Hopdrops

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

Closed in 2022

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Driven by the passion for beer, helped by awesome people from the Romanian craft beer industry (you know who you are!) we aim to wow you with great beers. We are brewing with surgical precision! Wait and see!

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6.5/10
0,33l, bottle.
Old tick, bottle says best before 2022-09-04. One of my first NEIPAs I tried.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Aug 2022 at 10:08

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Hopdrops Northern Raven Stout - Imperial 847415
Lukt: Kaffe, bek, røsta malt, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje. Utseende: Sort. Skum/kullsyre: Tynt dekkende skum, heng. Smak: Kaffe, svak røyk, lakris, røsta malt, sjokolade. Hvor: Samling Bryne. Medium: Flaske@330ml, ABV@10,5%, Når@12.06.2020.
Tried on 03 Jul 2020 at 14:15

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
JAN-2020. Pitch black, frothy dark espresso head. Some roast grain smelly harshness upfront, a little hop remnants that has mellowed down, slightly sweetened cold coffee / chocolate. A. Slightest hint of aceto / red wine. No alcohol. Overall, the aroma is more roasty / rough than malty. The taste is quite sweet - sweetened coffee - followed by a strong pungent spicy bitterness (not green anymore) and a good deal of roast / burnt barley. Minimal alcohol. Not bad overall - the hops have settled, the balance is more or less there... A bit too roasty and sharp, and that gap between the sweet start and hard-core / bitter finish... 3,8/5.

JUL-2019. DRAFT at Cluj Craft Beer Festival. Very smooth with a velvety chocolaty taste and texture. Still, has some of that green hop notes, thogh much lighter. 3,9/5.

MAY-2019. BOTTLE at home. Opaque dark murky brown, dark espresso head. The aroma starts with bitter sweet dark chocolate, adds some vegetal green grass / green olive notes (that many dark beers from the brewery have). The taste is really hard core - strong and bitter, enough alcohol heat, really roasty, half-balanced by the dark sugars. The bitterness has those green peppery notes just like the aroma does (needs time, I think). Smooth silky mouthfeel. A really well done serious impy. A few months should dial down the green hops and make it a marvel. Until then, it is (only)... Very good. 3,8/5.
Tried from Draft on 13 Sep 2019 at 08:45

7.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours opaque black, medium tan head, great lacing. Aroma is heavy roast, cocoa, leather, molasses, hints of ash. Flavoris light sweet, fully bitter. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. 5,7,6,4,13
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2019 at 10:07