Hop Strike
Metal Works Brewing
- From:
- Metal Works Brewing
- Indiana, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.33 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 14, 2015
- Added:
- Apr 11, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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Collaboration between Upland, Bloomington Brewing Co, Function, The Tap, and Quaff On.
Hop Strike is a dank India Pale Lager, packed with Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic, Galaxy, Amarillo, and CTZ hops. This almost absurd combination of hops, including some dropped into our hopback from a drone, offers rich tropical aromas and a dank, fruity character. A traditional lager yeast strain and weeks of cold conditioning provide a clean, crisp finish.
Hop Strike is a dank India Pale Lager, packed with Chinook, Cascade, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic, Galaxy, Amarillo, and CTZ hops. This almost absurd combination of hops, including some dropped into our hopback from a drone, offers rich tropical aromas and a dank, fruity character. A traditional lager yeast strain and weeks of cold conditioning provide a clean, crisp finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Beric from Massachusetts
4.33/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.33/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Serving: On tap, 4oz sampler
Served: 9 April 2015
Appearance: Nice golden color, crystal clear, with a solid white head and magnificent lacing.
Aroma: Crazy hop profile in this one- big citrus notes, especially grapefruit and lemon zest, but with a notable resiny pine note as well, with a subtle underlying dankness. Really intriguing.
Taste: Again, huge hop notes overlaid on a standard malt backbone. Not much in terms of malt flavor, but there is a distinctive lager crispness to the beer. Hop flavors are much danker than in the nose, and skewed towards the citrus end of the hop spectrum. This thing has 7 hop varieties in it, but they all work decently together. Nice crisp lager finish lets the bitterness sink in without biting and demands another sip.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Drinkable.
Overall: A marvelous beer from Function, Upland, Quaff On, the Tap, and Bloomington Brewing Cos. A great collaboration and an exceedingly drinkable beer, even if the hop bill is kind of outrageous. Would highly recommend.
Apr 14, 2015Served: 9 April 2015
Appearance: Nice golden color, crystal clear, with a solid white head and magnificent lacing.
Aroma: Crazy hop profile in this one- big citrus notes, especially grapefruit and lemon zest, but with a notable resiny pine note as well, with a subtle underlying dankness. Really intriguing.
Taste: Again, huge hop notes overlaid on a standard malt backbone. Not much in terms of malt flavor, but there is a distinctive lager crispness to the beer. Hop flavors are much danker than in the nose, and skewed towards the citrus end of the hop spectrum. This thing has 7 hop varieties in it, but they all work decently together. Nice crisp lager finish lets the bitterness sink in without biting and demands another sip.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Drinkable.
Overall: A marvelous beer from Function, Upland, Quaff On, the Tap, and Bloomington Brewing Cos. A great collaboration and an exceedingly drinkable beer, even if the hop bill is kind of outrageous. Would highly recommend.
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