Project Hopfisch
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,467 - ABV:
- 7.8%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #8,999 - Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 3.85%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 7
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 02, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 13, 2021
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
The team at Toppling Goliath is passionate about Iowa's waterways. That's why we collaborated with Lua Brewing & Big Grove Brewery to create Project HopFisch. With each batch of Project HopFisch, all three breweries will donate time or funds towards cleaning up & protecting one of Iowa’s most important resources, our water. After all, we can't have beer without water!
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Reviewed by Tsar_Riga from Minnesota
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A - Pours out a deep golden color, tilting toward orange, transparent, with a fat dense off-white head, fading to a thin cap. Lacing is extensive, with larger bubble and fat ropes hanging from the glass.
S - Pine and tropical funk out front, pith and citrus beneath, and a lot of dankness permeating it all.
T - Follows the nose, with a front of sweet tropicality, grassy dank hop notes coming through in the middle, and a pithy bitter bite in the finish.
M - Decent carbonation and solid weight, a bit of resin on the tongue, but a dry scrubbing and alcohol warmth in the close leaves the tongue ready for more. Quite dangerously drinkable.
O - I was somewhat cold on this beer at the start, but a couple drinks and I warmed to it. Well-built DIPA, with West Coast flourishes. A somewhat retro experience in this day and age.
Aug 02, 2025S - Pine and tropical funk out front, pith and citrus beneath, and a lot of dankness permeating it all.
T - Follows the nose, with a front of sweet tropicality, grassy dank hop notes coming through in the middle, and a pithy bitter bite in the finish.
M - Decent carbonation and solid weight, a bit of resin on the tongue, but a dry scrubbing and alcohol warmth in the close leaves the tongue ready for more. Quite dangerously drinkable.
O - I was somewhat cold on this beer at the start, but a couple drinks and I warmed to it. Well-built DIPA, with West Coast flourishes. A somewhat retro experience in this day and age.
Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours cloudy orange/amber with a thick white head. Spotty lacing. Aroma is a faint mix of fruit, tropical and citrus, some dankness. Flavor is bolder than the aroma but follows the nose. Lots of sweet fruit up front, a bit of dank hops in the finish. Feel is medium bodied with ample carbonation. Overall, another fine beer from these folks.
Jul 14, 2025
Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.77/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.77/5 rDev -9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Project Hopfisch porus a darker orangeish color, with a more giant, long-lasting head. The aroma is a hint of dank and melon. The flavor is just a tad light, melon notes. Good body and feel—Overal, a little lighter for TG, and a bit drier with the melon notes.
May 29, 2023
Reviewed by chum_husk from Minnesota
4.4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.4/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle
Slightly hazy orangish. Smells of pine and flowers and slight weed and TONS of grass. The overwhelming impression is summer grass covered in dew. Taste follows along with some tobacco in there... There is also pine and SOME tropical fruits, but it doesn't dominate.. maybe my bottle is old. Super resin, stickily sweet and sour
Jan 18, 2022Slightly hazy orangish. Smells of pine and flowers and slight weed and TONS of grass. The overwhelming impression is summer grass covered in dew. Taste follows along with some tobacco in there... There is also pine and SOME tropical fruits, but it doesn't dominate.. maybe my bottle is old. Super resin, stickily sweet and sour
Reviewed by Beers-es from Virginia
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
On tap, pours a hazy light orange. Nice, dense white head of foam. Smell and taste show citrus, tropical fruits and some resinous pine. Really nice beer.
Sep 10, 2021
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On Tap. Pours a cloudy Golden orange color with with a white head and lacing. Smell is tropical, fruity, and dank. Taste has guava,melon,citrus slime berries and pine. Mouth feel has medium carbonation, sweet more than dry , very juicy .
Aug 28, 2021
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