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Hop Circle IPA
Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- From:
- Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,505 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #19,071 - Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 10.99%
- Reviews:
- 71
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 12, 2023
- Added:
- May 10, 2010
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 41
Hoptimization capacitors activated. Taste probe functions optimal. Aroma sensors in overdrive. Engage. Let this otherworldly IPA abduct the hell out of your senses. The gravitational pull of Hop Circle will have you searching the galaxy for another close encounter of the thirst kind. Resistance is futile.
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Rated by RB1977 from Canada (AB)
1.3/5 rDev -66%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
1.3/5 rDev -66%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Never again!
Apr 01, 2021Reviewed by bilbobrewer from Oregon
3/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Wow....just TWO reviews in the last 2 and a half years !?!?
For a year-round IPA offering of one of the larger craft breweries in a substantial-sized market ?!?
This is why Canada has no craft beers worth drinking....Canadians don't care enough to bother, or know enough to care.
Mar 14, 2021For a year-round IPA offering of one of the larger craft breweries in a substantial-sized market ?!?
This is why Canada has no craft beers worth drinking....Canadians don't care enough to bother, or know enough to care.
Reviewed by ADicerni from Canada (BC)
4.1/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: buckwheat honey gold in colour with off white creamy head with good retention and lots of lacing.
Smell is full and aromatic with piney spices and sweet malt.
Taste is potent with more than a hint of citrus and heavy bitterness in a good way. Well balanced with malty sweetness and bitter hops. Alcohol is strong but doesn’t overpower the hoppy flavour.
Mouthfeel is well rounded and full. Makes you want to hold it and savour the taste.
Overall I find this IPA exceptional and have put it on my favourites list.
Oct 25, 2020Smell is full and aromatic with piney spices and sweet malt.
Taste is potent with more than a hint of citrus and heavy bitterness in a good way. Well balanced with malty sweetness and bitter hops. Alcohol is strong but doesn’t overpower the hoppy flavour.
Mouthfeel is well rounded and full. Makes you want to hold it and savour the taste.
Overall I find this IPA exceptional and have put it on my favourites list.
Reviewed by Harles5000
4.43/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +16%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
The first time I bought Hop Circle while visiting family on Vancouver Island, I thought I need to find a locally brewed beer that I can enjoy while on the Island. When I saw the Hop Circle can it caught my eye like the other Phillips label designs are very bright and vivid, so I thought lets give it a try. My first impression was when poured it had a hoppy citrus smell with a very white head that held up very well. The taste was citrus first and then the hops build to a crescendo, I found it refreshing, light And enjoyable. #2 I added 2 oz of Clamato and added some Fat Chili Farms Wizard Choice Hot Sauce 4 to 8 drops depending on whether you enjoy spice, but the first one had 4 or 5 drops, I found my new West Coast drink, And now I live in Calgary and the Phillips Hop Boxes are available so I can enjoy here at home. I nicknamed the drink Spicy UFO.
May 19, 2020Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
3.91/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Color threw me off. Pours the color of sweet tea. Head is white then dissipates quickly. Nose has a sweet almost caramel hint. Taste quickly kicks the sweetness to the side. Bitterness overwhelms the palate, but in a good way. Good beer.
Sep 29, 2018Reviewed by ChillingCammy from Canada (ON)
4.36/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.36/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Would love to re-rate with a fresh memory. Was served at local restaurant from tap, light straw color, slightly opaque. Strong citrus and fruit aromas. Very well hopped, strong citrus flavors. No longer available locally and look forward to the day i find it again.
Dec 05, 2017Reviewed by Everydayoff from Thailand
3.89/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
341ml bottle poured into a pint glass.
Slightly hazy orange amber color with thick creamy off-white head as a showcase, the head well retains itself with very good retention before slowly collapsing to an everlasting frothy layer on the surface and leaving sticky lacing wave all around.
Very crisp citrusy hop in the aroma, it also discloses notes of peach, melon, and mango while malt being a good support with its biscuit, candy (like an orange candy), and caramel.
Straightforward taste of good IPA, hop dominates the taste buds with its zesty citrus together with orange spice, peach, melon, mango, and moderate grassy bitterness. Malt is still in supporting like the aroma with its biscuit, sweet candy, and caramel.
Medium body with quite smooth mouthfeel from its moderate crisp carbonation, the feeling is quite refreshing with a dry finish.
Very easy drinkable IPA with loads of citrusy hop character which is precisely from the C hops, it is good in overall.
May 20, 2017Slightly hazy orange amber color with thick creamy off-white head as a showcase, the head well retains itself with very good retention before slowly collapsing to an everlasting frothy layer on the surface and leaving sticky lacing wave all around.
Very crisp citrusy hop in the aroma, it also discloses notes of peach, melon, and mango while malt being a good support with its biscuit, candy (like an orange candy), and caramel.
Straightforward taste of good IPA, hop dominates the taste buds with its zesty citrus together with orange spice, peach, melon, mango, and moderate grassy bitterness. Malt is still in supporting like the aroma with its biscuit, sweet candy, and caramel.
Medium body with quite smooth mouthfeel from its moderate crisp carbonation, the feeling is quite refreshing with a dry finish.
Very easy drinkable IPA with loads of citrusy hop character which is precisely from the C hops, it is good in overall.
Hop Circle IPA from Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
Beer rating:
86 out of
100 with
225 ratings
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