Hop Mess Monster V2.0
Hart & Thistle
- From:
- Hart & Thistle
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.55 | pDev: 4.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 27, 2013
- Added:
- Jun 18, 2011
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by tbadiuk from Canada (MB)
4.77/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
4.77/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
My 500ml pop top bottle also came the way of cjbmcdon (Thanks Chris!).
I'll dispense with the usual verbosity and just say this stuff was pure-amazing. It tasted like pure, raw, (hop) Nectar-of-the-Gods. In all the (D)IPA's I have ever tried, I have never experienced one quite like this. Four of us split the bottle and we agreed that this was to hops what bourbon country stout is to bourbon -bal beers. Pure, smack you in the face hops goodness. Stellar beer, would like to be able to sample this on a regular basis. Warning: Our next beer after this one was Cascade Kriek. As one fellow taster put it, the Cascade tasted like cherry 7-up in comparison, as a follow up. Our paletes were completely destroyed by the intensity of the hops in this one. It took a little while before we could taste things properly again, and everything in the world stopped being 'bland' in comparison.
Jul 24, 2011I'll dispense with the usual verbosity and just say this stuff was pure-amazing. It tasted like pure, raw, (hop) Nectar-of-the-Gods. In all the (D)IPA's I have ever tried, I have never experienced one quite like this. Four of us split the bottle and we agreed that this was to hops what bourbon country stout is to bourbon -bal beers. Pure, smack you in the face hops goodness. Stellar beer, would like to be able to sample this on a regular basis. Warning: Our next beer after this one was Cascade Kriek. As one fellow taster put it, the Cascade tasted like cherry 7-up in comparison, as a follow up. Our paletes were completely destroyed by the intensity of the hops in this one. It took a little while before we could taste things properly again, and everything in the world stopped being 'bland' in comparison.
Reviewed by wordemupg from Canada (AB)
4.64/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.64/5 rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
500ml pop top sent out West by cjbmcdon poured into tulip 17/6/11
A glows orange and lacks clarity for sure looks a little thick, a dense thumb's width of cream colored foam hangs around for a couple minuets leaving only a few patches of lace.
S huge tropical notes, guava, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit and a little lemon rind mingle with a pine burst. This one has a massive nose that I could smell all day
T a little earthy hops and some very faint caramel to go on top of what I smell, the flavors just a little less potent then the smell but still awesome, 9.2% ya say? I wouldn't question someone if they told me it was 4% booze, I taste no booze just feel it
M not many people would enjoy something with this much bite but I did, I doubt many people would enjoy a beer that turns their tongue and lips to sandpaper but I loved it, I'm not sure how I feel about tasting this beer tomorrow when I wake up but I have a feeling this is something I'll need to cope with, (I'll edit how I felt about it tomorrow mourning)
O This one lives up to its name for sure, a hop mess with very little balance and I just don't care because I'm loving the hop bomb this one delivers
I'm surprised that I'm the one adding this to the site considering I'm in Alberta reviewing it not Nova Scotia, so I feel quite special as a result. This is a hop overkill without doubt but not to the extent I thought it would be at 1066IBU's, It's ridiculous but not quite to the level that I expected. Thanks NASH for brewing this Monster and Chris for sending it out West
Jun 18, 2011A glows orange and lacks clarity for sure looks a little thick, a dense thumb's width of cream colored foam hangs around for a couple minuets leaving only a few patches of lace.
S huge tropical notes, guava, tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit and a little lemon rind mingle with a pine burst. This one has a massive nose that I could smell all day
T a little earthy hops and some very faint caramel to go on top of what I smell, the flavors just a little less potent then the smell but still awesome, 9.2% ya say? I wouldn't question someone if they told me it was 4% booze, I taste no booze just feel it
M not many people would enjoy something with this much bite but I did, I doubt many people would enjoy a beer that turns their tongue and lips to sandpaper but I loved it, I'm not sure how I feel about tasting this beer tomorrow when I wake up but I have a feeling this is something I'll need to cope with, (I'll edit how I felt about it tomorrow mourning)
O This one lives up to its name for sure, a hop mess with very little balance and I just don't care because I'm loving the hop bomb this one delivers
I'm surprised that I'm the one adding this to the site considering I'm in Alberta reviewing it not Nova Scotia, so I feel quite special as a result. This is a hop overkill without doubt but not to the extent I thought it would be at 1066IBU's, It's ridiculous but not quite to the level that I expected. Thanks NASH for brewing this Monster and Chris for sending it out West
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