Hop Reach
Allagash Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
6.88
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Higher and higher, hops reach for sun, filling with citrusy and tropical flavor. Hop Reach IPA blooms with these lush hop notes, making for a beer that's both full-bodied and refreshing.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Beer Stop Dronfield. 1.5? Silly twat. Hazed pale gold. Slim messy white foam stays the course. Bit of leggy action. Nose has melon skin. Tinned pineapple. Bit of pine. Taste is moderately bitter and pithy. Some cereal sweetness. Could be cleaner overall. Moderate bitterness to finish. Decent enough.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2024
at 20:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
s: biscuits - light honey - grains a: deep golden & copper body - thinnish off-white head t: caster sugar - bready - floral hops p: perfumey end - some grainy malt - crisp o: balanced - still hoppy - rustic finish 16 ounce can - GlenRo Spirit Shoppe: Monroe, Connecticut - 24-November-2023 - US$3,49 - packaged: 28-December-2022 - sampled: 16-December-2023
Tried
from Can
on 17 Dec 2023
at 15:58
2.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3.5
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 1.5
Can, clear pale. Pop the can to reveal a slightly odd pissy smelling perfume hop flower. Pour is almost clear & pale in my big fat mug. Taste is bitter hops of course, standard for the style but there seems to be a little less bitterness compared to most rude ass domestic IPA out there. Also, it seems to hide its near 7% alky content rather well. This also has a decent amount of co2, which distracts from the fact its a nasty ass style. In the middle, its still giving me that IPA backlash. Finally in the end, when I'm drinking the last drop out of the can; I'm contemplating oh well, just another of ten billion other IPA out there which all practically taste the same, just a different label. I think lots of these brewers make the same recipe but give it a new name to attract all the IPA lemmings out there who think they are trying a new beer, hehehh.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 30 Nov 2023
at 19:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at colter Bay. Pours clear golden, nose is grapefruit, orange, toffee, taste is similar. --- Beer merged from original tick of Hop Reach on 20 Nov 2023 at 21:28 - Score: 7
Tried
on 21 Nov 2023
at 02:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce can from Woodman's Appleton, 9/2/23. Hazy orange, large white head, good retention. Aroma of grapefruit, mango, hay. Taste is lime, mango, pineapple, grapefruit, grape, pale malt. Juicy, well balanced. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Sep 2023
at 20:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Golden beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and citrus flavor with light earth and light spice. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and citrus linger with spice.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2023
at 16:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Community Tap Trailside.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2023
at 20:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
7-4-23 WF - H St.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2023
at 02:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tip Tap draught, 6/3/23. Clear brass, small, white head moderately retained. Smells like yellow fruits a la peeper, not quite lunch. Good malt character like MBC. Honey/white bread. Clean, with strong pine accents. Soft, malty, good attenuation. Piney, dry, white bread. Nice of Allagash not to buy in to the hazy game, I guess? Literally ripping off MBC is a bit uninteresting and unimpressive, though. A bit too much pine and breadiness on the finish for me but it's clean and balanced for the most part.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jun 2023
at 18:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at Oliver Twist. Golden with a medium white head. Citrus, hops, tangerine and mild grass. Medium bitter. Quite refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2023
at 07:28