Hop JuJu
Fat Head's Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
7.83
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Reckless Use of Hops
A supernatural beer with a powerhouse of hops creating aromas and flavors of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit with a juicy, resiny hop finish. Special thanks to our loyal fans for the cult-like following.
A supernatural beer with a powerhouse of hops creating aromas and flavors of citrus, pine, and tropical fruit with a juicy, resiny hop finish. Special thanks to our loyal fans for the cult-like following.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Four or five year-old bottle drunk 7/29/18.
Peachy-golden with rosy hues and deeper lemon yellows. Slight chill-haze with a small, but fairly dense, white head.
The nose is somewhat as expected, showing light caramel and plentiful honey with apparent but heavily faded hops (wasn't expecting any, actually) that give off a strong marmalade-like character. Clean, seemingly dry and showing little/no oxidation, definitely no bad oxidation anyways. Alcohol is well-concealed. It's basically a barleywine at this point, with a good citrus character and no heavily sugary malts or hot, messy, sharp alcohol.
In the mouth it fares basically the same. Soft, malty texture shows appropriate, high attenuation, while malts give off light caramel, touches of bread and moderate honey-like notes. Spicy citrus still remains, yet it shows very low bitterness at this point. Not terribly interesting, mostly on account of the low yeast character, simple malt bill and faded hops, but it's clean and drinkable.
Peachy-golden with rosy hues and deeper lemon yellows. Slight chill-haze with a small, but fairly dense, white head.
The nose is somewhat as expected, showing light caramel and plentiful honey with apparent but heavily faded hops (wasn't expecting any, actually) that give off a strong marmalade-like character. Clean, seemingly dry and showing little/no oxidation, definitely no bad oxidation anyways. Alcohol is well-concealed. It's basically a barleywine at this point, with a good citrus character and no heavily sugary malts or hot, messy, sharp alcohol.
In the mouth it fares basically the same. Soft, malty texture shows appropriate, high attenuation, while malts give off light caramel, touches of bread and moderate honey-like notes. Spicy citrus still remains, yet it shows very low bitterness at this point. Not terribly interesting, mostly on account of the low yeast character, simple malt bill and faded hops, but it's clean and drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2018
at 13:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle from a trade. Poured into a snifter showing well filtered caramel orange with clean white lacing. The nose shows pine and oranges. The palate is well carbonated and light bodied with a pricky alcoholic mouthfeel. Strong clean pine forwardness throughout but also supported by an equally strong malt backbone. Surprisingly, barely any bitterness on the back end by the alcohol heat does show on the palate. Having this fresh I can say it’s great, give it a bit of time and I could also see how this falls off quick.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2017
at 17:54
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a deep yellow color ale with a nice foamy head. Aroma of juicy hops with nice citrusy notes and loads of tropical flavours. Taste is an incredible mix of juicy hops with loads of tropical flavours, some light residual sugar notes and some floral finish with almost no bitterness. Body is full with good carbonation. Wish I could have access to this beer on a regular basis.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2016
at 14:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by luttonm, thank you Matt! Pours amber, a bit unclear, with a little off-white foam. Aroma of hops juice, lots of tropical fruits and malt, alcohol. Flavour is balanced, medium malt profile with a good and persistent bitter end, alcohol. Medium body, medium carbonation. Not my favourite style, but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 00:32