CLW (16859) reviewed Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22 oz. bottle from Bert’s. Bottle sat in cellar for about 3 or 4 months, just getting around to it. Yet again no date can be found. Brewers should make a point to add a date. Stamp something, somewhere. Orange/ yellow hazy color. Ok, thin white head. Traces of lace. Some notes of grapefruit and pine resin flavors, the finish is dry and hoppy, and very short finish. Caramel malt with some cracker elements. Mild toffee. The body is light leaning to medium while the carbonation is soft. I don’t pick up any ABV. But… the question now is how old is this bottle? With all things considered, still decent.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Semi-restrained hop nose is resiny and citric, with some caramel-bread maltiness apparent. The flavor is similar, tending more toward citrus with the hops and a full caramelly malt palate, somewhat balanced finish. A fair beer, not exciting or ground breaking but drinkable enough. Copper color, hard to produce a head, low carbonation.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of citrusy hops, oranges, mangos, and pineapples, and caramel malt. Flavour is very tropical fruity, citrus hops, sweet caramelized malts to back. Very fruity and semi-sweet without being cloying. Delicious.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Purchased at a beer store in Maryland. Not sure about its freshness. Poured into a pint glass at 39 Degrees F Bottle says: 26411 / 20240k+ A - Dark tan haze with hints of amber. Poured a 2 finger clear but creamy head with tight bubbles. S - Almonds, pine and not much hoppiness. The pine is minimal and I don’t get much of the hop tones in a double IPA but again this may be older than ideal. T - I don’t know how this is fresh but there’s almost no hop / bitterness left in this beer! Lots of vanilla, some sweetness and nuts but the woodiness / pine notes are alost gone completely. It’s a very bland and muted Double IPA M - Lots of carbonation, medium bodied O - I’m disappointed but other reviews makes me think this beer is no longer fresh. It’s new to me but must have been on the shelf for a while.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours clear orangish color with off white head. Citrusy aroma. Citrus and pine flavors. Resinous and dry. Medium body with lively carbonation.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle from a discount grocery. Pours gold with a bubbly white head. Has a sweet corn aroma. Like a juvenile version of a distasteful malt liquor. Near medium body. It’s clean, but grainy/corny with not enough hop. Has a paperish taste in the finish. Quite drinkable.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Mine says ’ruckus brewing co.’ on the label but it is from wilky bear. Looks like a pale lager with some CO2 visible. Yellow label with a big blue dot. Smells like many lion beers, somewhat sweet and lagery. Snappy milder lager flavor. Easy going, almost as sweet as the aroma. Weird mild hint of lemon on the finish. Ok for a summer session beer. Cold it goes down fairly easy. Yes, a little fruity and weird fer sure, but not like your typical fruit beer.
Fata2683 (2200) reviewed Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
bottle thanks to beerbill, pours a deep caramel with a medium dense tan head. Aroma is very nice, slightly nutty with lots of caramel and biscuit in the nose, leafy pine resin hop notes as well. Flavor is rich doughy malt and caramel, toasted nuts, pine and citrus hops, very well balanced, I would have loved to try this fresh, a great brew! 9%!!?!!, I could drink this stuff all day!
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
copper cloudy, white head. aroma and flavors, lots of nice caramel malts, pine hops and citrus. profile remains a little more on the malty side with ample caramel and roast. As the beer warms up the pine side and hops become a tad more forward.
fiulijn (28382) reviewed Hoptimus Prime from Ruckus Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
2014-03-13, draught at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar (Convention Centre), Vancouver, 7-4-7-4-13=35
12oz
Cloudy amber color, dull hue, small head. The aroma is fruity, but there is a very light sourness too. Compared to its gravity, the body is quite lean; malt flavor with a caramel and hay touch; light residual sweetness; strong bitterness, in balance with the rest; a lot of orangey hop oils; bit also an infinitesimal sourness.
Good, but this keg either doesn’t seem fresh.
2014-03-03, draught at Rogue Kitchen & Wetbar (Convention Centre), Vancouver, 6-1-7-3-12=29
I was looking to try this beer in good conditions and fresh, instead it pours a murky light brown color with almost no head. The aroma is sourish. Good body; malt, with very light sourness; strong bitterness, resiny, old fruits.
Meh.
2010-06-27, bottle, as Legacy Hoptimus Prime Double IPA, 7-4-8-4-16=39
Hazy orange-amber color; small head. There is some malt and hop aroma, but it’s also a bit stale, and with very light cheese rind impression (this is not bad) and smoke. Reasonable body strength, strong toffee and caramel flavor, quite sweet, with a strong bitterness, candeish, a bit resiny, and still with traces of fruits (bitter oranges). Obvious powerful final, with toffee, caramel and bitterness. Solid brew, pleasant.
Unfortunately, another bottle that I spoiled, keeping it too long (since Sept ’08), waiting to share it…