SinH4 (15499) reviewed Chupacabra from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thanks ciocanelu! Black color with big beige head. Aroma is vanilla, cocoa, lacto, cinnamon, chocolate. Taste starts of with an immediate chili catch, the cinnamon stays present, with a nice coffee character throughout. Rather light mouthfeel, low carbonation but the bubbles do have some bite. Surprisingly light, nice chili catch - needs a tad more body maybe.
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Crowd Control from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Slightly hazy orange color with white head. Aroma is juicy oranges, tangerines, some toasted malts. Taste is orange, tangerines and piney hops. Oily mouthfeel. Nice and dank, the logical continuation of their Pale Ale.
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Royal Execution from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle, thanks ciocanelu! Hazy reddish-amber color with white head. Aroma is caramel, toffee, some apples, some earthy hops. Taste is apple phenols, more toffee. Oily mouthfeel. A bit too phenolic, but okay.
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Summer Punch from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle, thanks ciocanelu! Slightly hazy amber-golden color with creamy white head. Aroma is bready, grapefruit, some hints of tropical fruits. Taste is bready malts, juicy oranges and tangerines, gummy bears, sweetish finish. Oily mouthfeel, low carbonation. Refreshing and very nice, better than expected.
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Chupacabra from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
NOV-2018. CAN 33 CL. Batch 4. Smells really well spiced - mainly cinnamon and cocoa over sweet powdered chocolate and chocolate syrup, not much nutmeg or chillies in the nose. The taste is less flavoring laden, but neither does the malt backbone step up to compensate - as a result it feels a little diluted, which is not good. Diluted and spiced is even worse. Finally, the habanero shows itself in the finish, well dialed in, layered upon some earthy hops and dried leaves. Overall - not bad, but, just like with many other flavoured shouts, I want the base beer more solid and not simply relying on spices too much. 7-4-7-3-14=3,5.
JAN-2017. BOTTLE 33 CL. Batch 1. Opaque black, dark espresso head. Subtle and balanced aroma - chocolate, cocoa, cinnamon, nutmeg - are all there without standing out. The first sip welcomes you with a very smooth body, pretty dry - just barely sweet dark chocolate and a good balance of subtle spices. The chili gently heats up the throat. A very well polished and balanced spiced stout. Maybe too balanced. 7-5-7-4-15=3,8.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
BOTTLE 50 CL. Hazy amber, off-white head. Woohoo, these are some weird hops! Starts with something resembling the smell of my car under the hood. Gets smoother with time, passion fruit, nutmeg, onions and diesel. Some caramel in the background. Taste: fruity hops, mild caramel, and a very strong and wired spicy note ranging from onions (including the pungency) and downright diesel. Same weirdly spicy finish. Really bizarre, but not unpleasant. And, kinda... different.
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Summer Punch from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
BOTTLE 50 CL. Almost clear grayish-amber, white head. The aroma is pure grapefruit with some pith. No resins, no malts. Some pineapple pops in with the sediment. Not super intense, just right for a summer beer. The taste is more citrusy than malty, easy drinking with moderate to strong bitterness (which is a bit harsh). A simple and well done easy drinking hoppy ale.
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Crowd Control from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
SEP-2019. Draft at BCBF. Batch 106. Pine apple, soft hop oils, no hop burn. Juicy, but not sugary. Excellent. 4.0/5.
CAN. Batch 54 - first canned batch! Cloudy pale yellow, big white head that gets soapy soon enough. The aroma is fruit and hop - more like ripe apricot and pineapple with some peaches and gooseberries throw in, super soft lupulin-like oils. The taste is just as mellow and user friendly - mellow, but not the slightest bit dumbed down - zero sugars, suttle fruit juice, super soft hop bite. No garlic, no diesel, not even much spring onion in this one. A fine balance between juicy flavours and hop resins. Great. 8-4-8-4-15=3,9.
JUL-2108. BATCH #50/LMA. Bright opaque orange, diminishing white head. The aroma is quite weedy upfront, with some green hop lupulin sharpness. Peach/apticot/pine-apple juice unbeneath. The weedy note turns into some kind of onion left in the fridge overnight - just a touch - quite pleasant, actually. The taste is a modern style hop juice IPA - juicy and hoppy, with low alpha acid bitterness. Well balanced - no hop burn (at this age), no sugary nectarine malts - just enough of everything. Yep, you can call it craft beer. 7-5-8-4-15=3,9
JAN-2017. BOTTLE 50 CL. Almost clear amber, off-white head. Bright fruity aroma, ripe oranges, sweet and tart tropical fruit and peaches, a hint of citrus pith and almost no resins. No malts on their own. The taste is medium sweet - no malts, but sweet citrus, ripe pink grapefruit, soft citrusy bitterness. Clean, well done. 7-4-7-4-14=3,6
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Cannon Fire from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
NOV-2018. CAN 50 CL, 6% ABV. Opaque black, beige head. Quite a bit of coconut in the aroma - coconut oatmeal cookies, coconut candies. Smooth enough, not cheap. Less of a porter though. The taste is fairly (coco-)nutty too - less sweet, not much toasty-roasty flavours, more of that coconut flakes oily bitterness. The body is not exactly thin, but kinda lacks some of that malty/grainy substance and smoothness. Drinkable, probably as good as it gets, but still... a gimmick more than a beer. 7-4-6-4-13=3,4.
DEC-2016. Bottle 50 CL from the brewer. Totally black, dark espresso head. The coconut dominates the light chocolaty notes. Fortunately, the taste is more balanced - only subtle coconut, subtle black chocolate and hints of dark fruits, followed by a dry bitter finish with light notes if burnt oil. Very good. 6-4-7-4-14=3.5.
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Royal Execution from Hop Hooligans 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
BOTTLE 50 CL from the brewery. Hazy red, beige head. Some sticky caramel, that slowly turns into a buttery and nutty cake. Light hoppy notes, ranging from wild to somewhat medicinal herbs. The taste is moderately sweet, caramel, just a little bit of toasty notes, pretty robust dry herbal bitterness (again, slightly medicinal). A bit peculiar, but well done.