Hop Star Extra Pale Ale
Thunder Road Brewing Company
- From:
- Thunder Road Brewing Company
- Australia
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.85 | pDev: 15.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 27, 2015
- Added:
- Dec 05, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ddaedalus from New Zealand (Aotearoa)
4.71/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.71/5 rDev +22.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Autumn/ copper hue. Suprising clarity. Head retention OK.
Substantial hop aroma for a XPA. Sweet malt/toffee and slight pear ester notes just manage to hold their own amongst a huge aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, specifically passion fruit, pineapple, and mango.
Taste backs up the aroma, balance between body and sweet caramel malt and hops is good. Tropical fruits and citrus still very evident. Slight pine/pepper finish. Bitterness surprisingly smooth considering the hop flavours, but lingers with a crisp bite.
The XPA style is very hard to judge as it is so open to interpretation; Thunder Road firmly establish what they believe an XPA should be; hop driven but balanced so as to not overwhelm. Refreshing and satisfying
Feb 22, 2015Substantial hop aroma for a XPA. Sweet malt/toffee and slight pear ester notes just manage to hold their own amongst a huge aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, specifically passion fruit, pineapple, and mango.
Taste backs up the aroma, balance between body and sweet caramel malt and hops is good. Tropical fruits and citrus still very evident. Slight pine/pepper finish. Bitterness surprisingly smooth considering the hop flavours, but lingers with a crisp bite.
The XPA style is very hard to judge as it is so open to interpretation; Thunder Road firmly establish what they believe an XPA should be; hop driven but balanced so as to not overwhelm. Refreshing and satisfying
Reviewed by laituegonflable from Australia
3.44/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.44/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Pours a champagney colour, white foamy head, sticks around alright. Looks like a pretty standard Australian pale ale.
Smells... surprising. Malty base with a touch of caramel and loads of lovely hop notes - appear, pear and passionfruit giving a big tropical tang. Nicely grounded with lovely hop notes. You've surprised me, Thunder Road.
Taste is more subdued. Again nice caramel malt base, with lots of tropical fruit notes, plenty of passionfruit and apple characters. Not much on the finish and certainly not a lot of bitterness. Bit tangy and quite pleasant, but ultimately a bit of a non-event.
Decent body, slight carbonation. Not bad.
Definitely the best Thunder Road beer I've had. Such as it is, this is definitely their most interesting and drinkable brew.
Dec 05, 2013Smells... surprising. Malty base with a touch of caramel and loads of lovely hop notes - appear, pear and passionfruit giving a big tropical tang. Nicely grounded with lovely hop notes. You've surprised me, Thunder Road.
Taste is more subdued. Again nice caramel malt base, with lots of tropical fruit notes, plenty of passionfruit and apple characters. Not much on the finish and certainly not a lot of bitterness. Bit tangy and quite pleasant, but ultimately a bit of a non-event.
Decent body, slight carbonation. Not bad.
Definitely the best Thunder Road beer I've had. Such as it is, this is definitely their most interesting and drinkable brew.
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