IPA that is remarkably approachable and easy drinking.
 

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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home. Aroma is big fruity hops, citrus, orange, biscuity malt, grapefruit, pine resin, caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet with a strong bitter finish. Body is above medium. I don’t understand the comments about low hop profile, this pretty damn fruity hoppy and bitter with a good malt backbone. Anyway, I was really in the mood for a big hoppy bittersweet IIPA sipper and this one very much delivered on my needs.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2025 at 04:51


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Tap at u kunstatu. Pours amber. Aroma is sweet, fruits, citrus, jammy, burnt niteS. Flavor is sweet and bitter, burnt, jammy, malty, dry. Overall: drinkable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hoptopia on 12 Jul 2018 at 13:55. Original review text: bl

Tried from Draft on 17 May 2018 at 19:11


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Draft at Tied House. A downer to end the flight. Kind of flat, kind of weak. IIPA? Hardly. Clear golden, bright, small head. Barely there aroma, band aid. Taste also kind of medicinal, hops and malts, but seem to be fighting each other. No "topia" about this. A mess.

Tried from Draft on 29 Mar 2017 at 20:22


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Beer Gonzo. Pours clear golden amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma has a good rather than powerful level of hop, caramel, and light tropical fruit. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Medium bodied, rich and sticky texture, soft carbonation. Enjoyed this.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2017 at 09:55


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

Keg at the bow bar. Pours clear pale orange, nose is crystal malt, citrus, toffee, taste is rich, sweet grapefruit, quite dry, prickly.

Tried on 09 Aug 2016 at 03:11


5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Keg at bow bar... Golden amber... Thin white lacing... Soft sweet toffee caramel malts nose... Soft sweet caramel toffee

Tried on 28 Jul 2016 at 02:22


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

Draft at Tied House. Clear gold, white head and lace. Nice pine, grapefruit hop aroma and flavor. Solid sweetness. Well made. Lighter bodied. Good stuff.

Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2016 at 21:29


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

355ml bottle. Slightly cloudy, orangey golden colour with average, thick, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy and piney, hoppy aroma with a touch of glue, zesty hints of tangerine and grapefruita sugary touch. Taste is bitter and slightly citrusy hoppy, chalky and mineral notes, some lemon, pale malty background with an almond touch, some cardboard; alcoholic finish. Not much hop flavour, quite papery overall. Not worth the transatlantic crossing.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2016 at 15:40


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; clear golden amber pour with a frothy off white head, aroma has malt and light citrusy hop, taste has light citrus and pine but mostly sweet malt and caramel, light bitter finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Nov 2015 at 10:39


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Bottle split at RBWG ’15 hotel lobby share on the final night, thanks to whomever shared this one, 21/02/15. Orange amber with a moderate off white covering. Nose is caramel malt forward, spice, bitter orange. Taste comprises grapefruit, light pine needle, bread, bitter orange. Medium + body, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Average.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2015 at 03:11