Hopyard Dog
Pale Horse Brewing Company
- From:
- Pale Horse Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.57 | pDev: 11.76%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 27
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 24, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 18, 2009
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
82
Good
82
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island
3.65/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.65/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 22oz bottle into a mug glass.
A: The beer is a bright amber color, with a large off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick but spotty lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains floral hops, citrus and caramelized malts.
T: The taste starts out with sweet flavors of citrus and caramel. Then a strong but not over-powering hops bitterness comes in. The malt character is hearty but not too heavy; however there isn’t the same kind of balance you get from the better beer in the style. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: A little crisp and a little smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, decent representation of style, it’s a solid beer but there are several other IPA’s that I would select before this one.
Aug 31, 2012A: The beer is a bright amber color, with a large off-white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick but spotty lace on the glass.
S: The aroma contains floral hops, citrus and caramelized malts.
T: The taste starts out with sweet flavors of citrus and caramel. Then a strong but not over-powering hops bitterness comes in. The malt character is hearty but not too heavy; however there isn’t the same kind of balance you get from the better beer in the style. The after-taste is slightly sweet.
M: A little crisp and a little smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.
O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, decent kick, decent representation of style, it’s a solid beer but there are several other IPA’s that I would select before this one.
Reviewed by RonfromJersey from New Jersey
3/5 rDev -16%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -16%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
$6.99 bomber from Rutherford Wine.
Dull copper body, excellent clarity. Three fingers of highly whipped snow white foam. Drippy random lace.
Light citric orange nose. Needs a deep sniff.
Dulled semi-sweet caramel begins the taste. Slight fruit. Bitter bite at swallow and a tingle follows. No highlights, all sorta dull.
Medium mouthfeel is satisfactory.
Nothing really wrong, but nothing really interesting. Best thing is the picture of the dog on the label. Pass.
Jun 17, 2012Dull copper body, excellent clarity. Three fingers of highly whipped snow white foam. Drippy random lace.
Light citric orange nose. Needs a deep sniff.
Dulled semi-sweet caramel begins the taste. Slight fruit. Bitter bite at swallow and a tingle follows. No highlights, all sorta dull.
Medium mouthfeel is satisfactory.
Nothing really wrong, but nothing really interesting. Best thing is the picture of the dog on the label. Pass.
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
2.58/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.58/5 rDev -27.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
A: Hopyard pours a dirty orange with a translucent nature. Within lies a light and lazy display of carbonation, on top a creamy light tan head that was foamy, stayed a bit, and left only a modest calling card on the vessel for lace.
S: Faint hoppiness, sweet caramel, orange blossom, and dried vegetation. Not even pale ale strength here much less ipa with an aroma of dried weeds.
T: Lemony-pine hops mix with a sweet caramel grain touch upfront. Buttered crossiant with some floral notes appear in the middle. Hopped well for an ipa, just it seems like a mesh-mash flavor wise, not clearly defined, homogenous and just not very tasty. Grapefruit caramel jucie sweetness ends with a dry and bitter flowery vegetative finish.
M: Medium body, creamy textured, softly carbonated.
O: Not very tasty over-all. Lacks crispness and the hop palate is a wreck, everything clashing into a muddled mess. Hopyard dog is a junkyard dog with a dirty flavor, mutt hop complexity and lacks a clear defined flavor that will make me never consider buying this again. Avoid.
May 20, 2012S: Faint hoppiness, sweet caramel, orange blossom, and dried vegetation. Not even pale ale strength here much less ipa with an aroma of dried weeds.
T: Lemony-pine hops mix with a sweet caramel grain touch upfront. Buttered crossiant with some floral notes appear in the middle. Hopped well for an ipa, just it seems like a mesh-mash flavor wise, not clearly defined, homogenous and just not very tasty. Grapefruit caramel jucie sweetness ends with a dry and bitter flowery vegetative finish.
M: Medium body, creamy textured, softly carbonated.
