Liquid Hoptimism
Half Full Brewery
- From:
- Half Full Brewery
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 3.94 | pDev: 12.18%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 10
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 30, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2016
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 11
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
A big, juicy Double IPA, this beer is packed with Citra and Centennial hops that delight from start to finish with tropical notes of passion fruit, citrus and grapefruit. Brewed to inspire, Liquid Hoptimism is a colorful kaleidoscope of dreamy hoppy goodness that just might go straight to your head. Keep cold, drink fresh and enjoy!
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Reviewed by Billolick from New York
4.05/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Tall can, stamped w/best before 10/1/20.
Pours out with a less then moderate haze, Amber, with an orangish hue, moderate head and minimal lace left on the glass.
Muted herbal and fruity nose.
Tasty and complex DIPA, with soft stone fruit, citric, herbal and tea infused notes...understated and nicely crafted. Worth a try....
May 30, 2020Pours out with a less then moderate haze, Amber, with an orangish hue, moderate head and minimal lace left on the glass.
Muted herbal and fruity nose.
Tasty and complex DIPA, with soft stone fruit, citric, herbal and tea infused notes...understated and nicely crafted. Worth a try....
Reviewed by Crentist from Connecticut
2.99/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.99/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Who is rating this up to almost 4? Completely mediocre, sticky sweet froot loops IPA. Just like every other amateur IPA on the shelf being passed over for the good stuff. Hard pass.
Jul 21, 2018
Reviewed by gcamparone from Rhode Island
3.42/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -13.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 16oz can into a pint glass. 11/09/17 canning date.
Pours a pretty clear amber body with a frothy off-white head that reduces to leave good lacing and retention.
Aromas are resinous and hoppy with a lot of malt. Taste is piney, resinous hops with a bit of sweetness, floral and a little soapy. Easy drinker for 8.5%.
Jan 02, 2018Pours a pretty clear amber body with a frothy off-white head that reduces to leave good lacing and retention.
Aromas are resinous and hoppy with a lot of malt. Taste is piney, resinous hops with a bit of sweetness, floral and a little soapy. Easy drinker for 8.5%.
Reviewed by Ada_Ace from Connecticut
4.34/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was a nice surprise. Chose it on tap at Catsup and Mustard as it was onle of the only IPAs this season and it is delicious.
Almost too sweet and drinkable. Lighlty malty with little to no bitterness. Im drawn to more earthy tastes but this one is surprisingly drinkable for the sweetness. Almost copper look with light off-white head and sweet smell, (maybe even floral).
Worth a try hands down, I will definitely order another.
Oct 12, 2017Almost too sweet and drinkable. Lighlty malty with little to no bitterness. Im drawn to more earthy tastes but this one is surprisingly drinkable for the sweetness. Almost copper look with light off-white head and sweet smell, (maybe even floral).
Worth a try hands down, I will definitely order another.
Reviewed by Beeraphernalia from Connecticut
1.79/5 rDev -54.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
1.79/5 rDev -54.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
I am sooooooooooooo tired of giving Half Full Brewery a second chance and a third chance and a fourth chance. UGH!!!! This beer is wretched!! As soon as I took the first sip, I quickly ran to my recycling bin to fetch out the can to see if there was a best by date or a Packed On date, because I thought I must have bought a can that was several years old. Sure enough, it was packed on September 5th, 2017 and I drank it on October 1st, 2017. Not even a month went by, so that can't be the reason for the vile taste. I had a hard time choking it down. I had to open a can of CT Valley Brewing's "I'm In Love With The Simcoe", drink that to give me some liquid courage, and then finish off the Liquid Hoptimism with a clothes pin on my nose. Pass on it. Buy something else. I promise you that you'll thank me.
Oct 03, 2017
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