Hopster The Grouch
BlueTarp Brewing Co.
- From:
- BlueTarp Brewing Co.
- Georgia, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 11.6%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 13.04%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 29, 2015
- Added:
- May 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 3
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The Mother Hoppin' Double IPA was aged over 9 months to create this uniquely named brew. Aged on oak with brettanomyces and lactobacillus, and just before bottling, topped off with a big dose of dry hops to add back a bit of that (grouchy) bitterness. Expect a ton of pineapple and tropical fruit notes, along with a light sourness and distinct funkiness.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Zach136 from Georgia
4.45/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +7.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Batch 1 bottle 37/123
Appearance: Hazy orange, pretty solid head for the style.
Aroma/Flavor: Moderate acidity, citrus/pineapple fruit. Good blend of funk, bacteria, and hop.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, medium low carbonation.
Overall: A very cool, and unique funky/sour/hoppy beer. Keep it up BT!
Jun 27, 2015Appearance: Hazy orange, pretty solid head for the style.
Aroma/Flavor: Moderate acidity, citrus/pineapple fruit. Good blend of funk, bacteria, and hop.
Mouthfeel: Full bodied, medium low carbonation.
Overall: A very cool, and unique funky/sour/hoppy beer. Keep it up BT!
Reviewed by ThickNStout from Georgia
4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Green wax capped 22oz bottle from Sprayberry Bottle Shop (Marietta, GA). 19.99. Batch 1, bottle 90/123, released 5/2015. Served in a Barrel and Barley teku.
Pours a dense rose gold with a two finger cap of near-white foam. The head fades to a tiny but stubbornly persistent ring that leaves a few scattered specks of lace.
Aromas of funky yeast lead. Slightly spoiled hay, pineapple, citrus, oak and faint notes of booze. A bit odd at first but this really grows on me.
Flavors are a palate crushing mixture of assertive wild yeast and bold hops. Orange marmalade, citrus zest, pineapple, funky yeasty tartness, apple skins, oak, wet grass, sourdough bread, floral bitterness, vague spice and intermittent pops of alcohol. It's a near brutal mix of bitter and funky but it actually balances quite well. The assertive taste must distract from the alcohol because this does not seem hot at all.
Oily slick, full body with moderately soft carbonation. Bitter, wild finish of fruit skins, citrus zest, floral and oaky funk.
Blue Tarp has entered the bottled market in a big way with Hopster the Grouch. At first my taste buds weren't sure what was going on but as I acclimated I started really enjoying it. There is nothing subtle here- it is a constant barrage of flavor punches. I'm glad I was one of the 123 people that got to try Blue Tarp's first bottle release.
May 19, 2015Pours a dense rose gold with a two finger cap of near-white foam. The head fades to a tiny but stubbornly persistent ring that leaves a few scattered specks of lace.
Aromas of funky yeast lead. Slightly spoiled hay, pineapple, citrus, oak and faint notes of booze. A bit odd at first but this really grows on me.
Flavors are a palate crushing mixture of assertive wild yeast and bold hops. Orange marmalade, citrus zest, pineapple, funky yeasty tartness, apple skins, oak, wet grass, sourdough bread, floral bitterness, vague spice and intermittent pops of alcohol. It's a near brutal mix of bitter and funky but it actually balances quite well. The assertive taste must distract from the alcohol because this does not seem hot at all.
Oily slick, full body with moderately soft carbonation. Bitter, wild finish of fruit skins, citrus zest, floral and oaky funk.
Blue Tarp has entered the bottled market in a big way with Hopster the Grouch. At first my taste buds weren't sure what was going on but as I acclimated I started really enjoying it. There is nothing subtle here- it is a constant barrage of flavor punches. I'm glad I was one of the 123 people that got to try Blue Tarp's first bottle release.
Reviewed by elektrikjester from Georgia
4.4/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Bottle #50 of 123, served in a goblet and Teku at 50 degrees.
Appearance - Pours a brilliant amber with a frothy, bright white head that settles quickly to a thin, wispy cap of foam. Nice lacing.
Aroma - Strong aroma of concentrate (i.e. frozen, canned) orange juice-- sweet with just a touch of sour. Faint hints of pine and green onion in the background. Evidence of sweet malts, too.
Taste- Taste largely follows the nose, with sweet citrusy hops in balance with a huge, sweet malt backbone. Again, a flavor not unlike orange juice. Tinges of sour and funkiness emerge in the flavor, but they add to, rather than detract from the experience. A slightly drying aftertaste of spice reminiscent of rye, suggesting, ever so slightly, the oak aging.
Mouthfeel - Watery mouthfeel with a lively, prickly carbonation.
Overall - I'm genuinely impressed. Consider that this was beer was double hopped, aged in oak, and bretted. Honestly, I feared it would be a mess. It was not. The whole was greater than the sum of the parts. It's difficult to know where the Double IPA ends and an American-style barleywine begins, the result was outstanding.
May 12, 2015Appearance - Pours a brilliant amber with a frothy, bright white head that settles quickly to a thin, wispy cap of foam. Nice lacing.
Aroma - Strong aroma of concentrate (i.e. frozen, canned) orange juice-- sweet with just a touch of sour. Faint hints of pine and green onion in the background. Evidence of sweet malts, too.
Taste- Taste largely follows the nose, with sweet citrusy hops in balance with a huge, sweet malt backbone. Again, a flavor not unlike orange juice. Tinges of sour and funkiness emerge in the flavor, but they add to, rather than detract from the experience. A slightly drying aftertaste of spice reminiscent of rye, suggesting, ever so slightly, the oak aging.
Mouthfeel - Watery mouthfeel with a lively, prickly carbonation.
Overall - I'm genuinely impressed. Consider that this was beer was double hopped, aged in oak, and bretted. Honestly, I feared it would be a mess. It was not. The whole was greater than the sum of the parts. It's difficult to know where the Double IPA ends and an American-style barleywine begins, the result was outstanding.
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