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HopDog BeerWorks
- From:
- HopDog BeerWorks
- Australia
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.71 | pDev: 7.01%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 21, 2016
- Added:
- Jul 29, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
3.97/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.97/5 rDev +7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
India Rye Brown Ale hey? This is stylistically (though it isn’t a BJCP certified style) new territory for me, and it combines two of my favourite beer words: India (as in higher ABV) and rye (that delightful spicy/earthy grain). Now it hasn’t escaped my attention Hennimore that I’ve had a bit of bad luck with HopDog brews of late - out of the 6 beers I’ve had that were infected/spoiled in my 650 reviews 2 of them have been HopDogs (The Pale & Abbey of the Dead). I attribute this to the size of the brewer/batches and what I imagine to be an over-worked under-staffed brewery, however for all their foibles I still think HopDog are one of the best Aussie brewers, woof people, woof!
Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Deep turbid brown body with a 1 inch tan head that won’t quit... least not for a solid minute, soon leaving a nice lace duvet on top. Turbid, i.e. cloudy as hell beers are my favourite - yeast is your friend fellow beer drinker. 8/10.
S: Bold and funky aroma hints the nose with a real wallop! Spicy pepper notes, dark fruits (plum/date/prune), musty yeast and a vinous grape character. Second whiffs all round I say! Touches of caramel and a light chocolate dusting finish off what is a real mouth-watering fragrance. 9/10.
T: This is perhaps the best example of rye in a beer that I’ve had the fortune to taste - BIG pepper/earthy tones upfront lead on to a caramel/choc mid-palate with musty yeast and it finishes off with some light herbal hop bitterness. The flavour is a little less complex than the aroma would suggest but still quite decent. 8/10.
M: Medium bodied, a bit chewy on the mouthfeel, with a light/almost flat carbonation - surprising given that Belgian yeast was used. 7/10.
D: If you want a rye beer that says rye with a capital “R” this is it. Whilst most rye beers I’ve tried over the years have had a slight pepper or earthy note to them this brew is unabashedly rye strong - with a huge bill of 40% rye used this would have been a real bastard to brew but cheers to HopDog for putting its all into a rye beer. Not sure how many times I can fit the word “rye” into a sentence but the above must be some sort of record, better call the Guinness people. I rye-ly recommend this beer [shoot me now someone]. 7/10.
Food match: I’m picturing a medieval banquet of some sort with this rye-driven brew, some roasted venison/boar with sparrow aspic, that sort of thing.
Jan 21, 2016Poured from a 330ml bottle into a Duvel tulip.
A: Deep turbid brown body with a 1 inch tan head that won’t quit... least not for a solid minute, soon leaving a nice lace duvet on top. Turbid, i.e. cloudy as hell beers are my favourite - yeast is your friend fellow beer drinker. 8/10.
S: Bold and funky aroma hints the nose with a real wallop! Spicy pepper notes, dark fruits (plum/date/prune), musty yeast and a vinous grape character. Second whiffs all round I say! Touches of caramel and a light chocolate dusting finish off what is a real mouth-watering fragrance. 9/10.
T: This is perhaps the best example of rye in a beer that I’ve had the fortune to taste - BIG pepper/earthy tones upfront lead on to a caramel/choc mid-palate with musty yeast and it finishes off with some light herbal hop bitterness. The flavour is a little less complex than the aroma would suggest but still quite decent. 8/10.
M: Medium bodied, a bit chewy on the mouthfeel, with a light/almost flat carbonation - surprising given that Belgian yeast was used. 7/10.
D: If you want a rye beer that says rye with a capital “R” this is it. Whilst most rye beers I’ve tried over the years have had a slight pepper or earthy note to them this brew is unabashedly rye strong - with a huge bill of 40% rye used this would have been a real bastard to brew but cheers to HopDog for putting its all into a rye beer. Not sure how many times I can fit the word “rye” into a sentence but the above must be some sort of record, better call the Guinness people. I rye-ly recommend this beer [shoot me now someone]. 7/10.
Food match: I’m picturing a medieval banquet of some sort with this rye-driven brew, some roasted venison/boar with sparrow aspic, that sort of thing.
Reviewed by chogm54 from Australia
3.44/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
330ml bottle poured into tulip
L - dark topsoil brown, opaque, 1cm thick creamy tan head with good retention
S - rye, musty yeast, strong fruity (peach, apricot) esters
T - Big hit of roasted, peppery rye and caramel,very fruity up front (stone fruits). Yeast and moderate hoppy bitterness comes in strong towards the finish. Intense and mixed.
F - medium boided, slightly oily texture, low carbonation (unusual for Hopdog beers). There is a warm booziness to the aftertaste that makes this beer feel like its got a strong ABV.
O - took a while to get used to - flat, roasted rye like a hand pump brown ale but with a huge hop input. Different, and enjoyable overall.
Jul 29, 2015L - dark topsoil brown, opaque, 1cm thick creamy tan head with good retention
S - rye, musty yeast, strong fruity (peach, apricot) esters
T - Big hit of roasted, peppery rye and caramel,very fruity up front (stone fruits). Yeast and moderate hoppy bitterness comes in strong towards the finish. Intense and mixed.
F - medium boided, slightly oily texture, low carbonation (unusual for Hopdog beers). There is a warm booziness to the aftertaste that makes this beer feel like its got a strong ABV.
O - took a while to get used to - flat, roasted rye like a hand pump brown ale but with a huge hop input. Different, and enjoyable overall.
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