O: Not very tasty over-all. Lacks crispness and the hop palate is a wreck, everything clashing into a muddled mess. Hopyard dog is a junkyard dog with a dirty flavor, mutt hop complexity and lacks a clear defined flavor that will make me never consider buying this again. Avoid.
Reviewed by Gavage from Nevada
3.88/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: pours a clear orange color with a one finger head. Some mild lacing develops during the session.
Smell: some floral and earthy hop bitterness rises from the glass.
Taste: caramel, orange, some pear, a bit of earthy tones, and a decent bitterness create a well balanced IPA.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer. Lightly crisp from start to finish. Short lasting aftertaste.
Overall: an easy to drink IPA that is tasty and is refreshing. Worthy of a try.
Apr 01, 2012Smell: some floral and earthy hop bitterness rises from the glass.
Taste: caramel, orange, some pear, a bit of earthy tones, and a decent bitterness create a well balanced IPA.
Mouthfeel: medium bodied beer. Lightly crisp from start to finish. Short lasting aftertaste.
Overall: an easy to drink IPA that is tasty and is refreshing. Worthy of a try.
Reviewed by EspressoGuy from Canada (BC)
4.05/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: golden with orange hues
S:subdued but appealing grapefruit, tangerine. maltiness also evident.
T: big rich, fresh, complete and balanced right through to the end. Bitterness nicely supports not dominates. Hops and malt integrate nicely. Alcohol is 7.2% which is usually too high for my taste but I'm surprised how well it fits with this beer.
M: fresh, full
O: a very nice IPA that I would certainly buy again. I'll look to try it on tap to compare.
Mar 20, 2012S:subdued but appealing grapefruit, tangerine. maltiness also evident.
T: big rich, fresh, complete and balanced right through to the end. Bitterness nicely supports not dominates. Hops and malt integrate nicely. Alcohol is 7.2% which is usually too high for my taste but I'm surprised how well it fits with this beer.
M: fresh, full
O: a very nice IPA that I would certainly buy again. I'll look to try it on tap to compare.
Reviewed by AlexanderSelby from Maine
2.64/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
2.64/5 rDev -26.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Fine, hazy light tangerine look with a solid head. Smells very nice with an abundance of bright herbs and fruit. Taste is intense. An absolute hop bomb with an almost intolerable bitterness on the finish, but the opening grassy/orange hop and malt combo is on point.
For my taste, simply to much power with bittering hops. I was struggling to get through the bomber, and simply did not find the experience reasonable. In the grand scheme of hop bombs, though, the flavor of this one is pleasant and grassy-orangy, but this simply is not my kind of IPA.
Nov 28, 2011For my taste, simply to much power with bittering hops. I was struggling to get through the bomber, and simply did not find the experience reasonable. In the grand scheme of hop bombs, though, the flavor of this one is pleasant and grassy-orangy, but this simply is not my kind of IPA.
Reviewed by beer2day from North Carolina
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Dark gold with 2 finger fine bubbled light cream head. Plenty of retention and thick, chewy lace.
Pine and herbal hops along with biscuit malt sum up the nose. Pleasant, but somehow incomplete. Wanted to go higher than a 4 here, but just could not.
Maybe the taste tells me why. Lots of herbal, sweet, grassy hop flavor, but at the cost of a tinny aftertaste. Would like to know if the bottle was old, but no date present. Lots of biscuit malt here too, a little much for my taste.
Feel is about right for the style. No resin or oil, just appropriately thick for the malt and herbal hop character.
Lots of room for improvement here. Has the ability to be a pretty good beer, just raw and unfinished.
Oct 15, 2011Pine and herbal hops along with biscuit malt sum up the nose. Pleasant, but somehow incomplete. Wanted to go higher than a 4 here, but just could not.
Maybe the taste tells me why. Lots of herbal, sweet, grassy hop flavor, but at the cost of a tinny aftertaste. Would like to know if the bottle was old, but no date present. Lots of biscuit malt here too, a little much for my taste.
Feel is about right for the style. No resin or oil, just appropriately thick for the malt and herbal hop character.
Lots of room for improvement here. Has the ability to be a pretty good beer, just raw and unfinished.
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