Hop Plunge
El Segundo Brewing Company

Hop PlungeHop Plunge
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From:
El Segundo Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,509
ABV:
8.9%
Score:
90
Ranked #10,066
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 8.19%
Reviews:
17
Ratings:
57
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 31, 2023
Added:
Feb 07, 2016
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  7
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Ratings by jakecattleco:
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Reviewed by jakecattleco from California

4.24/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Bottle dated 052016 into a tulip glass. Pours vibrant copper with two fingers of eggshell white variable density head that left sporadic lacing. Nose is very tropical, apricot, melon, cantaloupe, perhaps a hint of sweetness. Taste mirrors the nose with more sweetness and hints of astringency and minimal bitterness. Mouthfeel is good, perfect body for the ABV, carbonation is fine, finish is a bit dry and lingers a bit. Loved it bottled just as much as draft at the ESBC tap room. Grab it if fresh, guessing it doesn't fair great wit age.
Jun 12, 2016
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

3.79/5  rDev -6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Hop Plunge isn’t like taking one - because I actually want it. Can’t say I care for this polo stuff though (water or horse), but I won’t let that hold me back. The beer is ok. It reminds me of this girl on the swim team that was pretty saucy, but there was just something there that kept Raul away from anointing her with the other “top hotties.” Maybe it was the 6th toe, I don’t know. So yeah, good beer, but I wouldn’t break a stag date with the boys to buy it supper.
Jul 31, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by Booner818 from California

Dec 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.78 by Sound_Explorer from Washington

Aug 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by bigpoppa67 from Wisconsin

Jul 12, 2017
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Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York

4.33/5  rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a speiglau IPA glass.

Look is a clear amber with a frothy white head.

Aroma is lots of sweet orange blossom honey.

Taste is a floral orange with a slight honey sweetness at the end.
Jul 04, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by UCLABrewN84 from California

Jun 24, 2017
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.37/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2017-06-22
22oz bottle served in a tulip. Labeled 052417.

Pours a hazy light amber/yellow. Head is large, persistent, and supported by a lot of fine, slow carbonation. Smell is kind of great. Citrus and pine and pineapple in abundance and in appetizing proportions.

Taste is also very good -- much of the same, but a little bit more muted than I would really prefer. Very strong bitter finish, other flavors also last a long time and thread nicely together as it fades.

Mouthfeel is light and thick, a little fluffy (a characteristic I usually really enjoy). Overall, this is a really good beer.
Jun 23, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by Big_V from Maryland

Jun 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.62 by Bogdawg from Massachusetts

Jun 01, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by Texasfan549 from Texas

May 29, 2017
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Reviewed by CJNAPS from California

3.77/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Delicious DIPA, Nice bitter citrus taste normal for a west coast ipa. Nice deep golden color. It's easy drinking, and hide it's 8.9% really well. Haven't had a bad from them yet. Would revisit.
May 13, 2017
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Reviewed by mactrail from Washington

3.49/5  rDev -13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Clear amber with lots of foam in the tall goblet. Quite hot with alcohol. Some aromatics waft up on the fumes-- peach and dried apricot. Rather thin bodied for what must be a load of malt.

Some onion in the taste. Unripe apricot. Very sharp and acidic. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Barons Market in San Diego.
May 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.16 by rawfish from California

Apr 18, 2017
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Reviewed by MonkeyBread from Nevada

3.88/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Beer has a nice start of tasty dankness and green pine. There's initially a pleasant guava, passion fruit and stone fruit taste in the middle that lingers too long into the finish. Ends with an over ripe, tad spoiled, stone fruit flavor. Would prefer a bitter, dry finish rather than this. Nice showcase of simcoe though.
Apr 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.65 by GClarkage from California

Aug 31, 2016
 
Rated: 3.54 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Aug 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by ItsYourBoyBlue from Washington

Aug 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.15 by TrojanRB from Texas

Jul 17, 2016
Hop Plunge from El Segundo Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 57 ratings