Hopfenstopfer KAWUMM!
Häffner Bräu

Pours a slightly golden color with a huge, foamy eggshell colored head.

Smells of an intriguing interplay between lime pulp, oranges and unripe papaya with a water melon sweetness to it, showcasing a tropical, hop forward nose throughout.

Tastes of bitter, lemony hops together with a herbal dryness, giving this quite an enjoyable hop forward beginning, together with lighter tones of oranges and a toffee maltiness. This malt balance manages to guide the beer on the palate after its initial impression, adding ripe blueberries, toasty grains and crackers to the palate without losing its bitter bite. Finishes with lychees, sea buckthorn and red currants among a sweeter turning maltiness, which therefore manages to maintain the balance in this, while leading to a surprisingly crisp and gentle aftertaste, with a lasting lime impression.

This is pretty great. It’s a well done old school west coast IPA with a notable malt backbone among an uncompromising, complex in your face hoppiness.