The Buzz
Hop Nation Brewing Co in Footscray, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Amber / Red Ale - Irish Regular|
Score
7.06
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THE BUZZ is a hop-inspired American red featuring all American hops– Amarillo, Simcoe and Mosaic, and boasting a big-ass malt profile. Layers of rounded red malt orbit a generous slue of piney, spicy and floral hoppy character.
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Si cette American Red est relativement simple, une belle amertume, un bon équilibre et des arômes agréables la rende tout à fit appréciable. Côté visuel, rien d'extraordinaire, un ambré voilé avec une très fine mousse beige. Le nez est sur une alliance caramel, candy, fraise, pamplemousse avec de légères épices. En bouche, c'est l'amertume qui est mise en avant et ce dès l'attaque, donnant de l'allant à l'ensemble. L'amertume monte d'un cran en deuxième et arrière-bouche sur des arômes qui restent cependant sans relief et reprenant ceux présents au nez. La corpulence est honorable et l'alcool, à 6 % plutôt efficace. Le final, d'une bonne longueur, voit les épices disparaitre et l'amertume. Pas de quoi faire le buzz mais sympathique tout de même.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2022
at 08:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Sample at the Mind cafe. Thin white head. Very hazy Amber pour. Nice bitterness
Tried
on 06 Jan 2020
at 15:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at the Beer Bank, Kuala Lumpur. Poured a hazy reddish amber with a short-lived frothy off white head. The aroma is caramel malt, treacle, light tropical fruit hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a crisp, toffee caramel, light resin, hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish that goes on forever. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2019
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a 375ml can on 17/2/2019 (ABV listed as 6.0% rather than 6.5%). Pours a clearish dark amber with a big foamy head. Has a light caramel malt aroma. On the sip, it's really full flavoured and almost intense. Lots of caramel and toffee, with some dried and dark fruits, and spices, followed by some big hops with plenty of pine and resin. Has an almost creamy mouthfeel and moderate carbonation. Really more a red IPA than an amber ale. I didn't have any great expectations with this, but it's actually a really tasty and impressive drop.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Feb 2019
at 03:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Pours copper with a large head.Nose shows caramel, resinous hops and pine.Flavours include sweet rich malt with bready notes alongside piny and resinous hops.
Tried
on 02 Jun 2016
at 01:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
The aroma brings out passionfruit, bread crumbs, honey, a little peach, some musk and a pinch of grapefruit. The grapefruit is strong on tasting, along with plenty of pine, pepper and some peach too. It’s a little thin though it has good length. A nice beer, but not a great one.
Tried
on 29 Jan 2016
at 02:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Clear amber with an inch of pale beige head. Heady aroma of toffee, pine, lush tropical fruit, spices. Very sweet but clean, with toffee, resin, earthy mango. Lots of hop aromatics (mosaic or simcoe or both at a guess) but bitterness struggles a bit. A bit of citrus and pepper gradually come through at the end too. Just too sweet for me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2015
at 04:53