HBC 438 SMASH
La Cumbre Brewing Co.
- From:
- La Cumbre Brewing Co.
- New Mexico, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.7%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 01, 2018
- Added:
- Apr 14, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by denver10 from New Mexico
3.74/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.74/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
SMASH IPA using a new hop, HBC 438.
Definitely one of the most unique hops i have probably tried, smelled and tasted like coconut. La Cumbre described it as pina colada, which I have never tried so can't make such a comparison. Some bitterness to it, but not too much or tooaggressive. I could see this hop being used in some interesting directions, I am sure rum barrels is an obvious pairing but my vote would be an imperial brown ale with these hops in some bourbon barrels. As for this beer, it was decent but not a personal favorite. I happily enjoyed my pint, wouldn't buy a 4 pack of it though.
Apr 14, 2018Definitely one of the most unique hops i have probably tried, smelled and tasted like coconut. La Cumbre described it as pina colada, which I have never tried so can't make such a comparison. Some bitterness to it, but not too much or tooaggressive. I could see this hop being used in some interesting directions, I am sure rum barrels is an obvious pairing but my vote would be an imperial brown ale with these hops in some bourbon barrels. As for this beer, it was decent but not a personal favorite. I happily enjoyed my pint, wouldn't buy a 4 pack of it though.
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