Hopshot IPA
Beaver Street Brewery & Whistle Stop Cafe

 

 

 

 

 

Maybe not an O'dell Runoff Red, but a nice red IPA. I had it on tap at the brewery in a tall imperial pint glass. A beautiful red mahogany color with a nice foamy head and God lacing. A good red IPA flavor profile with caramel, cinnamon, and a bit of hoppy bitterness. It went great with pizza!

 

 

 

 

 

Good hop beer. Typical american IPA hop notes. Well controlled bitterness zero skunk. I would recommend this to anyone that enjoys an american style IPA. My one critique is that i would like to see a better aromatic. I'd put the IBU at 70-75. They claim 90.

 

 

 

 

 

As the reviewer before me notes, the brewpub refers to this beer as Hop Shot IPA.

It arrives a crystal clear amber color with a decent inner orange glow. The head is off-white and is replaced by a consistent film and decent lacing.
The smell is of sweet pink grapefruit with honeysuckle notes and caramel malt sweetness. The flavor also has grapefruits, but they're more bitter than sweet on the tongue. I also get orange blossoms against a bready backbone. The bitterness is well-controlled. It hits pretty hard but does not linger long in the aftertaste.

It certainly went well with the soft pretzels and spicy beer-laden cheese.

I had this on tap at Beaver Street Brewery. I believe the menu said it was called Hopshot IPA.

Appearance- amber color, thin head

Smell- hops, very nice

Taste- hops, very nice and refreshing

Mouthfeel- medium bodied

Drinkability- I thought this was really good. It was so refreshing.

Pours a deep gold color bordering on turning amber. Small white head. Aroma was that of earthy spicey hops, not floral citrus hops. Flavor was on the bitter side and was not well balanced. Needs more malt to sweeten this beer into an IPA. More like an strong american pale in my opinion than an IPA. It was all bitterness and no flavor. CO2 was good. Very light belgian lacing.