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Hops Kill ?
BrewDog
- From:
- BrewDog
- Scotland, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Imperial Red Ale
- ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 10.15%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 23, 2022
- Added:
- Oct 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 2
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Ratings by Zimbo:
Reviewed by Zimbo from Scotland
4.27/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.27/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Newish brew.
Seems like a pretty new take on a style. With virtually no marketing or promotion. Makes me wonder...
From the moment you pop the cap.
There's a dark piercing plummy smell in the bottle even when ice cold but as it warms up not only does it retain these qualities but it gains a beautiful brown sugar quality.
Deep Indian red colour it initially forms a loose tan head when poured but this thins in time despite giving some consistent complex lacing with every sip.
A pleasant dusty dusky element on the tongue leads to just an incredible dryness which is way drier than any martini I have ever experienced. Really coats the tongue too and with a tingle.
It could maybe do with a bit more refinement but that's a very minor complaint when there's some real individualitiy and complexity here to say nothing of the skillful way this is all slotted in together.
Pretty close to outstanding really. Would probably drink it even if it was dispensed from the mouth of wall mounted stag's head. I won't even ask for a glass.
Oct 26, 2011Seems like a pretty new take on a style. With virtually no marketing or promotion. Makes me wonder...
From the moment you pop the cap.
There's a dark piercing plummy smell in the bottle even when ice cold but as it warms up not only does it retain these qualities but it gains a beautiful brown sugar quality.
Deep Indian red colour it initially forms a loose tan head when poured but this thins in time despite giving some consistent complex lacing with every sip.
A pleasant dusty dusky element on the tongue leads to just an incredible dryness which is way drier than any martini I have ever experienced. Really coats the tongue too and with a tingle.
It could maybe do with a bit more refinement but that's a very minor complaint when there's some real individualitiy and complexity here to say nothing of the skillful way this is all slotted in together.
Pretty close to outstanding really. Would probably drink it even if it was dispensed from the mouth of wall mounted stag's head. I won't even ask for a glass.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
4.06/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
330 ml bottle, as BrewDog Hops Kill ? Imperial Red Ale, from Vinmonopolet. ABV is 7.8%. Mahogany coloured beer, moderate but creamy off-white head. Lovely aroma of fruity hops, notes of crushed gooseberries, citrus and tropical fruits, hints of herbs. The flavour is distinctly hoppy throughout, with fruity and piney notes, bitter but not too much. There is also a sufficient malty sweetness to balance the hops. This is one of BrewDog’s better beers.
Jan 23, 2022Reviewed by EmperorBevis from England
3.88/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Notes found from trip to Brewdog bar in Manchester in 2017
Half poured into a tulip shaped glass revealing slightly hazy red coloured body with thick tight off white head
Flavour is slightly sweet, hints of strawberry laces and some balancing bitterness
NIce easy drinker despite the quite high strength
May 25, 2020Half poured into a tulip shaped glass revealing slightly hazy red coloured body with thick tight off white head
Flavour is slightly sweet, hints of strawberry laces and some balancing bitterness
NIce easy drinker despite the quite high strength
Reviewed by woosterbill from Kentucky
4.09/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On-tap at the Brewdog pub in Camden Town. Served in a Lost Abbey style tulip. The chalkboard doesn't beat around the bush, calling this beer Hops Kill Nazis.
A: Clear ruby body under a thin head of ultrafine, fairly sticky foam. Delicate lacing. Nice enough.
S: Big, poweful hoppiness; dank pine and fruity citrus coexist harmoniously, with some mango for good measure. Excellent.
T: Caramel malt starts things off (a little surprisingly, given the purely hoppy aroma), with the fruity hops close behind. Very tropical. Major bitterness and significant booze on the finish. Good, not quite great.
M: Creamy, lively, and a little sticky. Appropriate.
O: The booziness was the one real drawback of this beer, although after more than a week of drinking almost nothing but 4% cask Bitters, the jolt wasn't entirely unwelcome. A good beer.
Cheers!
Apr 01, 2012A: Clear ruby body under a thin head of ultrafine, fairly sticky foam. Delicate lacing. Nice enough.
S: Big, poweful hoppiness; dank pine and fruity citrus coexist harmoniously, with some mango for good measure. Excellent.
T: Caramel malt starts things off (a little surprisingly, given the purely hoppy aroma), with the fruity hops close behind. Very tropical. Major bitterness and significant booze on the finish. Good, not quite great.
M: Creamy, lively, and a little sticky. Appropriate.
O: The booziness was the one real drawback of this beer, although after more than a week of drinking almost nothing but 4% cask Bitters, the jolt wasn't entirely unwelcome. A good beer.
Cheers!
Hops Kill ? from BrewDog
Beer rating:
88 out of
100 with
37 ratings
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