Hopgoblin Double IPA
Flatrock Brewing Company
- From:
- Flatrock Brewing Company
- Ohio, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 4.77%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 21, 2015
- Added:
- Oct 29, 2013
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Brenden from Ohio
3.79/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This beer is essentially a "bigger" version of Hopgoblin IPA.
Unlike the lighter version, this beer is tick and murky, a sort of brownish-orange color. It does have some brightness, though, and is almost short of opaque. The tan head topping it is a full finger tall. Retention is good, and it remains dense and creamy for the session, falling slowly and leaving sturdy patching as it does.
Like the IPA, the smell and taste, matching pretty evenly; also like the IPA, this beer has a sweeter edge for an IPA without compromising the bitterness. It's not strongly hoppy for a DIPA, hoppy, but it has plenty of flavor and it's no slouch where the hops are concerned. It's got almost a thicker sort of cider character, like pressed cider mixed with grapefruit juice. It would be pretty dry if it wasn't so juicy, and there's a lot of citrus in here. The complexity and depth of the IPA is also here. Like the IPA, a major hophead might want more, but this beer would serve as a temporary fix. It gets an almost woody finish, some very light pith mixing with the juiciness as pine also comes into the end.
The body is heavier than the original, as it should be, almost full-bodied with a certain thickness to it but still bright and crisp.
Oct 29, 2013Unlike the lighter version, this beer is tick and murky, a sort of brownish-orange color. It does have some brightness, though, and is almost short of opaque. The tan head topping it is a full finger tall. Retention is good, and it remains dense and creamy for the session, falling slowly and leaving sturdy patching as it does.
Like the IPA, the smell and taste, matching pretty evenly; also like the IPA, this beer has a sweeter edge for an IPA without compromising the bitterness. It's not strongly hoppy for a DIPA, hoppy, but it has plenty of flavor and it's no slouch where the hops are concerned. It's got almost a thicker sort of cider character, like pressed cider mixed with grapefruit juice. It would be pretty dry if it wasn't so juicy, and there's a lot of citrus in here. The complexity and depth of the IPA is also here. Like the IPA, a major hophead might want more, but this beer would serve as a temporary fix. It gets an almost woody finish, some very light pith mixing with the juiciness as pine also comes into the end.
The body is heavier than the original, as it should be, almost full-bodied with a certain thickness to it but still bright and crisp.
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