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Hop-Trio
Knee Deep Brewing Company
- From:
- Knee Deep Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #487 - ABV:
- 11.1%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,566 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 8.06%
- Reviews:
- 104
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 01, 2022
- Added:
- Jul 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 60
- Gots:
- 179
Formerly known as Hoparillo
Triple IPA brewed and dry hopped with large amounts of Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops that delivers exploding tropical fruit and citrus aromas and flavor. Intense hop aromas that are sure to stimulate your olfactory receptors.
Triple IPA brewed and dry hopped with large amounts of Citra, Mosaic and Amarillo hops that delivers exploding tropical fruit and citrus aromas and flavor. Intense hop aromas that are sure to stimulate your olfactory receptors.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Kicking back on a gorgeous fall afternoon, and this is the perfect beer for it. Big and bold in all categories, rich and powerful. Tasty, smooth with a kick. Pleasant alcohol burn from start to finish. Re-rated 7/10/17, knocked down a few ticks as I have much more exposure to the style since my first rating. Still a damn good beer.
Dec 01, 2022Reviewed by kitch from Hong Kong
3.61/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A 22 fl. oz. bomber, bottled on 23rd July 2018. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A clear copper colour with a slightly less than two finger white head that had great retention and left lots of nice fluffy sticky lacing.
Aroma: Resinous pine, grass, grapefruit, citrus rind, orange juice, light caramel and a touch of booze.
Taste: Pine, resiny, light caramel sweetness, citrusy, grapefruit rind, orange peel, orange juice, booze, a touch of stone fruit, and a moderately bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not bad at all, but perhaps a bit too boozy. I would have enjoyed it even more if the booze could have been hidden.
Nov 04, 2018Appearance: A clear copper colour with a slightly less than two finger white head that had great retention and left lots of nice fluffy sticky lacing.
Aroma: Resinous pine, grass, grapefruit, citrus rind, orange juice, light caramel and a touch of booze.
Taste: Pine, resiny, light caramel sweetness, citrusy, grapefruit rind, orange peel, orange juice, booze, a touch of stone fruit, and a moderately bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not bad at all, but perhaps a bit too boozy. I would have enjoyed it even more if the booze could have been hidden.
Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina
4.04/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours clear and amber colored with an impressive two fingers, good persistence and solid lacing action
Smell: Tropical fruit, grapefruit and pine
Taste: Papaya, blueberry and melon forward, with grapefruit pith tones building; piney, with a growing dank bitterness, through the middle and a palate numbing finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: A TIPA from the days when brewers competed to see who could brew the highest IBU IPA, it was fun to visit from a nostalgic perspective as it is a good example of that style of beer
Oct 18, 2018Smell: Tropical fruit, grapefruit and pine
Taste: Papaya, blueberry and melon forward, with grapefruit pith tones building; piney, with a growing dank bitterness, through the middle and a palate numbing finish
Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation
Overall: A TIPA from the days when brewers competed to see who could brew the highest IBU IPA, it was fun to visit from a nostalgic perspective as it is a good example of that style of beer
Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Copper and clear filtered with almost no carbonation. Topped with 3 fingers of off white head.
Smells of pineapple, spicy hops, pine, candy corns, blueberries, green strawberries, and dank skunk cabbage.
Tastes of dank skunk cabbage, pine resin, pineapples and a big, bitterness.
Medium body, slightly syrupy, with little to moderate carbonation.
Got in Sacramento, drinking in Redding, Oct 11th, 2018. Excellent IPA.
Oct 12, 2018Smells of pineapple, spicy hops, pine, candy corns, blueberries, green strawberries, and dank skunk cabbage.
Tastes of dank skunk cabbage, pine resin, pineapples and a big, bitterness.
Medium body, slightly syrupy, with little to moderate carbonation.
Got in Sacramento, drinking in Redding, Oct 11th, 2018. Excellent IPA.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
3.11/5 rDev -26.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.11/5 rDev -26.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Shimmering amber with an uneven bubbly off-white collar.
Smell is Triple Sec, hot pine and sweaty, catty rug all with a nose-numbing tingle.
The palate displays its all too forward boozy potency right off the bat, bringing with it fiery pine, orange liqueur and a pungently hot exhale.
The medium, slick body has a crunchy sort of froth before a chewy, semi-dry finish. It's far too hot.
This one does not quite have the deft execution of other high octane hop cocktails we enjoy locally, like Hop Juju and Creeper, or even the more widely distributed The Waldos.
Oct 08, 2018Smell is Triple Sec, hot pine and sweaty, catty rug all with a nose-numbing tingle.
The palate displays its all too forward boozy potency right off the bat, bringing with it fiery pine, orange liqueur and a pungently hot exhale.
The medium, slick body has a crunchy sort of froth before a chewy, semi-dry finish. It's far too hot.
This one does not quite have the deft execution of other high octane hop cocktails we enjoy locally, like Hop Juju and Creeper, or even the more widely distributed The Waldos.
Reviewed by Avitra from California
4.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Great intro to the world of triple (or quad) IPAs, mostly because it's really not too bitter or too boozy. Just the perfect amount of both.
Extremely summary drink for someone who likes his summer with a kick. Lemony, very grapefruity and even a little beautiful tangerine finish. A very drinkable and enjoyable beer.
Jul 29, 2018Extremely summary drink for someone who likes his summer with a kick. Lemony, very grapefruity and even a little beautiful tangerine finish. A very drinkable and enjoyable beer.
Reviewed by puck1225 from Texas
4.29/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a bomber into a tulip glass. Cloudy golden yellow with very nice head and lacing. Pleasant citrus smell. Very citrusy taste, mostly grapefruit with some lime. The taste was well- balanced and not overly boozey or bitter. Very good tasting IPA!
Jul 09, 2018Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.61/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.61/5 rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a very hazy burnt orange color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is dank, some herbal notes. Taste is dank, herbal, malts and citrus are present, as well as a bit of alcohol, it's bitter, but not as much as I expected considering the ibu. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.
Feb 12, 2018Reviewed by BayAreaJoe from California
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz. Bottled 12/15/17, consumed 1/17/18.
Pours clear gold with a small solid head.
Aroma is mainly tropical and citrus fruits, really pleasant.
Taste is smooth, mainly citrus fruit and pine with some tropical notes. Solidly hoppy.
Mouthfeel is medium-full body and dry. Really easy drinking triple IPA for sure.
Overall another tasty, well-crafted Knee Deep brew. I would probably say that I like the taste of Simtra more but Hop-Trio drinks easier. All good either way.
Jan 18, 2018Pours clear gold with a small solid head.
Aroma is mainly tropical and citrus fruits, really pleasant.
Taste is smooth, mainly citrus fruit and pine with some tropical notes. Solidly hoppy.
Mouthfeel is medium-full body and dry. Really easy drinking triple IPA for sure.
Overall another tasty, well-crafted Knee Deep brew. I would probably say that I like the taste of Simtra more but Hop-Trio drinks easier. All good either way.
Hop-Trio from Knee Deep Brewing Company
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
615 ratings
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