Hop Kitchen - Fresh Hop India Pale Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company

Hop Kitchen - Fresh Hop India Pale AleHop Kitchen - Fresh Hop India Pale Ale
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From:
New Belgium Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.66 | pDev: 10.93%
Reviews:
34
Ratings:
141
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 07, 2023
Added:
Oct 10, 2013
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by Jadjunk:
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Reviewed by Jadjunk from Georgia

3.67/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
"Fresh, aromatic, and green as a Leprechaun's skivvies, Certified Salmon Safe Oregon Hops are picked fresh off the vine and trucked directly to our brew kettle." Brewed in the style of a Wet Hop/Harvest Ale IPA. This is the third entry in New Belgium's Hop Kitchen series, available in 22 oz. bottles and limited draft.

Poured from a 22 oz. bottle to a globe glass. Served north of 55º Fahrenheit.

(Appearance) Pours an off-white creamy froth head over a caramel-amber body. Carbonation is moderate and sparse, clarity is very high. Retention is good and lacing is light and spotty. 4

(Smell) The malt profile is biscuity caramel, very clean with a mellow body and a light sweetness. The hops provide a full lemon and grassy aroma and add a bit of body, but don't smell too much unlike a dry hop addition, as I've had dry hop varieties in beers that generate a very similar aroma. Potency is medium. 3.75

(Taste) The hop flavor diversifies somewhat with a slightly pinier and less lemony and grassy flavor and a more profound bitterness. The malt profile is lighter by comparison, a light biscuit pale malt with a moderate sweetness. Finishes mildly dry with a lingering resin bitterness. 3.5

(Mouthfeel) Texture is smooth, chewy, oily. Carbonation adds some froth and fullness to the texture. Body is a -medium for the style, -medium overall. Alcohol presence is light. 3.75

(Overall) Ultimately it comes out enjoyable, a nice, simple pale ale with an equally enjoyable mild hop selection that provides a subtle lemony and herbal note. I'm not sure if I would be able to pick this out as a wet hop IPA if I wasn't told so, as it's so thoroughly light and drinkable. 3.75
Feb 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.25/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nice try but merely average. Initial sharp hop bitterness, but kind of flat after that. Heady with sticky lacing light amber, piney nose. Flavor is bitter but fades fast. metallic and dry finish.
Jun 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.5 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
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Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota

4.24/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had at Coopers on tap (from notes). Fairly clear straw gold with with a 1” clingy off white foam collar. Fruity, citrusy nose with traces of vegetal from the hops. On the palate there are more hop flavors – fruit, melon, tropical, citrus, light vegetal – than bitterness. The flavors are medium high and the bitterness is medium. Has a herbal dryness on the finish. Creamy medium body and carbonation. Very easy to drink.
Jun 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.63 by Buck_Jones from Michigan

Jun 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by rossracing from Illinois

Apr 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by double2chin from California

Dec 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Agentveba from North Carolina

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by GRG1313 from California

Dec 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by CUbeerfan from Georgia

Nov 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by thufflife from Missouri

Aug 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jshusc from South Carolina

Aug 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by jzlyo from Iowa

Aug 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by MikeDAdams from Idaho

Jul 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jul 12, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by hurshybear from South Carolina

Jun 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by Westuh from Wisconsin

May 29, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by PappyVans from Wisconsin

May 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by lucasj82 from Indiana

May 12, 2014
Hop Kitchen - Fresh Hop India Pale Ale from New Belgium Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 141 ratings