HopCat
Brewpub
in
Grand Rapids,
Michigan,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2008
Closed in 2019
Contact
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.
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.
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