Hop Revolver IPA - Herkules
Stone Brewing

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From:
Stone Brewing
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7.7%
Score:
66
Avg:
2.7 | pDev: 40.37%
Reviews:
45
Ratings:
84
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 13, 2021
Added:
Jan 19, 2018
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  26
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Ratings by BenHoppy:
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Rated by BenHoppy from Michigan

3.85/5  rDev +42.6%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Feb 11, 2018
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Rated: 3.74 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Jan 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.07 by FrancisM12 from New Jersey

Feb 10, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by Kwright from North Carolina

Jan 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.2 by Rockhead from Virginia

Jan 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.25 by sqpat from Washington

Sep 26, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by Barleycorn from Pennsylvania

Aug 10, 2018
 
Rated: 3.13 by Aurascoper from Missouri

Jul 27, 2018
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Rated by JayEH from Pennsylvania

5/5  rDev +85.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
This is my favorite IPA. Good stuff!
Jul 11, 2018
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Reviewed by smcolw from Massachusetts

2.65/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
Decent initial head...some good lasting streaks on the glass. Dirty gold color and clear.

The first smell I pick up is leather along with a strong. I also get some faint apricot. Overall, the smell is definitely off, almost like melting rubber.

The taste is also lacking but nearly as bad as the smell. There's an intensity of the hop that's very dry with that leathery aspect to it. The malt is faint and the hop is completely dominating.

A clear miss.
Jun 30, 2018
 
Rated: 2 by billbeers from Pennsylvania

Jun 21, 2018
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Rated by StonewallSipper from Pennsylvania

3.53/5  rDev +30.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Has a lager aftertasre, no pine and very little citrus, I get malts and a lager aftertaste
Jun 04, 2018
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Reviewed by szmnnl99 from Michigan

1.4/5  rDev -48.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.25
Beer looks fine, aroma of steamed broccoli or gas passed after eating steam broccoli. Tastes like an IPA with tablespoon of garlic and onion salt added. First IPA I've ever drainpoured. I want my money back.
May 29, 2018
 
Rated: 3.17 by hophugger from Virginia

May 28, 2018
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Reviewed by Dodgerfan_33 from Nevada

3.7/5  rDev +37%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
I had to pick up a single one of these after reading all the reviews. I didn’t expect much from it. But I was pleasantly surprised at how much better it actually was.

LOOK: Light golden amber color , not hazy

SMELL: pine, Hops, Citrus and Malt with hints of floral notes.

Taste: The taste was actually quite nice, not to boozy, nice amounts of citrus with a malt backbone and a nice Bitter Finish.

Feel Not to heavy, lightly carbonated

Overall: This beer was actually quite good a Solid B for me. Mine was bottled on 4/25/18. Pretty fresh. I would buy again.
May 28, 2018
 
Rated: 3.26 by Wizzle32 from Pennsylvania

May 27, 2018
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Reviewed by KleiFipps from North Carolina

1.7/5  rDev -37%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5
I hate to have my first review to be a negative one, but I felt compelled to share my thoughts.

If you loved steamed cabbage, boiled broccoli, and/or the taste of a rotting raccoon carcass who just devoured a sunday lunch buffet from a Golden Corral, Well do I have the beer for you!

I truly recommend this beer to any parent who hopes to discourage their child from drinking.
May 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.25 by drstalker from Illinois

May 18, 2018
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Reviewed by Jeremiah777 from Pennsylvania

2.1/5  rDev -22.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
First - I LOVE Stone Brewing. Stone is my "go to" brewery to slake my craving for IPAs. I would rate just about anything they do as 4/5 or 5/5. But this...

Definitely don't judge Stone by this beer, but I have no idea how this passed. It literally smells/tastes like something dead or rotten. Mine was not skunked, all others in the 12 pack (assortment) were great. This was terrible. I'll obviously keep buying Stone. But not until enough time has lapsed for this series of Hop Revolver to get off the shelves.

Sorry for the harsh review Stone, I still love you, and you still get 90% of my beer money.
May 16, 2018
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Reviewed by BrotherEarth from California

1.23/5  rDev -54.4%
look: 4 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1.25
I thought I was crazy. I have had many Stone Brewery beers and 99% have been good beers. I received a few of these Hop Revolver IPAs with Herkules with an assorted pack, I could not believe the taste, aroma and after taste. I actually thought a dead animal had fallen into the wart. Seriously, thought of a dead mouse. I tried all of them, and wow, all the same. I know we all taste and smell thing differently, but this one is just bad to me. I poured all of them down the drain after tasting each one. I really thought something was wrong and was afraid that I might get sick. But after reading all these reviews, I realize it was just a bad tasting batch. Sorry Stone Brewery, I did not mean to be so harsh, but burn the recipe :)
May 09, 2018
Hop Revolver IPA - Herkules from Stone Brewing
Beer rating: 66 out of 100 with 84 ratings