Hoplaunch
La Cumbre Brewing Company in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.31
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Commencing countdown, engines on. Hoplaunch is preparing for takeoff and Its payload is your taste buds. Hoplaunch is headed for an interstellar mission with its crisp, clean mouthfeel and bright bitterness balanced against a smooth malt background. This west coast India Pale Ale is one for the ages.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap. Pours crystal clear golden, small off white head, great lacing. Aroma is light, notes of grapefruit, floral, touch of dishwater. Flavor is light plus sweet, medium plus bitter. Medium body, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Mar 2023
at 00:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at La Cumbre - West, pours a clear dull piss yellow with a small white head. Aroma is crisp, with piney hops, some dankness and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is crisp and piney, with a fairly restrained piney hop character balanced by crisp biscuity malt. Not that pronounced a hop flavour, more on the bitterness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2022
at 14:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very clear golden, orange, copper and bronze coloured body with a nice, two to three centimetre tall off-white and tan head that has a little lace on the sides. Aroma of bright resinous and dank hops with a lot of alpha acids and bitterness coming through, with some biscuity malts coming through the edges as well. Medium-bodied; Deep resinous, bitter and grapefruity hop notes show through everything with a lot of flowers and malts noticeable as well, with a dry and slightly yeastie, nutty flavour that has a little sweetness towards the end, but a lot of pungency. Aftertaste shows the malt somehow a bit more than the hops, with a dry, floral and grassy finish that shows a lot of alpha acids and pungency with some slight sweetness and citrus, especially at the end. Overall, a nice a pungent beer, with a nice look and a pleasant aroma, but deep malt profile with a great bitter hoppy note at the end. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Beverage in Thornton, Colorado on 08-May-2021 for US$3,13 sampled in my hotel room here in Estes Park, Colorado the following day after a nice long snowy hike in Rocky Mountain National Park with my wife and kids for Mother's Day 2021.
Tried
from Can
on 09 May 2021
at 23:11
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pint can thanks to chinhaez! 5/7/21. Rating as many different states in a row as I can without repeats. Starting on 5/4: IL, CT, NY, VA, TN, IA, MN, AZ, OH, FL, and now NM. Hazy orange, large frothy white head, good retention. Aroma of leafy, herbal hops, pithy grapefruit. Taste is grapefruit, melon, mango, pine, dank, and some dandelion in the finish. Even later comes honeysuckle. Tad bit thin, mildly juicy, mild bitterness, delicately balanced. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2021
at 00:22
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can. Lightly hazy gold color with a big white head that has decent retention. Aroma of sweetened grapefruit, oranges and some pine. Taste of mixed ripe citrus and some bitter pine. Palate is full and a bit sticky. Overall: decent
Tried
from Can
on 23 Apr 2021
at 19:46