Hop Hiker IPA
Blowing Rock Brewing Co.
- From:
- Blowing Rock Brewing Co.
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.7 | pDev: 6.22%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 08, 2019
- Added:
- Oct 10, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
A massively hopped IPA with expressions of tropical fruit and nuances of citrus and pine. Medium body with mild bitterness and a clean hop finish.
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Reviewed by Buckeye55 from North Carolina
4.1/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Got this at tw in Winston -Salem today. It show's retired but it is not. It is a fine example of what an IPA should be. Drink this beer and you'll be happy
Mar 08, 2019
Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.53/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a relatively clear golden amber in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and faint copper + apricot highlights. The beer has a two finger tall sudsy foamy off-white head that reduces to a medium sized patch of medium thick film (made up of larger bubbles) surrounded by a thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate aromas of pine, herbal, tropical/pineapple, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops over the top of light aromas of biscuit and toasted malts.
T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of biscuit and toasted malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by moderate flavors of pine, herbal, tropical/pineapple, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops which imparts a moderate amount of bitterness which fades away fairly quickly.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: Decent but a little too much bittering from the hops and not quite enough aroma/flavor coming from them. Enjoyable but not great.
Mar 27, 2016S: Moderate aromas of pine, herbal, tropical/pineapple, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops over the top of light aromas of biscuit and toasted malts.
T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of biscuit and toasted malts with a light amount of caramel sweetness. That is followed by moderate flavors of pine, herbal, tropical/pineapple, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops which imparts a moderate amount of bitterness which fades away fairly quickly.
M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.
O: Decent but a little too much bittering from the hops and not quite enough aroma/flavor coming from them. Enjoyable but not great.
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