Hop Fiction Pale Ale
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #977 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,550 - Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 8.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 10, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 19, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.49/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Light golden color with a thin head.
Nice citrusy aroma with notes of lemon peel and tangerines.
Flavor with notes of resin, lemon, lots of melon and white bread. Dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Light to watery body with appropriate carbonation.
Refreshing citrusy APA with green melon and lemony notes. Somewhat thin and one-dimensional.
Nov 20, 2019Nice citrusy aroma with notes of lemon peel and tangerines.
Flavor with notes of resin, lemon, lots of melon and white bread. Dry aftertaste with a decent bitterness.
Light to watery body with appropriate carbonation.
Refreshing citrusy APA with green melon and lemony notes. Somewhat thin and one-dimensional.
Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.11/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.11/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
330ml Can:
This one turned out to be a bit of a strange beer in that it was a modified version of the early Hop Fiction IPA from the brewery but ended up still tasting like an IPA to me really, there was no sign of the malts or sweetness I’d have expected from a pale ale. It was dominated by floral hops and strong citrus flavours that gave it a zesty feel whilst also being quite dry and strongly carbonated. There was some grassy hops and lemon coming through at times and perhaps it turned out a fractional better beer than the original IPA prototype version but it’s almost to close to separate them and I doubt I’d have either beer again; I definitely struggled to tell the difference between the two.
Dec 14, 2018This one turned out to be a bit of a strange beer in that it was a modified version of the early Hop Fiction IPA from the brewery but ended up still tasting like an IPA to me really, there was no sign of the malts or sweetness I’d have expected from a pale ale. It was dominated by floral hops and strong citrus flavours that gave it a zesty feel whilst also being quite dry and strongly carbonated. There was some grassy hops and lemon coming through at times and perhaps it turned out a fractional better beer than the original IPA prototype version but it’s almost to close to separate them and I doubt I’d have either beer again; I definitely struggled to tell the difference between the two.
Reviewed by Vader444 from Scotland
2.88/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.88/5 rDev -22.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Can poured into 2/3 pint glass. Insipid looking pale yellow. White head with reasonable retention. Quite a muted aroma. Flavour profile is odd. Moderate hoppiness with no detectable malt character. Mouthfeel is so-so. Overall a fairly dull experience. Maybe I'm missing something but this is easily the most boring Brewdog beer that I've tried thus far.
Jul 02, 2017
Reviewed by StJamesGate from New York
3.94/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.94/5 rDev +5.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
CAN
Lager gold with steady white cream. 3.75
Lemon, pineapple, and slight dank. 4
Soft dough, big hit of grapefruit sorbet with slight papaya and pineapple. 4
Sugary comeback and grass to end.
Soft, light+, slight oil. 4
Sugared lemon. I’ve got an issue with sweet, low IBU, juicy IPAs that still somehow end up not as drinkable as they should be. And this is like 12th of Never that way. No danger of confusing this with Punk, but a sturdy enough example of what it is. 3.75
May 05, 2017Lager gold with steady white cream. 3.75
Lemon, pineapple, and slight dank. 4
Soft dough, big hit of grapefruit sorbet with slight papaya and pineapple. 4
Sugary comeback and grass to end.
Soft, light+, slight oil. 4
Sugared lemon. I’ve got an issue with sweet, low IBU, juicy IPAs that still somehow end up not as drinkable as they should be. And this is like 12th of Never that way. No danger of confusing this with Punk, but a sturdy enough example of what it is. 3.75
Reviewed by Everydayoff from Thailand
3.86/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.86/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
330ml bottle poured into a teku glass.
Hazy very golden yellow in color, it tops with one finger of frothy white head that stays with decent retention before gradually subsiding to some bubble sheet atop and leaving some lacing patch and spot along the way.
Very tropical aroma of hop, it is reminiscent of melon, mango, pineapple, lychee, passion fruit, as well as citrus, pine, and resin. Malt is there too with notes of bread and sweet caramel.
The taste is well balance with hop forward by its citrus, pine, resin, and all those tropical characters. Malt nicely controls the flavor structure providing its sweetness, bread, and caramel while hop is reintroduced with a touch of just subtle and dry bitterness.
Light body with smooth mouthfeel and some lively crisp carbonation, the feeling is very refreshing with dry and clean finish.
Good APA with really nice tropical profile and very good balance, it is also very easy to drink and proper in any occasion.
Jan 06, 2017Hazy very golden yellow in color, it tops with one finger of frothy white head that stays with decent retention before gradually subsiding to some bubble sheet atop and leaving some lacing patch and spot along the way.
Very tropical aroma of hop, it is reminiscent of melon, mango, pineapple, lychee, passion fruit, as well as citrus, pine, and resin. Malt is there too with notes of bread and sweet caramel.
The taste is well balance with hop forward by its citrus, pine, resin, and all those tropical characters. Malt nicely controls the flavor structure providing its sweetness, bread, and caramel while hop is reintroduced with a touch of just subtle and dry bitterness.
Light body with smooth mouthfeel and some lively crisp carbonation, the feeling is very refreshing with dry and clean finish.
Good APA with really nice tropical profile and very good balance, it is also very easy to drink and proper in any occasion.
Reviewed by vinicole from England
3.65/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pale amber. Thin head. Good lacing.
Citrus hops. Grapefruit and lemon noticeable.
Fruity taste. Some earthiness. Grainy. Moderate bitterness.
Moderate body.
Decent APA.
Jul 15, 2016Citrus hops. Grapefruit and lemon noticeable.
Fruity taste. Some earthiness. Grainy. Moderate bitterness.
Moderate body.
Decent APA.
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