Hop Idol - "Craig" (2020)
Reuben's Brews
- From:
- Reuben's Brews
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.7%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.95 | pDev: 2.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 08, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 29, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Hop Idol 2020 Winner - "Craig" by Alex Kuyper. New England style IPA featuring lots of Riwaka, Simcoe, and Citra. A tropically indulgent hop feast. Based on the winning recipe by two-time Hop Idol winner Alex Kuyper.
Hops: Riwaka™, Simcoe®, Citra®
Hops: Riwaka™, Simcoe®, Citra®
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2020-10-07
16oz can served in a big snifter. Dated 08/17/20. Don't remember where I bought it.
Pours an extremely hazy pale amber with a smallish head. Smell is bright lemon and hop resin.
Taste is tropical, pineapple, both ripe and unripe mango, hop resin drying out at the finish. Maybe some cantaloupe in there, too, which is not usually a flavor I would pick up.
Mouthfeel is medium to thick. Overall, pretty good beer.
Oct 08, 202016oz can served in a big snifter. Dated 08/17/20. Don't remember where I bought it.
Pours an extremely hazy pale amber with a smallish head. Smell is bright lemon and hop resin.
Taste is tropical, pineapple, both ripe and unripe mango, hop resin drying out at the finish. Maybe some cantaloupe in there, too, which is not usually a flavor I would pick up.
Mouthfeel is medium to thick. Overall, pretty good beer.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Smoothly hazy body, peach colored; incredibly dense and rocky white head. Tropical fruit notes in the aroma; yellow-pitted fruits; mango and peach; muted aroma overall. Straight-up oat and biscuit malt base with strong elements of citrus pith; cutting hop bitterness with a citrus edge; old orange and tangerine. Heavy body; pillow-like with a sharp acidic edge; velvety and biting.
Ok, so the aroma (despite being less than three weeks old - PKGD: 08/17/20) lacks presence and power, but the looks are killer and the taste and mouthfeel are top-notch. Excellent stuff...
Sep 12, 2020Ok, so the aroma (despite being less than three weeks old - PKGD: 08/17/20) lacks presence and power, but the looks are killer and the taste and mouthfeel are top-notch. Excellent stuff...
Rated by BEER88 from North Carolina
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Danky and piney in a good way
Sep 05, 2020
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