Hop'Easter NE-Style IPA

Starr Hill Brewery in Crozet, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸

IPA Regular

Score

6.61

ABV: 6.8%

IBU: 46

Ticks: 3

Crafted by Virginia homebrewer, Rodger Thurlow, Hop'Easter won the Gold Medal at Starr Hill's 2017 IPA JamBEERee Homebrew Competition. This batch was brewed on Starr Hill's full-scale production system, using a near replication of Thurlow’s original recipe, to bring his IPA to life. Massive amounts of dry-hopping before fermentation accentuates hop aroma and flavor without adding bitterness, as compared to regular India Pale Ales. This hazy, juicy NE-style IPA is loaded with tropical fruits like pineapple, mango and passion fruit. The malts rounds out the experience with a smooth mouthfeel that really emphasizes the hops.

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6.5

jgb9348 (11734) reviewed Hop'Easter NE-Style IPA from Starr Hill Brewery 6 years ago

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

Fairly clear with a slight haze to a golden coloured body with a peach and orange glow. Aroma of guava, mangoes and a heavy hand of grapefruit and more bitter citrus fruits. Medium-bodied; Assertive grassy and very citrusey flavours at first with a big dash of bitterness, grain and supportive malt. Strong hop elements that shows on the bitter and dry, grassy side of things then hit hard as well. Aftertaste shows the bitterness with a dry and herbal flavour, all with some nice tropical fruits that are slightly bitter, but all show balance by the pungent malt - but any sweetness at all is nowhere to be found in this one. Aftertaste shows the proper balance with the light fruity elements, but definitely more in terms of bitterness from the grass and citrusey hops which are nice, but overpower the mango and light tropical fruit flavours towards the end. Overall, a respectable beer that is decent in terms of flavour profiles, but not too comparable to others in terms of balance and complexities. I sampled this twelve ounce can purchased from Lidl (labeled as 'Hypnotic Beast, Tropical IPA, 6,8%abv) in Manassas, Virginia on 13-March-2019 for US$5,99/six pack, sampled at home in Washington on 05-May-2019.

Tried from Can on 06 May 2019 at 13:19

6.6

Drake (22938) reviewed Hop'Easter NE-Style IPA from Starr Hill Brewery 6 years ago

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

Keg at Sedona Charlottesville. Slightly hazy gold, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of citrus, tropical fruit, lime zest, pine, pale malt. Taste is candied lemon, mandarins, tangerine, pineapple, pale malt. Medium bodied, juicy, kinds muddled.

Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2018 at 20:00

6.5

obguthr (12411) reviewed Hop'Easter NE-Style IPA from Starr Hill Brewery 7 years ago

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

Lilly nose. Shimmering amber, thin head. Lilly, mild apricot. Medium body, easy carbonation.

Tried on 03 Nov 2018 at 19:35