Bigger Hop IPA
East End Brewing Company

Bigger Hop IPABigger Hop IPA
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From:
East End Brewing Company
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,985
ABV:
9%
Score:
86
Ranked #19,254
Avg:
3.81 | pDev: 12.34%
Reviews:
31
Ratings:
77
Status:
Active
Rated:
Mar 22, 2024
Added:
Oct 26, 2009
Wants:
  4
Gots:
  3
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Rated: 4.24 by buzzedup from Pennsylvania

Mar 22, 2024
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.98/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2023-04-23
16oz can served in a curvy Fremont glass. I'm not sure because the date is distorted, but it appears to be dated 01/16/23. Got it from @ozzylizard in his NBS BIF #17 barrage.

Pours clear amber-orange with a big, approximately two finger fluffy head that collapses slowly into a creamy mountain range. There's some active carbonation, but not a lot. Smell is citrus, pretty orangey, honeysuckle.

Taste is bright citrus zest and citrus rind bitterness, a little bit of orange juiciness. Bitterness really builds up on subsequent sips. Alcohol is very noticeable, but not dominating.

Mouthfeel is somewhere around medium weight with a very dry texture. Overall, this is interesting, it makes me think of a WC IPA brewed with NEIPA hops.
Apr 24, 2023
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

4.02/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bigger Hop from East End. Received on 16/3/21 from Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA. $ 4.00 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.250/oz). In reefer at store and stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 10/4/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottom stamped “CANNED ON 12/28/2020”. Served at 43.3 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 55.2 degrees.
Appearance – 4.25.
First pour – Pale Gold (SRM 4), clear.
Body – Gold (SRM 5), clear. When rear-lite, same.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.5 cm, aggressive center pour), floral white, medium density, good retention, diminishing to a seven to eighteen mm meringue-like cap and crown with large chunks of foam hanging on the glass as the head recedes.
Lacing – Excellent! Rapidly breaks into Sanskrit-like curtains.
Aroma – 4 – Moderate piney resin. No malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 4 – Begins markedly bitter and resinous but with little pine flavor. Some caramel malt, no yeast. No alcohol (8.6 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, watery, carbonation lively.
Final impression and summation: 4 Love the simple can art, although to red lettering on the orange background makes the required warnings near-impossible to read. The beer is nicely bittered with the malt backbone apparent but not intrusive. I see more of these in my future.
Apr 10, 2021
 
Rated: 4.15 by TheCakePounder from Pennsylvania

Jan 30, 2021
 
Rated: 3.81 by BWM-PGH from Pennsylvania

Jan 22, 2020
 
Rated: 3.06 by sanandreas

Dec 11, 2019
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Reviewed by Fordcoyote15 from Pennsylvania

4.14/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
At 3.8/5 this is way underrated. Hazebois who think can releases at dancing gnome = quality have clearly down rated this because you can actually taste hops.

If you check my beer rating history I'm clearly no fan boy of any brewery. It's just comical to see Pittsburgh represented by 'omGzZ new haze can release bro let's line up' and rate every NEIPA at 4.5+ and every non NEIPA below 4 just shows what a terrible beer culture Pittsburgh has.

If you want to be popular in Pittsburgh you have to ever brew ANY neipa or ANY voodoo barrel aged beer. Everything else is just okay. Or so it seems.
Apr 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Mar 28, 2019
 
Rated: 4.15 by Reggie_Dunlop from Pennsylvania

Nov 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.84 by classixIII from Pennsylvania

Jun 10, 2018
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Rated by Bluerabbitbell from Pennsylvania

3.73/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Average double ipa
May 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.81 by reitzbrewing from Pennsylvania

May 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.73 by durwood64 from Ohio

Feb 18, 2018
 
Rated: 3.96 by MKrauss from Pennsylvania

Jan 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.68 by krbrevard from Virginia

Jul 21, 2017
 
Rated: 3.97 by Knapp85 from Pennsylvania

Jun 03, 2017
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Rated by Gregaroo from Pennsylvania

4.14/5  rDev +8.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
5/15/17 - On tap in Pittsburgh, PA. Tap Fresh. Local. Bigger. Everything about this one
May 21, 2017
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

3.81/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Arrives amber colored with an impressive head that leaves sheets of lacing behind

Smell: Piney hops with citrus pith and mint tones

Taste: Malt forward with caramel building a base; the hops power forward, bring orange pith and pine; the caramel malt glides through the finish right along side the hops; the finish has a slight grassy tone

Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation

Overall: A well-balanced DIPA with a bit of an old school character
Apr 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by MrJuengling from Pennsylvania

Feb 28, 2017
 
Rated: 3.91 by DerekCarruth from Georgia

Feb 15, 2017
Bigger Hop IPA from East End Brewing Company
Beer rating: 86 out of 100 with 77 ratings