Hop-Tarts Wild Berry
DuClaw Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.20
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Poured from 473mL can. Clear light amber with minimal white head. Light berry with stale bread malt and mild vegetal.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hop-Tarts Wild Berry from DuClaw Brewing Company 4 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out faded earthy hops and some gentle berries — smells old. Flavour is very muddy and pithy, with bready malt, old earthy hops, and pithy fruits. This is very poor.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
1 pint can. Pours an orange brown with light bubbly head. Aromas of mashed fruit and bready malts. Flavors of dark berries, gooseberries, pine and bready malts.
jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Hop-Tarts Wild Berry from DuClaw Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Deep dark brown and super copper coloured body with a thick tan head that fades fairly slowly, but leaves a billowy note to the sides Aroma of rich blackberries, raspberries and blueberries with some light herbal and grassy sides to the hops, but even more of the caramelised sugars and some toffee from the malt side of the house. Medium-bodied; Deep bitterness is pungent at first from all the hops with a good and solid pungency from both the malts and hops with a more intimate and robust profile than is usually offered, especially the low-ish alcohol range. Aftertaste shows some deeper berry and pure sweetness which really isn't expected, especially for the style with a big dose of caramelised and unfinished sugars that hit the mark nicely. Overall, a very robust and super malty beer with a lot of bitterness, but somehow way more of the caramelised sugars, toffee and earthier sweetness. Overall, a very nice option for a [slightly] lower ABV IPA with a bunch of flavours, a great complexity and a robust profile throughout. Great to sample, especially super fresh! I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Knightly Spirits in Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida on 13-February-2021 for US$4,74 , sampled in my hotel room here in Orlando, a few hours later on 13-February-2021 to escape the cold of Washington for a long weekend.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Hop-Tarts Wild Berry from DuClaw Brewing Company 5 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pale amber, but the blueberry lends a touch of colour to it. Not much head. On the nose, it has a nice bit of blueberry, and maybe some fruitiness from the hops. Touch of malt chewiness, too. On the palate, a bit chewy but just a bit. Light blueberry fruitiness. Mellow alcohol taste. Basically, it's a balanced DIPA with a light fruit character but lacking in either hop or malt brightness.