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Hop Hearty Ale
New Glarus Brewing Company
- From:
- New Glarus Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.1%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 10.46%
- Reviews:
- 401
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 13, 2017
- Added:
- Sep 04, 2002
- Wants:
- 67
- Gots:
- 8
No description / notes.
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Ratings by zeledonia:
Reviewed by zeledonia from Washington
3.47/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottled recently, probably in the last 3-4 weeks, per the friendly beer store employee. Enjoyed 4 Feb 2012, reviewed from notes.
Pours clear medium amber. Not much head, about half a finger, that fades pretty fast. Decent lacing. Little visible carbonation.
Smell brings a nice mix of light aromatic hops. The hops blend together so completely that I have a hard time picking out individual characteristics - no one smell really jumps out. Some citrus and some earthy resiny aromas. Overall, it's light and buoyant, but with quite a solid malt base (more so than most IPAs). The smell is definitely the highlight for me.
Taste is decent, "balanced" (= quite malt-heavy). Moderately bitter, especially in the finish. There's nothing remarkable about it at all. Taste has much more of the gentle, earthy, grassy hops. A bit of sweetness from caramel malts. A very rounded flavor, with no peaks sticking out (and thus nothing to hold onto).
Mouthfeel is good. Medium-light body, carbonation a little on the low side. Finish is quite quick for an IPA.
A decent IPA, pretty malty and without a ton of bitterness or hop flavor. As the label says, an interesting blend of old and new world hops, especially in the smell.
Feb 09, 2012Pours clear medium amber. Not much head, about half a finger, that fades pretty fast. Decent lacing. Little visible carbonation.
Smell brings a nice mix of light aromatic hops. The hops blend together so completely that I have a hard time picking out individual characteristics - no one smell really jumps out. Some citrus and some earthy resiny aromas. Overall, it's light and buoyant, but with quite a solid malt base (more so than most IPAs). The smell is definitely the highlight for me.
Taste is decent, "balanced" (= quite malt-heavy). Moderately bitter, especially in the finish. There's nothing remarkable about it at all. Taste has much more of the gentle, earthy, grassy hops. A bit of sweetness from caramel malts. A very rounded flavor, with no peaks sticking out (and thus nothing to hold onto).
Mouthfeel is good. Medium-light body, carbonation a little on the low side. Finish is quite quick for an IPA.
A decent IPA, pretty malty and without a ton of bitterness or hop flavor. As the label says, an interesting blend of old and new world hops, especially in the smell.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.85/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A very orange beer, you didn't see this color in Midwest beers too often if at all back when this hit shelves for the first time. The dry hopping wasn't huge, but it was a shift in direction for this region.
Taste was a nice drier toasted pale malt bill paired with hops beyond your usual 6% midwest ipa. Very little caramel, this paired toast with green veggie hops. Its pretty straightforward and easy drinking around the 50ibu range. I really liked it.
Aug 18, 2016Taste was a nice drier toasted pale malt bill paired with hops beyond your usual 6% midwest ipa. Very little caramel, this paired toast with green veggie hops. Its pretty straightforward and easy drinking around the 50ibu range. I really liked it.
Hop Hearty Ale from New Glarus Brewing Company
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
563 ratings
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