Lord Hobo Brewing Company Hobo Life

Hobo Life

 

Lord Hobo Brewing Company in Woburn, Massachusetts, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

  IPA - Session Regular
Score
7.11
ABV: 4.5% IBU: 74 Ticks: 82
Hobo Life Session IPA is heavily dry-hopped with Citra and rests on 20% flaked oats. Refreshing and bright with notes of lime and grapefruit zest to entertain the palate, Hobo Life is a go-to for any session.
 

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7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
12 oz can poured into pint glass, pale cloudy yellow. Citrus aroma and medium grapefruit hops taste.
Tried from Can on 18 Feb 2018 at 02:40

7.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 9
Wow, I really liked this. I guess this fall in the NEIPA domain. Cloudy. Big aroma hops, citrus and flowers. Flavor more hop flavors, really soft biscuity malts, low bitterness, easy drinking. Really nice.
Tried on 05 Feb 2018 at 03:29

7.8/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 8/25/2017. Pours very hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Thick foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with good strength. Taste of big tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, lemon, lime, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, pine, cracker, white bread dough, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a delicious session IPA. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the modestly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Very dank/vibrant hops, with a nice bready malt backbone from the oats. Tastes like they used Columbus/Chinook along with the Citra hops; which was the same case with Glorious and the Galaxy hops. Not sure why they label a feature hop. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example anyways.
Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2018 at 23:35

3.6/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 1.5
Just another stupid IPA, session none the less. Drank it right from the can so I assumes its a clear pale or hazy kinah thang. Yes, big and bitter from the start; another of the wave of ubiquitous IPA, heheh; they are a dime dozen now, just as cheap as pale lager, gonna have to adapt. Used to be, you couldn't find a cheap IPA, now they are so prevalent. This one was only $2.19 at vintage, so cheap for a mixed sixxer. Yeah, as I drink this I think its a million of one IPA. Quite bitter, bordering between APA and IPA. Seems to lack that low alky veggie thang so common in session IPA today. So, there you have it, another IPA. BTW, when did the flavor of a beer preservative become a manly desirable thing? SA, BTW: What-ever.......................Lime? Tell me you can find lime in there except perhaps the unripe rinds of a lime?
Tried from Can on 11 Jan 2018 at 15:25

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can: Very hazy, very pale yellow with an immense, off-white head. Huge grapefruit, lemon zest aroma. Taste is solidly bitter citrus-peel, lemon, grapefruit,....light, slightly creamy grain malt. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2018 at 16:52

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Canned from Village Beer Merchant. Herbal, citric, fairly bitter and dry. A bit surprised by the high ratings - maybe this one wasn't fresh.
Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2017 at 11:17

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample at Daily Growler UA during the "5th Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest" on 10/26/2017. Hazy golden color with a medium thick fluffy white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lace. Floral hops, citrus and malt in the nose. Light-bodied with flavors of piney hops, citrus and malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a lingering floral hop aftertaste. Above average overall.
Tried from Growler on 18 Dec 2017 at 15:00

2/10 β€” Appearance 4 Aroma 3 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1
can - A top 50 session IPA at the moment? hmm. I'm looking at a hazy, pale yellow beer with a gigantic head such that I had to pour it in stages. I've let it sit for quite awhile to let that head dissipate. It still has an off smell that's kind of like band-aid. Ugh. I'm picking up a little citrus under that. Well, I'm not very hopeful, but I'm going to taste it anyway. Yeah... that's not good. It's bitter, flat, wet cardboard with a nasty, bitter aftertaste. Bleh. Undrinkable. 153 ratings before mine and I have the first infected can? Damn.
Tried from Can on 29 Nov 2017 at 20:21

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2017 - Green Session
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape, pine and pineapple. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long citrus, grape and pineapple finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 23 Nov 2017 at 17:11

7/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Hazed golden color with a white head. Good lacing. Fine citric aroma. Medium body and an ok carbonation level. Ok balance between sweetness and bitterness. Fruity, citric hoppy and pine in the flavor. Nice refreshing ale.
[On tap at Haandgemeng -17]

Brewery #1807
Tried from Draft on 30 Oct 2017 at 10:55