HOPSMACK!
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #74 - ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- 97
Ranked #779 - Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 6.88%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 171
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 08, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 09, 2014
- Wants:
- 93
- Gots:
- 111
SCORE
97
World-Class
97
World-Class
First in the series, HOPSMACK! inspired us to launch the TG Hop Patrol Series “palate rescue mission”. Giant aromas of pineapple and tropical fruit jump from this enticingly complex double IPA. True to its name, this brew delivers a heavy smack of dry hops and a double dose of bitterness in the finish.
100 IBU
100 IBU
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Ratings by Hefsbeercaps:
Rated by Hefsbeercaps from Ohio
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 01, 2021
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Apr 01, 2021
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
3.93/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
3.93/5 rDev -9.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
Copenhagen 9/10 2019. 47,3 cl can from Mikkeller Web-shop. The can is featuring Hop flowers and leaves floating around on black background.
Pours hazy, golden yellow with a small white head. Bubbly. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is intense and of fermented sweet fruit in a state of light decay, citrus fruit and lighter hints of alcohol. Peach and Papaya. Caramel. Grape fruit and Lemon. Dry hoppiness.
Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, texture.
Flavor is medium sweet followed by a somewhat stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and slightly boozy. Dry finish.
Fine, intense DIPA with a moderate ABV but a lot of power and flavor.
Aug 08, 2025Pours hazy, golden yellow with a small white head. Bubbly. Settles as thin, patchy layer of foam unable to cover the surface of the beer. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is intense and of fermented sweet fruit in a state of light decay, citrus fruit and lighter hints of alcohol. Peach and Papaya. Caramel. Grape fruit and Lemon. Dry hoppiness.
Light carbonation. Medium thick, oily, texture.
Flavor is medium sweet followed by a somewhat stronger bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and slightly boozy. Dry finish.
Fine, intense DIPA with a moderate ABV but a lot of power and flavor.
Reviewed by LBThiele3382 from Michigan
2.93/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.93/5 rDev -32.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Don't care for these tropical-hazy beers. And when I buy a Double IPA it had better be north of 8%! I paid $18.99 for a 4-pack and was extremely disappointed. A very tame stomachache-in-a-can kind of beer. I know the hazy thing is quite popular right now, but if you're going to have a pricetag like that, you better deliver more than 7.8% ABV. I can get Short's Huma Lupa $10 a six pack, clocking in at 7.7% and doesn't claim to be a double--neither does Elysian Space Dust for that matter @ 8.2%.
Aug 22, 2021
Reviewed by simonrgilbert57 from California
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Toppling Goliath really doesn't miss. This beer looks great, with a bit of an unfiltered look. Smell is fresh and a bit juicy, much like the middlesection of the body. The finish is a bit dryer than the rest of the beer, which is a good change of pace. Overall, a very good beer I'd drink again.
Apr 11, 2021Reviewed by Derptiluderp from Indiana
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 16 oz can. Lots of pineapple scent. Maybe some mango. Minimal lacing. Looks to be full of sediment though and has kicked my sinuses into a frenzy. So I'm surprised this isn't labeled hazy. Just enough malt to make it chewy. But with a nice, dry finish. My sinuses hate it. But it tastes great
Mar 17, 2021
Rated by Paradox1000 from Florida
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Great DIPA! Will write more after a couple more.
Feb 20, 2021
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4.24/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16 FL. OZ. can
Served in a pint glass
This beer pours a hazy orangish yellow color. It is topped with an inch of beige head that leaves some decent lacing.
The smell is citrus. I get orange, melon, and grapefruit.
Tropical fruit and melon upfront. Citrus rushes in the middle. The finish is grapefruit and pine.
Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel
This beer is three months old and is still pretty damn good.
Feb 04, 2021Served in a pint glass
This beer pours a hazy orangish yellow color. It is topped with an inch of beige head that leaves some decent lacing.
The smell is citrus. I get orange, melon, and grapefruit.
Tropical fruit and melon upfront. Citrus rushes in the middle. The finish is grapefruit and pine.
Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel
This beer is three months old and is still pretty damn good.
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