Hoppin' Cretin IPA
Tofino Brewing Company

Hoppin' Cretin IPAHoppin' Cretin IPA
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From:
Tofino Brewing Company
 
British Columbia, Canada
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.03 | pDev: 7.44%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
71
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 29, 2019
Added:
Sep 22, 2011
Wants:
  6
Gots:
  12
A tawny straw colored IPA with a hop forward nose that gives off an aromatic bouquet of citrus and mango. This beer has been hopped heartily at all stages of the brewing process and packs enough punch to satisfy any fan of the IPA style the West Coast has become known for in recent years. It is lighter in body with an extremely dry finish. There’s no stoppin’ the cretins from hoppin’.

60 IBU
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Ratings by CWVegas:
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Rated by CWVegas from Nevada

3.75/5  rDev -6.9%

May 24, 2014
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

3.77/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Copper with a hint of haze, a swirl of carbonation and a finger of ocher head.

Smells of malts, pineapple and caramel.

Tastes of malts, caramel, a hint of tartness, and a dull bitterness.

Light body with little carbonation.

I got this in Abbotsford BC and am drinking it in Redding, CA.
Aug 29, 2019
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Reviewed by kemoarps from New York

4.07/5  rDev +1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Beautiful golden amber bauble, like the colour of preserved sap. Nice soapy head sits atop and stays pretty for a while. I'm into it.

Nose has sweet caramel supporting some grassy and floral and citrus nectar.

Flavour has some grainy malts but they give way pretty quickly to a thin curtain of those sweeter notes listed above: floral/nectar/almost honey-like sweetness and then the bitter pine finish that dominates the back half. It's definitely the dominant character there, but it's not a punishing bitter, more just a lasting effect.

Body on the small side of medium with fine pinpricks of carbonation that support the flavours nicely.

I dig it.
Feb 27, 2019
 
Rated: 3.95 by IPAnicked from Canada (BC)

Feb 15, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Corson from Canada (AB)

Oct 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.68 by CPAles from Illinois

Jun 25, 2017
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Reviewed by bylerteck from Canada (ON)

4.12/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Classic West Coast. Been a long time since I've had these flavours in an IPA and it's incredibly refreshing to not have straight juice and low bitterness. Well executed.
May 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by BcCraft710 from Canada (BC)

Apr 14, 2017
 
Rated: 3.91 by Graemejw from Canada (AB)

Jan 02, 2017
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Reviewed by HipCzech from California

4.02/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Serving: 650 ml bottle poured into a small nonic glass.

Appearance: Cloudy golden amber with a lush, frothy head of white foam. Lace coats the glass like a fresh snowfall.

Smell: Mellow caramel malts carry resinous and citrus hops. Dank and leathery notes.

Taste: Moderately malty body gives way to fruit, more tropical than citrus. Leafy, earthy and resinous hop flavors abound along with bold bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Medium, slightly oily body with moderate but relatively soft carbonation.

Overall: A nicely bitter and hoppy IPA. Not as fruit forward as some West Coast contemporaries, but with layers of hoppiness it's full, balanced and enjoyable.
Dec 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.96 by Tivlavrie from Canada (AB)

Mar 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Kmat10 from Canada (AB)

Mar 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by imfinished from Canada (BC)

Mar 09, 2016
 
Rated: 3.83 by Slongie from Canada (AB)

Feb 29, 2016
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Reviewed by MAB from Canada (AB)

4.22/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I'm surprised (or maybe not) that no one has yet mentioned the obvious.
The label is the first clue, the name the second clue.
This is a tribute beer, to The Ramones! (Song "Cretin Hop"; label image-- well just google "Ramones logo".

Anyhoo-- this is a very good beer.

It is deep yellow in appearance with a tan-tinged head, that sticks around a good while.
It smells hoppy, and it tastes hoppy. Extremely hoppy. And extremely bitter.
It took a while to drink the full bottle, but I enjoyed every sip.
Feb 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.18 by joemcgrath27 from Canada (AB)

Feb 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by alew_os from Canada (BC)

Feb 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by RandyFlameThrower from Canada (AB)

Feb 04, 2016
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

4.04/5  rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
650ml bottle, part of a quartet of this brewery's offerings that just suddenly showed up on this side of the Continental Divide (Canuck version).

This beer pours a mostly clear, medium copper amber colour, with three fingers of puffy, very loosely foamy, and generally bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some splotchy, way northern hemisphere island group lace around the glass as it lazily subsides.

It smells of mildly dank and resinous pine needles, bready and lightly crackery caramel malt, muddled tropical fruity bubblegum, further red grapefruit and blood orange pith, a bit of that ol' trendy hard water flintiness, and more leafy, weedy, and perfumed floral hop bitterness. The taste is big on the tropical fruit right off the bat - mango, papaya, kiwi, and antipodean white grapes - with some subdued wet pine and domestic citrus essences, grainy and bready caramel/toffee malt, and more generic leafy, weedy, and floral hoppiness.

The bubbles are fairly active in their probing and zippy frothiness, the body a decent middleweight, and surprisingly smooth, the hops taking a pass on peppering my already fully engaged palate. It finishes off-dry, that tropical fruit thing persisting sans a heavy dose of its inherent sweetness, while the other players keep 'er straight and true, avoiding the ditches like the plague.

I'm not altogether certain what a 'hoppin' cretin' is meant to signify - maybe another way of describing hop-hunting hipsters and hippies? At any rate, the fruitiness of the hops here is much appreciated, as it does well to dampen the initially prevalent dank pine character that I would just as well see die an early death, as least as far as craft brewers are concerned.
Dec 20, 2015
Hoppin' Cretin IPA from Tofino Brewing Company
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 71 ratings