Howe Sound Brewing Hopraiser IPA

Hopraiser IPA

 

Howe Sound Brewing in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦

  IPA - West Coast Regular
Score
6.37
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 50 Ticks: 13
A hoppy, golden coloured dry-hopped India Pale Ale, with a big hop aroma.

Hops: Amarillo, Citra, Centennial, Cascade, Ekuanot, and Columbus
 

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

1L bottle from the lcbo. hazy amber Pour with a big white head. A well balanced ipa, a nice soft, semi sweet bready malts, with a good dose of citrusy, resinous hops. Pretty straight forward but still good. Medium bitterness, green hop, and citrus finish.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2025 at 06:05


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

4oz pour at their East Van taproom. Pours clear gold with a white head. Aroma has bright lemony sugars, maybe some pine. Flavour has a ton of artificial lemon sugars up front, resinous pine underneath. Clean, but lacks a good WC hop expression.

Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2024 at 00:42


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from the tap. Clear gold with small white head. Malty, mild citrus and pine hops, okay.

Tried from Draft on 06 Dec 2023 at 05:38


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Early rating from Beer Buddy app

Tried on 19 Nov 2021 at 02:30


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

The aroma is reasonably bright hops and some piney sweetness, has okay foam on a clear yellow body. Flavour is nice bright hops with good sweetness. Mouthfeel is full with decent oiliness. This is a nice IPA, well made.

Tried on 15 Feb 2020 at 17:27


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Goes under the name "Hopraiser" in a big 1L bottle with swingtop. Pours a hazy golden-amber colour with frothy white cap, great retention and some nice lacing. Fresh, but milder than normal aromas of pine, grass and light malt. The taste is also milder, but goes up in strength in the finish with some nice bitterness from the grassy hop. Notes of grapefruit zest, but all well-balanced. An easy-drinking, middle-of-the-road IPA. Good for such a big bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2015 at 19:37


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draft - Resin, pith and grapefruit. Clear gold with a decent white head. Resin, Woody, bit of pith and spice with a long bitter finish. OK.

Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2015 at 17:31


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

Hazy blonde..aroma is fresh fuggles, goldings...maybe American versions thereof but certainly more English than I was expecting for a "west coast" IPA, given they have another IPA on the menu. Lots of bitterness..grassy...the wrong hops for the job but there’s a lot of character and it’s well-made even if the concept isn’t ideal.

Tried from Can on 19 Apr 2014 at 08:32


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7


2022-02-13, can from BCL, 6-4-7-3-14=34
Golden colour, hazy. Mild aroma of piney hops, and a hint of malt. Dry mouthfeel, with mild flavour of malt, toffee, hay, a bit stale; correct bitterness, with some not better defined hop resins; the body gets weaker in the finish. Ok beer.

2014-01-07, bottle from Boundary Crossing, Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Hazy golden color with small head. Mild aroma, where crispy malt notes are detected, lightly biscuity. Lean, dry, but with a good mouthfeel; pleasant malt flavor, moderately crispy and biscuity; correct bitterness level (medium-high), with some grassy feeling and light citrusy touch.
Fresh and very pleasant APA, not excessive.

2013-12-30, draught at Tap & Barrel, Coal Harbour, Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Deep blond color with compact head. Very nice aroma of hops, fresh and fruity (7.5); would score more if the aroma was deeper. The mouthfeel is dry, but also smooth; the malt flavor has a toffeish tone, some caramel; very strong bitterness, with some hop resins, light fruity and flowery presence, but also a chicory-like bitterness in the final.
Not perfect but anyway a fresh good APA.

Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2013 at 19:17


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

1 liter bottle. Pours a dark gold with medium head. Lost of sediment. Aromas of citrus and resin. Flavors of bitter hops, light sweet fruit, and resin

Tried from Bottle on 20 Sep 2013 at 18:02