Head Hunter
Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon

 

Deep gold pour, nose of grapefruit and pine. This West Coast style IPA is not shy. Nice opening citrus bite charging straight to pine resin and a nice prolonged hop bitter finish. Not surprising because there's a lot in here--5 hop varieties, 5 malt varieties. If you like your West Coasters aggressive, go Head Hunting.

Dark copper, A little cloudy. Head settles and stays with a bit of rockiness

Smell of pine and orange citrus. Smells like a west coast IPA.

Taste is a great balance of malt and hops. Excellent. Finished with a strong grapefruit taste that then gets backed up with a strong and welcome bitterness that remains on the tongue.

What a great old school IPA. I really like most of their beers and this one is fantastic.

11/9/23 On tap at Caliente Pizza and Draft House in Crafton on our way home from Pittsburgh International after trip to Florida.

Aromas of apricot and pineapple. Pine for sure!

Taste is EXCELLENT! Hop bite overwhelms at first with a subtle sweet lemon peel. Complex with a very good salsa dance of hop and sweet. This is good, no this borders on great!

 

 

 

 

12oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $2.99 plus tax. Canned on 05/15/23, so this beer is almost three months old.

Look: It has a nice orange gold color with a half finger of beige colored head. The beer is fairly clear, however it is unfiltered and there is a slight haziness / chill haze.

Smell: Lots of resinous pine and citrus (grapefruit and orange) notes. Also dried pineapple. This smells really nice, I wouldn't mind wearing fragrance that smelled like this. There's a subtle darker biscuit malt underneath all of the hops. Spicy notes along with some paint thinner. Subtle green bell pepper on the finish. More fruitiness comes through on the nose as I get into it and as the beer warms up. I ultimately get a nice, sweet cantaloupe note along with lots of orange zest.

Taste: Ooooh, this is seriously intense! They weren't kidding when they said "aggressively hopped West-Coast IPA"! It has a bit of that enamel-stripping character that scares you at first and then ultimately endears you. I's actually really nice and while it is very bitter on the finish, it still has very clean flavors on the palate and the bitterness doesn't linger too long. It also has a nice caramel malt character to stand up to the piney, resinous hops and bitterness. So it's actually fairly balanced for such an aggressively hopped beer. Quite impressive and enjoyable.

Feel: It has a medium to medium plus mouthfeel with a bit of chewiness. Very clean.

Overall: It's really good. I kind of liken this beer to a stronger version of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. For such a bitter and resinous beer, it's actually quite drinkable and refreshing! This is just my second Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon beer. Good stuff.

From the website:
HOPS: SIMCOE, CENTENNIAL, MOSAIC, CITRA, CHINOOK
MALT: PALE, C-15, CARAPILS, CARAHELL, WHEAT
YEAST: AMERICAN ALE
BEGINNING GRAVITY: 16.8 PLATO
ENDING GRAVITY: 3.0 PLATO
COLOR: DEEP GOLDEN

Enjoyed a pint with lunch after visiting the Pro Football Hall of Fame 8-9-23 for $5.50.

Beer was served golden orange with a nice white head.

Nose was a nice combination of tropical and citrus fruits.

Taste was new school IPA with a not quite imperial sized malt base that displays nice flavorful hops that give notes of orange, grapefruit, mango, and some strawberry finishing with a nice piney bitterness; 6/10 on my scale.

Mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and refreshing.

Overall a delicious WCIPA, this is dangerously crushable!

 

 

I consulted the top-rated beers list for Ohio on this site before taking a road trip. This beer was #21 on the list, with thousands of reviews, so I had to find some. This is a superior IPA. Nice fresh scent when I first poured it, and lots of foam that lasted. A little hazy, dark amber color. This was hoppy, but I’ve had more intense hop taste; even so, this was delicious. I tasted grapefruit and maybe some orange or lemon. Nice mouth feel. Should have bought more. Next road trip…

 

Poured from a 12 oz can dated 6/23/23 into a pint glass.
L - Pours a medium amber color with a fluffy white head, that dissipates slowly.
S - Smells of pine and citrus.
T - Tastes bitter, citrusy and dank.
F - Medium body and carbonation.
O - Very nice West Coast IPA.

 

 

 

Clear deep gold, nice white head, great retention, rings of lace
Melon, mango, grapefruit, lychee, native grape aroma
Taste follows smell, just enough malt to keep it balanced, nice mid-range sweetness, lingering bitter finish
Medium bodied, clean, appropriately carbonated
This beer is near perfect for a west coast IPA