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Hop Nation Brewing Co is a craft brewery in Melbourne, AUS started by winemaking friends Sam Hambour and Duncan Gibson. IN HOPS WE TRUST.
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hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
The Chop IPA from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle. Unclear pale orange with a loose white head that’s soon a coat but then lasts. Aroma of grapefruit, mango, some onion, a very little bread. Fresh, a little raspy. Very light bodied, lowish carbonation. Sweet biscuity bread that’s nice but scarce, lots of grapefruit, resin, tropical fruit. Dryish with medium high bitterness. Nice, but how can an easy quaffer justify 7%?
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2016 at 08:02
TedE (2828) reviewed
The Damned from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
330ml bottle into shaker. Certainly pours with a spectacular head! Nose of peppery hops. Cloudy amber with aforementioned giant foamy white head. Clean, fresh and bitter taste. Finish of bitter peppery hops. Nice easy drinking Pils.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2016 at 23:44
Davros (5342) reviewed
The Sturm from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours gold with a small head.Nose shows Belgian yeast notes, doughy wheat, spicy phenols and herbal hops.Similar flavours, very Belgian with more spicy notes and soft pear. Some floral and fruity hops. Dries out in the finish.
Tried on 09 Jun 2016 at 08:43
Davros (5342) reviewed
The Buzz from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
8.1/10 — 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
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
The Sturm from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle (cool stencil, stupid wax). Hazy gold with a white head that lasts all the way. Aroma of hay, lime, honeydew, white pepper. Nice soft texture. Fairly dry with crackers, lime, mildly funky spices. Dry and slightly tart with modest bitterness at the end. Interesting, very refreshing.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2016 at 07:11
Davros (5342) reviewed
The Damned from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours yellow with a small head.Nose shows biscuity and bready malt as well as big spicy, earthy hop notes.Flavours include more spicy and earthy hops along with grainy and bready malt. A bit of a non-deScript sweetness rolls through later unfortunately. Overall pretty good though.
Tried on 14 Mar 2016 at 23:28
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
The Damned from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
7.3/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Clear pale gold with a large white head that fades but never quite disappears. 3+ Aroma of gooseberries, pink grapefruit, grass. Clean sweet hayish and slightly toasty pale malt, lots of Kiwi hops, firm bitterness. Would have loved just a little pepper along with the fruity hops. Not quite as dry at the end as some of the NZ examples, but perhaps this is good.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Mar 2016 at 05:25
DreamAudit (4057) reviewed
The Fiend Australian IPA from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From a 330ml bottle on 29/1/2016. Pours a medium golden with a medium head. Has a light floral, tropical, citrussy aroma. Starts with some biscuity malt, followed by sweet tropical and stone fruit (peach and pineapple). The bitterness is firm and dry, with a hint of harshness. Medium bodies with average carbonation. All up, a bit rough but not too bad at all.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2016 at 03:31
LesArgen (1250) reviewed
The Buzz from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
6.5/10 — 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
hawthorne00 (10291) reviewed
The Buzz from Hop Nation Brewing Co
10 years ago
6.8/10 — 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