Be Hoppy | Wormtown Brewery
Brewed by:
Wormtown Brewery
Massachusetts, United States
wormtownbrewery.com
Style: American IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.50%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
2010: Growler fills and taps only.
2011: Growler fills, taps, and 22oz bottles.
2012: Growler fills, taps, and 22oz bottles.
2013: Growler fills, taps, and 22oz bottles. A 60 case (360 4-packs) trial run of 16oz cans was released brewery only on September 18. Due to success, canning to begin in 2014.
2014: Growler fills, taps, 22oz bottles, and 4 pack 16oz cans.
Added by jmerloni on 04-01-2010
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Ratings: 1,416 | Reviews: 182
4.44/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.28/5 rDev +1.2%
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.61/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.1/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.42/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.02/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a softly hazy, almost hefeweizen-like golden blonde. Small head settles down into a thin, laced cap. Very solid.
Aroma leaps out of the glass as soon as the can is cracked. A flash of green hop resin quickly disappears into a deep, funky papaya reek, with noes of under-ripe mango, jasmine, and rambutan. Lovely, tropical, floral. An instant trip to the tropics. You can see how New England brewing got from Harpoon IPA (clearly an inspiration/progenitor) to here.
Taste is more muted than the nose, focusing more on mango and the sweet, mellow flavor of tinned peaches in syrup. A little alcohol flashes through as the beer gets aerated. It is not obnoxious, but the alcohol becomes more prominent as it warms. A little mangosteen in there too, perhaps? This is a lush, smooooooooth, pillow-soft brew. Not getting the citrus advertised on the can, but who needs it? Nice hop burps too, as I drain the glass.
Mouthfeel is slightly softer than it could be, but still nice. Drinkability is hurt a little by the beer's mellow carbonation and alcohol content.
Overall, this is a very nice, very cool beer! A nice stylistic break from the West Coast IPAs I am used to. Would love to see what these folks could do with a session IPA. Once is enough for me, but a good purchase! Recommended.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a softly hazy, almost hefeweizen-like golden blonde. Small head settles down into a thin, laced cap. Very solid.
Aroma leaps out of the glass as soon as the can is cracked. A flash of green hop resin quickly disappears into a deep, funky papaya reek, with noes of under-ripe mango, jasmine, and rambutan. Lovely, tropical, floral. An instant trip to the tropics. You can see how New England brewing got from Harpoon IPA (clearly an inspiration/progenitor) to here.
Taste is more muted than the nose, focusing more on mango and the sweet, mellow flavor of tinned peaches in syrup. A little alcohol flashes through as the beer gets aerated. It is not obnoxious, but the alcohol becomes more prominent as it warms. A little mangosteen in there too, perhaps? This is a lush, smooooooooth, pillow-soft brew. Not getting the citrus advertised on the can, but who needs it? Nice hop burps too, as I drain the glass.
Mouthfeel is slightly softer than it could be, but still nice. Drinkability is hurt a little by the beer's mellow carbonation and alcohol content.
Overall, this is a very nice, very cool beer! A nice stylistic break from the West Coast IPAs I am used to. Would love to see what these folks could do with a session IPA. Once is enough for me, but a good purchase! Recommended.
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4.44/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.49/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
3.77/5 rDev -10.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
4.85/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 5
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 5
4.12/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
3.59/5 rDev -15.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Be Hoppy from Wormtown Brewery
4.23
out of 5
based on 1,416 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25