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Hoptimus Prime
Legacy Brewing Co.
- From:
- Legacy Brewing Co.
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 9.5%
- Reviews:
- 230
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 28, 2024
- Added:
- Jul 29, 2006
- Wants:
- 55
- Gots:
- 6
No description / notes.
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Ratings by andylipp:
Reviewed by andylipp from Massachusetts
2.86/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
2.86/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
Appearance - Poured a fairly clear gold with 1½ inches of white head that hung around amicably for several minutes in my tulip (standard taster). Five minutes later, only a quarter inch remained. Quite a bit of lacing as it died down and even more each time I swirled the glass.
Smell - Green, very green. Floral hop aroma dominates, with some pine and citrus notes. Slightly funky odor, not unlike vegetative compost.
Taste - Like sucking the juice from a grass catcher on a mower that just plowed through a field of hops. Looong bitter /citrussy, piney hop finish. I have a hard time discerning much maltiness-overpowered by the hops.
Mouthfeel - Nice carbonation, medium body.
Drinkability- The 9 % abv is hidden by the hop flavor, as is almost everything else. Still, the hops are so overpowering that I will only reluctantly finish the bottle. This beer will blow out your palate, so save it for the last beer of the night.
Comments- I tried Hopsikle once and though that was over the top, but this beer is nuts. Although I'm a big fan of most hop bombs, this is perhaps the most unbalanced DIPA I have ever had. I suppose that was the idea, so mission accomplished Legacy. But one has to ask if hops for hops sake is necessary to this degree. I would have preferred a bit more malty sweetness.
NOTE: Had this on tap in January '09 and it was a much more pleasnat experience. Still, not a fave, though...
Jul 21, 2008Smell - Green, very green. Floral hop aroma dominates, with some pine and citrus notes. Slightly funky odor, not unlike vegetative compost.
Taste - Like sucking the juice from a grass catcher on a mower that just plowed through a field of hops. Looong bitter /citrussy, piney hop finish. I have a hard time discerning much maltiness-overpowered by the hops.
Mouthfeel - Nice carbonation, medium body.
Drinkability- The 9 % abv is hidden by the hop flavor, as is almost everything else. Still, the hops are so overpowering that I will only reluctantly finish the bottle. This beer will blow out your palate, so save it for the last beer of the night.
Comments- I tried Hopsikle once and though that was over the top, but this beer is nuts. Although I'm a big fan of most hop bombs, this is perhaps the most unbalanced DIPA I have ever had. I suppose that was the idea, so mission accomplished Legacy. But one has to ask if hops for hops sake is necessary to this degree. I would have preferred a bit more malty sweetness.
NOTE: Had this on tap in January '09 and it was a much more pleasnat experience. Still, not a fave, though...
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Medium amber color with an orange tint.
Really nice head with great lace.
Aroma of malts, hops, grapefruit with some fruit.
taste was mild sweetness, mild bitterness, smooth and creamy and sort of a buttery taste that
hides alcohol very well.
A hop bite as you drink it the carbonation mellows out and a mild bitterness is left on the tongue.
Easy to drink with medium body with a crisp carbonation.
Balance was o.k. ,but had a slight watery finish with some alcohol warmth.
Feb 28, 2024Really nice head with great lace.
Aroma of malts, hops, grapefruit with some fruit.
taste was mild sweetness, mild bitterness, smooth and creamy and sort of a buttery taste that
hides alcohol very well.
A hop bite as you drink it the carbonation mellows out and a mild bitterness is left on the tongue.
Easy to drink with medium body with a crisp carbonation.
Balance was o.k. ,but had a slight watery finish with some alcohol warmth.
Reviewed by SPLITGRIN from Kentucky
3.51/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.51/5 rDev -12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
A perfect pour leads to two fingers of bready off white foam that has excellent staying power. It does leave an almost solid wall of lace as it slowly fades. Body is a boney amber in tone. Nose is softer than expected with tones of vanilla malt and mineral based hops. First sip yield a mineral based hop profile that is smooth and very approachable. hops become dryer and more prickly as you continue to drink. The backside gets a sense of dandelion stem that sticks on the tongue. all of these hops are balanced by a noticeable malt backbone which may let down some hard core hop heads, but it is nice. Mouthful is mellow with some bitterness coming through and some citrus fruit feel. this brew is very nicely drinkable.
Jul 08, 2015
Hoptimus Prime from Legacy Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
264 ratings
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