Hazleton Native Pennsylvania IPA
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing

Hazleton Native Pennsylvania IPAHazleton Native Pennsylvania IPA
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From:
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
 
Pennsylvania, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
89
Avg:
3.98 | pDev: 6.78%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
27
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 13, 2021
Added:
Jan 07, 2013
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  1
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Ratings by PhineasMcClintock:
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Rated by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +0.5%

Jan 16, 2013
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.77/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A thanks to the commander of the canquest, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a slightly hazy golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, tropical fruits. Taste is pine, grapefruit, light tropical fruits. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.
Jan 13, 2021
 
Rated: 3.94 by Jut025 from Pennsylvania

Oct 15, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by bundy462 from Texas

Sep 28, 2020
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Reviewed by philbe311 from Pennsylvania

4.08/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Two fingers worth of fluffy bone white colored froth with a rocky top and good retention... The color is a slightly hazed mix of light bronze (towards the top of the glass) and lemony yellow (towards the bottom of the glass)... Some gobs of lacing cling to the sides of the glass... Nose is of sweet mandarin oranges and canned peaches... Flavor profile is a nice balance of bready malts and mild earthy hops with no really sweetness to speak of... The fluffy froth greets the upper lip and sits atop a medium bodied and sturdy offering with a small carbonated bite... Over a really solid and enjoyable IPA... Goes down easily sip after sip after sip....
Sep 12, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by bacher468 from Pennsylvania

Aug 22, 2020
 
Rated: 4.27 by rdoggg from Pennsylvania

Aug 14, 2018
 
Rated: 4.01 by rolltide from Pennsylvania

Jan 28, 2018
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.34/5  rDev +9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I have been trying for a couple of days to get in this review, only to be met with fits & starts. 8=( At last, I am about to add Pizza Boy's Hazleton Native Pennsylvania IPA to The CANQuest (tm)! Believe me, it is not usually this CANplicated.

From the CAN: "Handcrafted in Enola, PA"; "Pizza. Beer. Happy."; "Proudly brewed in Pennsylvania".

I Crack!ed that bad Boy open, but in keeping with recent preferences & in deference to its being housed in a pint CAN, I went with a slow, gentle Glug into the awaiting glass. The CANticipation built as I watched it come out to meet me. I returned its elation with an in-glass swirl that raised just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with decent retention that followed up by leaving me some nice sticky lacing in its wake. We Pennsylvanians stick together! Color was Deep Amber/Light Copper to Copper (SRM = > 13, < 17) with NE-quality clarity & I again thought of Linda Lou, one of the ones who got away. 8=( She was a beauty with hair about this shade. Nose smelled like this hophead's wet dream! It was pungent with hops of every AmeriCAN stripe, from dank pine to grapefruit citrus to the tropical trio. Yum! Mouthfeel was medium-to-full, not quite creamy, but big for an AIPA. What an explosion of hops in my mouth and on my tongue! It was a hopsgasm & I was not quite prepared for it. Man, Terry Hawbaker, the Hazelton native in question, really outdid himself with this one! The tropical fruitiness was prevalent, but the pine and grapefruit held their sweetness in check as the biscuity malt shored up their efforts in an understated, earthy way. This did not have the intense bitterness that usually sends me, but neither did it have a cloying sweetness. Instead, it was evocative of the early EIPAs as they began to bloom and blossom into the modern AIPA. This is how I remember Victory Hop Devil as I first realized that I was a hophead. It was hoppier than most IPAs of the time (~ 20 years ago), but not so hoppy as to be a palate-killer (although I have no problem with that). The relatively low ABV made it an excessively easy beer to drink & soon, I was over halfway through it without even a seCANd glance. Finish was dry, but not biting. I was still getting a good bit of melon & tropical fruits, but at the same time, the other flavors were not being overrun. OMFG! YMMV.
Jan 27, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by caahare from West Virginia

Jan 25, 2018
 
Rated: 3.84 by JMUbrewz from Virginia

Jan 13, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by TLA from Pennsylvania

Jan 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.28 by SteveO419 from Pennsylvania

Jan 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4.4 by reitzbrewing from Pennsylvania

Jan 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4.11 by Gmartin75 from Pennsylvania

Jan 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3.88 by Budlum from Maryland

Dec 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.76 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Dec 19, 2017
 
Rated: 4.09 by Rizzy17 from Pennsylvania

Nov 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.99 by DrBier from Pennsylvania

Jun 17, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kegatron from Pennsylvania

Jul 02, 2013
Hazleton Native Pennsylvania IPA from Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 27 ratings