HOPpopatamus
Silver Moon Brewing

 

A light copper, brown, auburn, amber-y color, white head that was smallish. Average lacing and retention. Aroma was bitter hops. Kinda average and meh.

Taste just gave up more bitterness. One trick pony type of situation here. No off flavors, just really run of the mill ipa stuff from the mid90s. Cara malt all up in this bitch. Pass.

Cool label and all, but the uniqueness kind of dies off there. You get that mix of amber and copper color that screams slutty crystal (malt). The mostly white head wraps itself 1/3" deep with good retention but not so good lace. Aroma was all c hops, and none of it apparently as a dry hop device.

Taste was just more bitterness. Doesn't lend itself to a lot of hop flavor. Screw buying bombers of something like this. Too much caramel and bitterness.

 

 

 

 

 

Poured out a mostly copper and auburn color, offwhite head (mostly white) that sat at about 1/4" for a little while, so the retention was cool, the lacing was lacking though.

Aroma was just bitter C hops. Not much in terms of dry hopping, just seemed like a long hop boil judging by the aroma.

Taste was even more bitterness. They didn't necessarily skimp on the hops, they just ran the boil super long, or just used the cheapest non proprietary hops local to the area or something. There just isn't much in the way of hop flavor instead of hop bitterness. Its still enjoyable to a degree, but when you think about the price of a bomber, you're paying a lot of money per oz. for what should be substantially better. Also, I never understand why people make heavy malt fresh hop beers. How about you let the hops stand in the forefront on one of those beers? Lots of caramel on this one.

 

Picked up a bomber from Belmont Station while visiting PDX. I'd been disappointed by a couple of the fresh hop ales I'd had on tap there—too soapy, or not hoppy enough. This beer, however, bad big, bold, bright hops flavors. It's very fruity and juicy, going beyond citrus into what resembles apricot and peaches. The finish, however, just didn't feel that bitter. I mean, I wouldn't mind a little more punch, but I'd still order a second pint if I were enjoying this fine fresh hop ale at a bar. Glad I picked this up.

 

 

 

 

Bomber poured into my large Gulden Draak tulip, HOPpopatamus is auburn with a big bubbled, thin off-white head that leaves very light, scattered lace.

Smell is some woodsy, stemmy hops, a little peanut butter vibe. Fairly pungent, but not a great IPA nose per se. Fairly bitter, some sour citrus.

Taste is rather malty, a firm bitterness, the hops are obviously a bit faded, as a fresh hop, in early November, it's past it's prime, even if it was bought from a cooler at New Seasons. A little dusty hops

Mouthfeel is chewy, oily, medium-heavy bodied.

Drinkability is ok, this is a malty fresh hop IPA that is no longer fresh- that said, I can't judge them to unjustly for buying it late...therefore, I give all scores a plus .5 bias...but it was basically below average across the board.

The 2011 wet hop version of this beer. Sampled the other day at Belmont Station.

The beer pours an orange amber color with good head retention and lacing. The beer looks pretty nice, but it wasn't until I lowered my beak into my glass that I realized just what I was in for.

The nose on this beer is quite impressive, imparting considerable wet tobacco, dank earth and dry citrus. The flavor profile replicates the nose in this excellent IPA, and the finish is quite dry and bitter. The amount of flavor this 6.7% abv. delivers is nothing short of astonishing. Mouthfeel is medium bodied to full, with a long, dank, very bitter finish. Alcohol is well integrated into the flavor profile in this well crafted beer.

This is truly exceptional.... call me very, very impressed.

First Silver Moon beer. Bomber into a Duvel tulip. Copper in color, a nice rocky beige head sits on top. Some minimal lacing looks pretty good.

Some light sweet malts, citrus zest, and grassy hops are delicate in aroma but there none the less.

Big bitter green hops. Tastes like fresh cut grass and sunshine. Very long lingering citrus really coats the tongue. Nice stuff here.

Thin and smooth feel. Soft carbonation keeps it clean but still a little gummy. Sticky lips tell me the hop oils are a little more than usual.

Overall I have to say its pretty solid. Check it out if you have the chance.

Wish I had it on tap, but am enjoying a bottle I grabbed from Bottles NW in NE PDX...

- Nice big fluffy white head down to a large funky ring of lace... and a thin continent over the clear amber copper brew....

- Big citrus and grassy hop notes.. certainly lots of hops going on... riding on a blanket of caramel grain.... light brown sugar...

- Sweet success. Lovely citrus and floral hops with a tea-like quality... balanced perfectly with a light caramel sweet malt... slightly bready, and a touch of biscuit. This is one killer fresh hop brew.

- Medium to light bodied.. slightly sticky, and yet more chewy... drying a bit.

- One of the better Oregon fresh hop brews around. I am glad it was bottled... I kept missing it while it was on tap around PDX.

A: Poured a copperish orange color with good carbonation and a nice white head

S: Citrus and floral notes

T: Some citrus, grains, floral notes and a slickness, sharp hop bite on end but not overly bitter. Just not impressed though

M: Lighter body, almost to thin it seemed.

D: Probably would not recommend or seek out