Hop Crisis
21st Amendment Brewery

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From:
21st Amendment Brewery
 
California, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
9.7%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 10.55%
Reviews:
509
Ratings:
1,689
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 25, 2020
Added:
Apr 08, 2008
Wants:
  95
Gots:
  243
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Reviewed by maddogruss from New Jersey

3.93/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Based on notes from 2011. Had this from a can.
A: pours orange amber body with small white head with good retention and lacing
S: sweet, citrus smelling beer
T: sweet, citrus; sweet coriander and lemongrass taste; Grapefruit hops and alcohol notes
M: medium bodied and pretty smooth; pretty solid
D: nice mouthfeel and taste combo; solid beer overall; 21st amendment rocks
Nov 25, 2020
 
Rated: 3.82 by Dave1999 from North Carolina

Jul 15, 2020
 
Rated: 4.4 by Corkykab from New Jersey

Feb 11, 2020
 
Rated: 4.62 by JohnTurano from Florida

Jan 02, 2020
 
Rated: 3.97 by WDJersey from Colorado

Nov 18, 2019
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Reviewed by Rubicj from Massachusetts

3.92/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass. Looks pretty standard, with a great aroma that you can smell from pretty far away. Taste is a pretty standard IPA, hoppy with faint citrus and pine. Doesn't deliver on the impressive smell.
Nov 04, 2019
 
Rated: 3.84 by gefinley from California

Sep 19, 2019
 
Rated: 3.81 by Lucular from Maryland

Sep 05, 2019
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

3.94/5  rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Copper filtered, medium carbonation and 4 fingers of white head.

Smells of pineapple, pine and creme brûlée’.

Tastes of creme brûlée, pine needles and a hint of oak.

Medium syrupy body with little carbonation.

I got this in Reno and am drinking it in Redding, July 31st, 2019. Tuition paid tonight!!!
Aug 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Shenk87 from Pennsylvania

Jun 29, 2019
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Reviewed by whitewizard from Arizona

2.65/5  rDev -33.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
I usually enjoy big beers and this just wasn't doing it for me. Dating on bottom of can was smudged but it did taste older than it should. Would not revisit even with fresher product.
Jun 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.74 by PaleAleWalt from New York

May 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.99 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Nov 27, 2018
 
Rated: 4.16 by heymikew from California

Sep 27, 2018
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Reviewed by martya3 from Massachusetts

4.52/5  rDev +13.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
For a hopped-up brew with a high alcohol content this is one of the smoothest I've tasted. There is hardly any bite even though it's a 94 IBU. Overall just a great Brew. Definitely a sipper and one to be enjoyed. For Duty and Humanity drink up. Free the Hops!!
Jul 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.71 by Ronl12 from Massachusetts

May 20, 2018
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Reviewed by GratefulBeerGuy from New Hampshire

4.53/5  rDev +13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
12 oz. Can poured into a Duvel chalice
Ale aged on oak spirals 9.7 % abv. 94 ibu

Pours out looking like sparkling clover honey with amber and golden highlights. A tight, creamy white foam stands tall, bubbly center, creamy edges. Slow dissipation.

The nose has several layers of creamy caramel and honey scented malty notes. The vanilla, creamy, oak aging brings in a sweet, old furniture type aroma. Pretty unique to what is an otherwise hop dominated brew. The hoppy aromatics are seriously dense, with sweet candied fruits, citrus, pine and funky herbs. The oak spirals add a level of dense sweetness that seems to engance the heady hop aroma.

First sip reveals the nature of the oak, wood aging process, flavor's of old wood, vanilla and leather seem to jump out of the malty complexity. A fine, creamy, oakie malt flavor provides some fine low-end style flavor's. The boozy heat is pretty high...as to be expected. A crisp and clean, light to medium bodied feel overall with a smooth malt textureband pkenty of dry, earthy and bitter tones to give a nice dry finish.

The hops have serious depth; The flavor really covers tge entire spectrum of hoppy possibilities. Seriously dry-earthy tones of dried wheat, high grasses and crunchy leaves, bitter and prickly hop cones, super dry hopped taste and feel, metalluc citrus and even a series of tropical fruits like grapefruit and starfruit pop out of the hops. Between the oak and malty depth and mega hop effects this thing is seriously complex, a true sipper.

Overall, a high level of complex flavors, limit this beast, as it's appetite is ferocious but the blood is in limited supply. Go slow and enjoy.
Apr 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.55 by Octoberist from Pennsylvania

Apr 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4.02 by kmoen from California

Apr 11, 2018
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

3.54/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
1/20/18...pours hazy cloudy bronze, dark to light top to bottom. Fluffed white foam. Woody burnt nose. Sharp oily bitter. Pine revs up and then rolls off the tongue. Touch of sweetness at the close. Interesting.
Apr 08, 2018
Hop Crisis from 21st Amendment Brewery
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 1689 ratings