Hop Disciples - Callista Hops
Great Divide Brewing Co.
- From:
- Great Divide Brewing Co.
- Colorado, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 14.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 25, 2019
- Added:
- Jan 27, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Hop Disciples – Rotating Hop Project takes a bright, clean IPA and puts a different hop variety at the forefront of the sensory experience every year. The 2019 release features Callista, which showcases floral and tropical notes with hints of citrus and pine. Hop Disciples may look tough on the outside, but with its golden blonde hue and approachable ABV, we promise it’s a lover not a fighter.
AVAILABLE: Jan-April | SIZES: 6 pack, 15.5 gal and 5 gal kegs
FOOD PAIRINGS: Chicken curry with basil and cashews, warm Brie on French bread with balsamic reduction, white chocolate chip cookies
AVAILABLE: Jan-April | SIZES: 6 pack, 15.5 gal and 5 gal kegs
FOOD PAIRINGS: Chicken curry with basil and cashews, warm Brie on French bread with balsamic reduction, white chocolate chip cookies
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Reviewed by UWDAWG from Washington
3.44/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a IPA glass.
Look- Pale gold, hazy, visible particulate sediment, above average lacing and head retention.
Smell- Bready, pine.
Taste- Bready, pine, slight melon.
Feel- Between light and medium body, average carbonation.
Oct 25, 2019Look- Pale gold, hazy, visible particulate sediment, above average lacing and head retention.
Smell- Bready, pine.
Taste- Bready, pine, slight melon.
Feel- Between light and medium body, average carbonation.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
4.18/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +18.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can dated 1-22-19 into pint glass. Pours a hazy golden amber with a modest but persistent off-white head. Initial impression is peach, and passionfruit, with a touch of grapefruit, orange, and maybe mango. Mouthfeel is medium, as is carbonation. Finish is smooth and somewhat sweet. Very enjoyable - my first callista IPA and a good 'un!
Jul 29, 2019
Reviewed by beersampler6 from Michigan
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Quite a nice, bright, crisp IPA from a great reliable brewery. Pours a nice slightly darker golden color with some nice fluffy white head and spotty lingering lacing. Smells of some light pine and citrus hops with a little malt, caramel and floral hops at the end. Taste follows the nose - and the citrus mainly consists of grapefruit, orange, lemon, tangerine and pineapple. Crisp, flavorful but not as fruity or juicy or sweet as I would have liked. Also lacked a little depth. Clean, crisp, mild, slightly thin mouthfeel and decent carbonation. Not bad, I just expected a little more from Great Divide.
May 21, 2019
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.15/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.15/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
CAN nabbed for $0.99 at Total Wine & More, Austin, TX:
Peach, sap, floral notes, melon, stonefruit, berry. It's an interesting hop profile, but this drinks far more like a pale ale in terms of hop pungency than it does an IPA proper. A hint of orange.
Lacks the bold pungent hop profile it really needs to stand out against the best IPAs out there (even just comparing it to others from Colorado alone), but it's drinkable enjoyable fare for what it is. Has an uncommon hop profile, which is a selling point these days.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Apr 26, 2019Peach, sap, floral notes, melon, stonefruit, berry. It's an interesting hop profile, but this drinks far more like a pale ale in terms of hop pungency than it does an IPA proper. A hint of orange.
Lacks the bold pungent hop profile it really needs to stand out against the best IPAs out there (even just comparing it to others from Colorado alone), but it's drinkable enjoyable fare for what it is. Has an uncommon hop profile, which is a selling point these days.
C+ / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by Bitterbill from Wyoming
3.08/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
3.08/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.75
Canned February 13th 2019.
It pours a hazy orange gold with a very healthy head of foam and lacing.
I smell melon, oranges, flowery hop notes, bread and sweet malt.
The taste, unfortunately, reflects less of the hops character and more of an older malt character. You know, when an IPA has been sitting on a warm shelf for too long; that's the case here.
Orange zest and melon are there but muted. It's not my cup of tea as is.
Mouthfeel good.
That's the chance that I take when building my own 6pack...
Apr 23, 2019It pours a hazy orange gold with a very healthy head of foam and lacing.
I smell melon, oranges, flowery hop notes, bread and sweet malt.
The taste, unfortunately, reflects less of the hops character and more of an older malt character. You know, when an IPA has been sitting on a warm shelf for too long; that's the case here.
Orange zest and melon are there but muted. It's not my cup of tea as is.
Mouthfeel good.
That's the chance that I take when building my own 6pack...
Reviewed by girafarig from Pennsylvania
2.29/5 rDev -35.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
2.29/5 rDev -35.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.25
From a can (canned 12/17/2018). Nice amber hue, deep. Aroma is sweet, malty, toasty. Up front you're hit with what tastes like a lager with a hint of hops. The bitterness disippates immediately and you're left with a wet, malty finish. The carbonation is super fine.
I'm not a fan.
Feb 22, 2019I'm not a fan.
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
3.89/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap. Poured out a clear, orange/amber color with a small, off-white head of foam. It smelled of citrus, pine and toasted caramel. Sweet citrusy taste with a toasted caramel finish.
Feb 22, 2019
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