HopCat

Brewpub in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2008

Closed in 2019

Contact
25 Ionia Ave, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, United States
Description
We are a little brewery situated in the original Hopcat location in GR. We have been brewing since 2008. We are the only Hopcat in the family with a brewery. Style labels are next to useless around here. We embrace the strange, push boundaries and value balance and subtle complexity over extremes.

Admin Note: As of August 5th, 2019 HopCat Grand Rapids is no longer a brewpub. Brewing equipment has been sold off so they can focus on supporting other local breweries.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draft at the source. Murky brown color, thick beige head, delicate lacing. Aroma of Christmas! Taste is massive ginger. Whoa.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jan 2012 at 18:35

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft at the source. Murky amber brown, medium off white head. Aroma of lightly spiced caramel. Taste is bitter strong butterscotch. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jan 2012 at 18:24

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at the source. Although the cedar doesn’t quite work here, this is a decent enough sour beer. Hazy variegated golden brown color, small white edge head. Aroma of sour stone fruits. Taste is funky summer fruits. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 15 Jan 2012 at 18:19

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Medium hazy orange body, medium creamy cream-colored head. Nose of herbal, bitter citrus rind. Big oily, round, resinous body, catty and bitter with citrus rind. Warming. Strong but kind of hollow.
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2011 at 20:32

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Deep opaque brown-red body, thin clumping light brown head. Roasted nose with faint hints of banana. Body with roasted malts and lots of chocolate/chocolate liqueur in addition to hints of banana. Solid.
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2011 at 08:59

4.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Draft at HopCat, Grand Rapids. Murky medium brown body, head mostly absent. Nose of buttered popcorn, berries, and funk. Sour body, funky and sulfuric with diacetyl, cedar, and alcohol heat, finishing with sugar wafers. Every now and then a sour beer smells like a fart, but this one tasted like a fart too. Not my pint of ale.
Tried from Draft on 15 Dec 2011 at 18:37

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours black with bubbly tan head. Nose and taste of mostly black licorice, lightly sweetened chocolate and light smoked black malt. Some booziness in the finish. Medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2011 at 20:24

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Tried on 15 Oct 2011 at 16:16

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Tried on 15 Oct 2011 at 15:35

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Tried on 24 Sep 2011 at 17:46