Fistful Of Hops
Sun King Brewing Company

Fistful Of HopsFistful Of Hops
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From:
Sun King Brewing Company
 
Indiana, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.71 | pDev: 12.13%
Reviews:
18
Ratings:
157
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 13, 2019
Added:
May 21, 2011
Wants:
  7
Gots:
  43
77 IBU
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Ratings by Morganboyne:
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Rated by Morganboyne

4/5  rDev +7.8%

Sep 12, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.58 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

Feb 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Jcarriglio from Florida

Dec 15, 2018
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Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania

3.92/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
7.7.17 canning and these notes were taken within four weeks after the release.

A - Deep copper colored pour with delicate carbonation and heavy creamy colored lacing.

S - Toasted caramel malt w/berries, and slightly eartrhy.

T - Slightly earthy, grassy with toasted caramel, lemon.

M - SOLID

O -
Oct 27, 2017
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Reviewed by Blackop555 from Michigan

3.68/5  rDev -0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours dark gold. Thick, short, off white head that fades slowly with a lasting ring. Light lacing.

Smells grapefruit, orange, pine, bready malt, caramel malt and floral.

Tastes citrus peel, grapefruit, caramel malt and light toasted malt. Followed by pine and earthy bitter. Finish is dry with a pine linger. Medium body and smooth medium carbonation.
Sep 17, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by rossracing from Illinois

Jul 31, 2017
 
Rated: 3.54 by BeerBeast from Florida

Jun 12, 2017
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Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio

3.73/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
My bro-in-law shared this with me during a recent visit to Holt. It poured a hazy orangish with white head that is leaving a lace. The scent had some bitter citrus. The taste is sweet malt base with bitter grapefruit finish. The mouthfeel is medium in body with good carbonation. Overall it's solid.
Feb 18, 2017
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Reviewed by biker30x from Illinois

3.97/5  rDev +7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a pilsner a dark golden with a white thin head. Nice hops flavor but a little thin. A solid IPA butt lacking the depth to elevate it to the next level
Dec 26, 2016
 
Rated: 3.3 by elvisdoc from Florida

Oct 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.65 by BigRed10 from Illinois

May 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Nat1975 from Indiana

May 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.15 by crownrl28 from Georgia

May 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.39 by BrewNoob1 from Minnesota

May 18, 2016
 
Rated: 4.27 by Poloplaya from Illinois

Apr 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by CityofWind_brew from Illinois

Mar 08, 2016
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.89/5  rDev +4.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pulled from the crypt, Sun King pulls Fistful of Hops emerges from retirement for a deeply malty taste that after all this time still cowers to hops.

Rich amber upon the pour, the beer shows impressive ecru persistence and lace. Grapefruit and orange blaze the trail while the scent of toasty, nutty malt attempt to round the hops. To taste, its the malts that win the early palate with their toffee, bready, toasty, crusty sweetness.

The middle brings a shift. The caramel malts and starchy substrate begins to lift and the hops take hold with their stern citrus of grapefruit and orange along with a finish of deeply resinous bittering power of pine and grass.

Medium-bodied for IPA, the beer's toasted taste persists in an amber ale-like fashion even though the hops take firm command. Trailing bitterness is laced with a long linger of stem, grass and leaf as those resins grip the throat and are slow to relax.
Feb 12, 2016
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Reviewed by jeffcampbell317 from Indiana

4.5/5  rDev +21.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Has a good hop balance. I like the amount of bitterness in this beer. It's dialed in just right. I'm working on the winter batch in the blue pint cans right now. Not sure why it's listed as retired. I have always found it in the rotation...however, I ALWAYS get it at one of their two local tap rooms. I'm OCD about getting all of my local (and only local) favs straight from the source. It's one of my go-to choices.
Feb 05, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by DrAnnaNemis from Illinois

Jan 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.27 by Bones10 from Illinois

Jan 22, 2016
Fistful Of Hops from Sun King Brewing Company
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 157 ratings