Block 15 Brewing Company Sticky Hands - The Hop Experience Ale

Sticky Hands - The Hop Experience Ale

 

Block 15 Brewing Company in Corvallis, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA - Imperial / Double Regular
Score
7.61
ABV: 8.1% IBU: 110 Ticks: 73
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3.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 2 Texture 4 Overall 2.5
Big thanks to Doug, this beer rating is not going to be above average, but hey, I think he gets a kick out of my two’s, hehehee. So, what am I gonnah do? I get this big rat sticky hands IPA from douglass88 and I’m going to hate it, which means, BTW, the lower my score the more you manly, or womanly, or whatever; will love it. Ipa has gone thru this evolution the last 10 years; from totally bastard to masses love it. Its got to be a man thing, I’m just saying. Its finally sunny and 70 here today, you’d think Doug would send me some cheap pale lagers? NOOOOOO, its IPA, big bitter IPA. You know, there used to be commercials round here about a local brew that touted; it’s not the bitter beer, but now, you got to be the bitterest, DUDE! This stuff is so in yer face, its big, its bitter; its like chewing on green grapefruit rind or perhaps gooey sticky pine needles? Not sure. . . But at least they’re not rotten, like so many domestic brews. Yea, this is a real biiterbastard; bullocks! And, guess what? This is from Oregon? The state with no firearm laws due to riots? What – EV -hah. Just take a city block and destroy all property, there you have it. This stuff is so freshly bitter, it makes it hard to criticize! Well, yeah, it is kind of juicy, the contemporary description we’ll say. And finally, it gets to the end of the pounder can, which seemed to take for ever, one big pound of high alky bitterness. I’ll say at least I got a buzz of this single can; at eight-‘er nine-‘er, its packing a small wallop. Big thanks douglass88. BTW IPA lovers, but not Doug in particular; is that sticky hands r sticky fingers, heheh, just asking. There, you have it.
Tried from Can on 16 May 2021 at 21:56

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Clear golden and lightly peach tinted body with a nice three to four centimetre tall off-white head that takes a long time to fade. Aroma of bright grassy and very floral hops with a lot of alpha acids, some nice subdued sweetness is noticeable from the citrus fruits and a dry characteristic from the malts near the end. Medium to Full-bodied; Rich hoppy bite at first that shows fresh-cut grass, citrus fruits, pine, resin and a good deal of floral notes, but all balanced well with malts and a touch of yeast and breadiness towards the end, without fruits, sweetness or any real punch, even the alcohol is fairly well muted. Aftertaste shows a great hit of alpha acids and hop bitterness, but much less of the grapefruit and citrus elements - more of the grass and floral hoppiness shines through, with a good layer of malt on the finish. Overall, a very nice almost Imperial-ish IPA that shows a fresh hopped West Coast Style with a slight piney, but more grassy and floral bite with a good level of malts throughout. Great to sample, especially super fresh! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased a few hours before at Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 28-March-2021 for US$3,99 sampled in my hotel room down in Bend, Oregon a few hours later on 28-March-2021.
Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2021 at 16:52

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Dark gold with thick white head. Citrus and banana aroma, very full. Big round hop taste with citrus pole. Long hop finish with a very bitter bit and a malt.
Tried on 03 Nov 2020 at 02:13

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can @ Dangerous Bottleshare ft. Lukasmh and Daawi thanks to Daawi. Pours hazy amber with a small white head. Aroma is pretty dank and sticky, resin, pine, citrussy, grassy, herbal and spicy. Taste is dank, resin, herbal, citrus, orange peel, grass, oregano. Fuck, this is different.
Tried from Can on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at Belmont Station, Portland, OR. Hazy pale gold, white head. Tropical fruit, grapefruit, citrus, resin, pine. Good.
Tried from Draft on 18 Feb 2019 at 20:37


7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
16 oz can from Beer Mongers in Portland. Can't find a date. Aroma is chalky candy, cantaloupe, citrus peel, lemon, faint pineapple, faint passionfruit, faint caramel, faint garbage. Pours slightly hazy golden with a one finger bone-white head with decent retention. Taste is moderate to highly bitter with flavors of pithy grapefruit, pine. Perfect mouthfeel and carbonation. Overall, it seems a little underwhelming compared to its reputation.
Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2018 at 02:07

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
03-04-18 // tap at Protokoll Berlin. Classic american dipa. StroNg sweet malty body. Resinous citrus bitter. Good stuff --- Beer merged from original tick of Sticky Hands on 03 Apr 2018 at 17:01 - Score: 8. Original review text: Classic american dipa. StroNg sweet malty body. Resinous citrus bitter. Good stuff
Tried from Draft on 11 Apr 2018 at 18:25

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught @ Sori Taproom, Helsinki. Pours orange with a small head. Aroma of caramely malts, not that fresh fruity hoppiness, pine, grass and citrus. Taste is sweet, hoppy and fruity with some tropical notes, pine, citrus and grass. Finish is sweet, tropical fruity and citrusy with some pine, grass and sweetish malty notes. Okay, but unfortunately not very fresh. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sticky Hands on 23 Mar 2018 at 18:33 - Score: 7. Original review text: Doesn't feel very fresh unfortunately :(
Tried from Draft on 23 Mar 2018 at 16:33

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from de Bierliefhebber. Hazy golden color, medium frothy head. Aroma of piney hop, bit grassy, bit onion and garlic. Medium bitterness, slight malty backbone. Good DIPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of Sticky Hands on 21 Mar 2018 at 23:34 - Score: 8
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2018 at 22:32