The Hop Strikes Back
Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
- From:
- Franklin's Restaurant, Brewery & General Store
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Black IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.02 | pDev: 4.73%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jan 09, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 28, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jmasher85 from Maryland
3.98/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Crisp and aromatic, with a piney, roasted grainy nose and a taste both sweet and bitter, with an earthy flavor and very lingering bitter finish. Also slightly sour taste almost like a rye ale.
Jan 09, 2016
Reviewed by jacewg from District of Columbia
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Pours a beautiful black with a quickly fading tan-ish head. Looks nice, but doesn't appear to have much carbonation.
Smell: Really nice citrusy hop notes. A touch of roasty, malt backbone. The citrus is the star. Citra hops very prominent in the nose.
Taste: Again very nice. Strong anchoring bitterness. Really nice tropical and citrusy notes. With some roasty, malt-like bitterness and burnt notes as well. Good balance between all of these elements. Drinks very easy for 8%.
Mouthfeel: This is what is keeping this beer from being at the top of the style. This sample was pretty significantly undercarbed. Great flavors that would pop quite a bit more with a little prickliness.
Overall: Great nose, great flavor. A little more carbonation and this beer would be outstanding. As it is, still very good.
Feb 07, 2013Smell: Really nice citrusy hop notes. A touch of roasty, malt backbone. The citrus is the star. Citra hops very prominent in the nose.
Taste: Again very nice. Strong anchoring bitterness. Really nice tropical and citrusy notes. With some roasty, malt-like bitterness and burnt notes as well. Good balance between all of these elements. Drinks very easy for 8%.
Mouthfeel: This is what is keeping this beer from being at the top of the style. This sample was pretty significantly undercarbed. Great flavors that would pop quite a bit more with a little prickliness.
Overall: Great nose, great flavor. A little more carbonation and this beer would be outstanding. As it is, still very good.
Reviewed by dokupe from Maryland
3.81/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Had The Hop Strikes Back on-tap at Franklin's on 1/27/13. It's a Double Black IPA.
Appearance: Dark black with a nice head and lacing. Looks great.
Smell: You can smell the hops a mile away. It had some nice bitter dark chocolate, grapefruit, sweet roasted malt flavors.
Taste: About exactly the same as the nose.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied.
Overall: I enjoyed this Double Black IPA. Not sure I could have too much of it at a time, but I'd have it again. It had some really nice flavors mixed in; a pleasant surprise.
Jan 28, 2013Appearance: Dark black with a nice head and lacing. Looks great.
Smell: You can smell the hops a mile away. It had some nice bitter dark chocolate, grapefruit, sweet roasted malt flavors.
Taste: About exactly the same as the nose.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied.
Overall: I enjoyed this Double Black IPA. Not sure I could have too much of it at a time, but I'd have it again. It had some really nice flavors mixed in; a pleasant surprise.
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