O Holy Hops
Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub
- From:
- Max's Fanno Creek Brew Pub
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.47 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 07, 2007
- Added:
- Dec 07, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Reviewed by ccrida from Oregon
3.47/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev 0%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served in a 10 oz. wine glass, O Holy Hops is a dark bronze with a thin off-white collar, leaving no lace.
Smell is subdued, vinous like fruity malt and some floral hops (EKGs?), but really nothing even approaching IPA in terms of hop aroma - their belgian IPA, which is very nice, had much more aroma.
Taste from the first sip reminds me of some of my earlier homebrews, almost a tad cidery, sugary and not as dry, . As the menu states, big and malty, with a fairly clean, boozy finish. Really reminds me much more of an old ale, with a nice taste of currant. None of the in-your-face PNW hop flavor I'm accustomed to in DIPAs, but very floral and rounded, and enough bitterness on the finish to keep the semi-sweet malt in check. I wouldn't call this an IPA, but style guidelines aside it's not to bad. I suppose this could be called an English style DIPA, if such a thing existed. An interesting change of pace for sure, but not something I'd drink on a regular basis.
Mouthfeel is chewy, with a touch of carbonated creaminess and medium light body for the ABV.
Drinkablity is about average, maybe a tad above. I'm not really scoring any of the categories to style, as this is not a DIPA by my books, but is nevertheless not bad, and drinks more heartily then 8.5%, at least flavor wise. The thinner body and homebrewish quality makes me wonder what adjunct he used to boost the ABV...
Dec 07, 2007Smell is subdued, vinous like fruity malt and some floral hops (EKGs?), but really nothing even approaching IPA in terms of hop aroma - their belgian IPA, which is very nice, had much more aroma.
Taste from the first sip reminds me of some of my earlier homebrews, almost a tad cidery, sugary and not as dry, . As the menu states, big and malty, with a fairly clean, boozy finish. Really reminds me much more of an old ale, with a nice taste of currant. None of the in-your-face PNW hop flavor I'm accustomed to in DIPAs, but very floral and rounded, and enough bitterness on the finish to keep the semi-sweet malt in check. I wouldn't call this an IPA, but style guidelines aside it's not to bad. I suppose this could be called an English style DIPA, if such a thing existed. An interesting change of pace for sure, but not something I'd drink on a regular basis.
Mouthfeel is chewy, with a touch of carbonated creaminess and medium light body for the ABV.
Drinkablity is about average, maybe a tad above. I'm not really scoring any of the categories to style, as this is not a DIPA by my books, but is nevertheless not bad, and drinks more heartily then 8.5%, at least flavor wise. The thinner body and homebrewish quality makes me wonder what adjunct he used to boost the ABV...
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