Hops & Robbers Sucker Punch IPA
Double Trouble Brewing Co.
- From:
- Double Trouble Brewing Co.
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #4,704 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 80
Ranked #36,477 - Avg:
- 3.22 | pDev: 15.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 04, 2021
- Added:
- Mar 21, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
80
Good
80
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by TerryW from Canada (ON)
2.5/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
2.5/5 rDev -22.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.5
Just mindlessly tart without any other redeeming virtue. Drinks like sour apple juice with a bit of a hop finish (if you wait for it). Looks okay and shares some lace. Disappointing up against other variations of the Hops and Robbers brand. Something of a failed experiment to my mind. Not recommended.
Aug 15, 2020
Reviewed by CAMRAhardliner from Canada (ON)
3.89/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev +20.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours cloudy deep gold with a crackly, wispy head. Lactic acidity and herbal, leafy hops in the nose. Green apple sourness, musty barnyard and woody, herbal hops in the taste. The mouthfeel is full bodied with subtle carbonation. Lots of tartness in the long finish.
This is a nice sour IPA, though much more in the sour department than the IPA department. It tastes kettle soured. Tart and refreshing. Worth a try.
Aug 19, 2019This is a nice sour IPA, though much more in the sour department than the IPA department. It tastes kettle soured. Tart and refreshing. Worth a try.
Reviewed by Pmicdee from Canada (ON)
3.42/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
By golly this is a bitter beer. Pours a nice gold colour with a medium sized head. Sour and bitter notes on the smell. The taste is extremely tart and bitter, almost as sour as a sour beer. Not usually my thing, but perhaps on a super hot day, one might be nice.
Nov 20 2021
May 07, 2019Nov 20 2021
Reviewed by taxandbeerguy from Canada (ON)
3.18/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.18/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
473 ml can served cool into a tulip. LCBO purchase for around $3.25 CDN. Best before August 20, 2019.
Appearance - Rich mostly clear golden color with a finger of reasonably long last white head. Some lacing creeps up the edges of the glass.
Smell - English and earthy hops to my nose with a little citrus punch thrown in. A little bit of sweaty gym socks mixed with grapefruit and lemon.
Taste - What the... Tart, with lemon and sour notes all throughout. Sort of some grapefruit and lemon. Kind of reminds me of earthy bitter lemonade, but lacking the crispness of that.
Mouthfeel - Kind of thick and sticky with this palate drying finish, it's kind of weird but not really in a good way.
Overall - Not sure what the plan was here, but it's more sour beer than IPA and I guess the plan was to have the lemon kind of act as an intermediary between the styles. Whatever doesn't work for me and I doubt it will work for many others. Glad I didn't pick up a second can.
Apr 19, 2019Appearance - Rich mostly clear golden color with a finger of reasonably long last white head. Some lacing creeps up the edges of the glass.
Smell - English and earthy hops to my nose with a little citrus punch thrown in. A little bit of sweaty gym socks mixed with grapefruit and lemon.
Taste - What the... Tart, with lemon and sour notes all throughout. Sort of some grapefruit and lemon. Kind of reminds me of earthy bitter lemonade, but lacking the crispness of that.
Mouthfeel - Kind of thick and sticky with this palate drying finish, it's kind of weird but not really in a good way.
Overall - Not sure what the plan was here, but it's more sour beer than IPA and I guess the plan was to have the lemon kind of act as an intermediary between the styles. Whatever doesn't work for me and I doubt it will work for many others. Glad I didn't pick up a second can.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.1/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
3.1/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
473 mL can from the LCBO; best before Aug 20 2019 and served slightly chilled.
Pours a slightly hazy blonde-yellow colour, with one finger of foamy white head initially situated atop. It settles off within the next few minutes, as it's soon reduced to a creamy, quarter-inch cap and collar that stick around indefinitely. Great lacing; looks fabulous in the glass, though I can't say the aroma has me all too excited. It's very sour/acidic, with lemon immediately coming to mind, followed up by secondary notes of pineapple, peach and gritty, grainy malts. There's kind of a 'stinky feet' thing going on, too, but it's subtle.
Whoa there - I'd say this one is in need of reclassification (to wild ale), because it's about 80-90% sour and only 10-20% IPA. Right off the bat, tart, lemony acidity assaults the taste buds from every angle, and remains the dominant force throughout the sip. Beyond that, I'm detecting hints of tropical (passion?) fruit and stone fruit, with only a gritty grain flavour coming through to provide the barest of background presences. The back end of the sip is where the wheels really fly off the wagon... I don't mind the grassy, pithy hop bitterness, but there's also an unappealing, um, pukiness (for lack of a better term) that shows up in the aftertaste. I'm sure some folks will be able to tolerate this aspect better than I was, but for me it nearly ruined the experience. Light in body, with middling carbonation levels that start off fairly zippy, but soften considerably as you make your way through the glass.
FInal Grade: 3.1, a mediocre C+. I would not consider Double Trouble's first foray into sour beer to be particularly successful. Allow me to elaborate - I enjoy sours when they're done right, but this is the second can of Sucker Punch IPA I've sampled in as many weeks, and both times it was a struggle to just get through the serving. I did finish them, of course, but only because I'm stubborn. The main issue for me was the aftertaste, which I simply couldn't get past - the front end of the sip is actually reasonably tasty. I mean, try it for yourself I guess - maybe it won't bug you nearly as much as it bugged me - but personally, I doubt I'll be back.
Apr 16, 2019Pours a slightly hazy blonde-yellow colour, with one finger of foamy white head initially situated atop. It settles off within the next few minutes, as it's soon reduced to a creamy, quarter-inch cap and collar that stick around indefinitely. Great lacing; looks fabulous in the glass, though I can't say the aroma has me all too excited. It's very sour/acidic, with lemon immediately coming to mind, followed up by secondary notes of pineapple, peach and gritty, grainy malts. There's kind of a 'stinky feet' thing going on, too, but it's subtle.
Whoa there - I'd say this one is in need of reclassification (to wild ale), because it's about 80-90% sour and only 10-20% IPA. Right off the bat, tart, lemony acidity assaults the taste buds from every angle, and remains the dominant force throughout the sip. Beyond that, I'm detecting hints of tropical (passion?) fruit and stone fruit, with only a gritty grain flavour coming through to provide the barest of background presences. The back end of the sip is where the wheels really fly off the wagon... I don't mind the grassy, pithy hop bitterness, but there's also an unappealing, um, pukiness (for lack of a better term) that shows up in the aftertaste. I'm sure some folks will be able to tolerate this aspect better than I was, but for me it nearly ruined the experience. Light in body, with middling carbonation levels that start off fairly zippy, but soften considerably as you make your way through the glass.
FInal Grade: 3.1, a mediocre C+. I would not consider Double Trouble's first foray into sour beer to be particularly successful. Allow me to elaborate - I enjoy sours when they're done right, but this is the second can of Sucker Punch IPA I've sampled in as many weeks, and both times it was a struggle to just get through the serving. I did finish them, of course, but only because I'm stubborn. The main issue for me was the aftertaste, which I simply couldn't get past - the front end of the sip is actually reasonably tasty. I mean, try it for yourself I guess - maybe it won't bug you nearly as much as it bugged me - but personally, I doubt I'll be back.
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