Bison Brewing Company Organic Hop Cuvee

Organic Hop Cuvee

 

Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

Brewed at/by: Mendocino Brewing Company
  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.37
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 50 Ticks: 30
West Coast Ale brewed with a blend of the season’s best organic hops, hand-selected by Bison’s brewmaster and owner, Dan Del Grande.

Like California sunshine in a bottle, Hop Cuvée radiates a golden hue with brilliant clarity and bright effervescence. It is a crisp, citrusy and tropical ale with a touch of pine-like bitterness and a clean, dry finish. Refreshing and sessionable, Hop Cuvée satisfies both hop lovers and craft beer newbies. (5.5% abv 50 IBUS).
 

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, pine. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, pine, peaches, tropical fruits. Medium body. OK beer.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Oct 2014 at 00:16


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

Bottle courtesy of argo0, thanks! Hazy golden yellow color, white edge head. Aroma of papery and peppery straw. Taste is bitter hay and straw. Not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2014 at 10:03


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Clear golden coloured body with only a hint of a light tan head and no movement at all. Nice fresh smell of hops, earth, funk, barnyard scents, hay, grass and yeast - a very fresh smell throughout with some fresh hops in the mix. Light-bodied; Sharp grassy flavour up front with a deep earhy and yeast kick, all with some lighter hops finishing up the beer. Aftertaste shows some grassy notes, a hint of citrus, a little bit of sweetness and a largely strong barnyardie flavour that persists. Overall, a decent APA with more grassy and herbal notes than I’d expect, but not in a bad way. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Falls Church (Tyson’s Corner), Virginia on 15-July-2014 for US$2,49 sampled at my brother-in-law’s house in Raleigh, North Carolina at 02-August-2014.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Aug 2014 at 20:31


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle at America Strikes Back, Ulfborg. Pours hazy amber with small off-white head. Bitter, hoppy flavour, with notes of citrus and touches of grass. Bitter and slightly acidic finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2014 at 04:33


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

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is peachy and mild citrusy. Smooth fruity, light bitter. Lingering mellow fruity and hoppy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2014 at 04:33


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

Bottle, 5.5%. Slightly hazy dark yellow with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops and a little citrus. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapefruit, little sweet, pine and medium bitter.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2014 at 03:15


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Somewhat musty aroma, malty, bone dry finish. Chalky mouthfeel. Taste is malt and butter. Interesting mix.

Tried on 31 Mar 2014 at 19:16


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

Bottle in hotel room orlando... Amber.. Thin off white head... Soft smoky almost woody toffee nose... Soft musty toffee fruitd... Not me

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2014 at 06:21


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

12oz bottle pours with a hazy copper to gold body that supports a thin near white head. The aroma offers up malt sweetened pine hops and sweet citrus hard candy with floral hops in the background. The taste is similar with a thin Great Divide Old Ruffian malty resiny pine hop start. It then meanders into tangelo and clementine sweetened hard candy like hoppiness. There’s a mild sweet maltiness in the background to give this some base. Interest malt and hop mixture for a Pale and it lacks the crisp snappiness I enjoy in the style.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2014 at 21:00


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

12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a large fizzy off-white head. Good head retention. Aroma of nuts, caramel, stone fruits, tea. The taste is earth, herbal hops, toasted malts, mild nuttiness and caramel, mildly tart fruits and lingering hops return in the back end. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2014 at 19:15