Hophead Brewing

Microbrewery in Cluj-Napoca, Nord-Vest, Romania 🇷🇴

Established in 2015

Contact
Str. Mehedinti nr.94, Cluj-Napoca, 400685, Romania
Description
We are a micro-brewery based in Cluj-Napoca brewing craft beer for the local market.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cloudy bright orange, white head. Mellow ripe mango and tangerine, very little resins. Strong hoppy zest oil bitterness with some warming alcohol in. A nice more bitter Hazy.
Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2019 at 13:12

5/10
Cloudy pale straw. Smells artificial like a cheap tetra pack juice. Similar taste - artificially flavoured with a harsh pithy bitterness on top. A big failure of a drink.
Tried on 21 Oct 2019 at 07:32

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Hazy golden, white head. The aroma is mellow honey malts and white raisins, almost no hop resins yet does not have stale fruit as it often happens. The taste is along the same lines, just less sweet more pithy / citrusy, extra low inoffensive citrus bitterness. A very tame, zero avressivity, super approachable pale ale, tough might seem a bit too bland for a Hophead.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Oct 2019 at 11:27

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle @ Slovak tasting 08/2019. Thin, white, quick gone head. Colour is deep gold, bit hazy. Aroma is malty, mellow fruity, bit caramel, floral. Taste is medium malty base, orange, tangerine, mellow fruity, caramel, medium carbonation, ok, enjoyed.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Sep 2019 at 12:22

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hazy amber, sticky off-white head. The aroma is mostly caramel malts and fresh citrus, some mango. There could be some Hopfenweizen-like hoppy and grassy notes, maybe I'm even getting some clove, but those certainly do not stand out. The taste is a regular American IPA light caramel / honey malts and dry pithy citrus peel. Not sure what the other two yeasts did, but a good proper IPA it is.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2019 at 08:17

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at a tasting. Rather rough bitterness, lack of hops character. Not very enjoyable hnfortunately.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2019 at 20:10

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle at tasting, thanks Cuso. Hoppy aroma and taste, malty notes, caramel, light citrus fruit, diacetyl, light to medium bitter. Medium body, malty bitter sweet finish. Average.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2019 at 20:09

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Orange golden color with medium white head. Aroma of light citrus hops. Taste, solid malty base, followed by distinct hoppy bitterness. Lihghmhoppy bitter finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2019 at 20:04

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Opaque black, beige head. Smells like fresh raspberries mostly, not jam. Very light notes of roast malts, not nearly enough to call it chocolate leave alone cake. Tastes good, the base stout has that subtle but smooth coffee / dark chocolate notes, despite the low gravity. Light roasty bitterness and a nice touch of fresh raspberries. Very nice and well built.
Tried on 29 Mar 2019 at 08:35

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Really murky dirty pink, soapy head. Smells mostly like raspberry jam, really sweet. Some citrus pith, not sure... The has the raspberry upfront, without the jam thankfully, and not that much mal sweetness either. Moderate pithy (or raspberry seed) bitterness. So, apart from the sticky aroma (and ugly looks), that is actually a decent light weight hazy IPA with a nice touch coming from the berries.
Tried on 29 Mar 2019 at 08:34