Holy Hoppin' Hell
Weird Beard Brew Co.
- From:
- Weird Beard Brew Co.
- England, United Kingdom
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 18.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 30, 2017
- Added:
- Jun 23, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by FLima from Brazil
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Amber color with a thin head with short retention.
Aroma with notes of mint, papaya, lychees, biscuit and bread.
Flavor with notes of spices, garlic, lots of resin, pine, lemon pie, lychees and berries. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Medium body with appropriate carbonation. Alcohol of 9.5% is well hidden at first then increasingly shows up.
Resiny DIPA with an original combination of hops that brought berries citrusy and white fruits together, maybe that is the HBC 431.
Oct 30, 2017Aroma with notes of mint, papaya, lychees, biscuit and bread.
Flavor with notes of spices, garlic, lots of resin, pine, lemon pie, lychees and berries. Dry and bitter aftertaste.
Medium body with appropriate carbonation. Alcohol of 9.5% is well hidden at first then increasingly shows up.
Resiny DIPA with an original combination of hops that brought berries citrusy and white fruits together, maybe that is the HBC 431.
Reviewed by DJ-Hophead from England
4.15/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Keg @ Inglenook Hotel, Pagham - Pours cloudy amber with a medium white foamy head. Medium carbonation. Nice lacing. Aroma - citrus - grapefruit/lemon. Taste - Sweet, citrus - grapefruit/lemon/orange again, light resin overtones, very long, dry bitter finish. Little bit too bitter for my tastebuds.
Aug 24, 2017
Reviewed by CwrwAmByth from England
4.4/5 rDev +17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev +17%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Intense juicy pineapple, mango, grapefruit, hints of orange marmalade, acidic lemon sherbert, resinous piney finish, tiniest hint of booze just to remind you of the 9.5.
May 24, 2016
Rated by Helenkolb from Louisiana
4.47/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.75
4.47/5 rDev +18.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.75
Juicy as fuck. Heavy floral and fruity on the palate. Nice brew
May 02, 2016
Reviewed by LantGladstone from England
3.25/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
bottled on Aug 2015, 9.5 abv 330ml bottle from ales by mail
Appearance (Look) = 6%
yellow clear. pretty good white head
Smell = 24%
faint hops. buttery?
Taste = 40%
I think I had a bad bottle of another beer from Wild Beer and I was trying to get it off my palate, so this review my be skewed.
I got bitter and not much aroma hops. I'm still picking up some buttery note. is that some weird ester? I can tell this is a high abv. NOTE: after repeated sipping it tasted much better and the buttery note dissipated. I started to pick up some maltiness but I was still getting alcohol burn. I've adjusted by scores accordingly.
Mouthfeel (Feel) = 10%
slippery and chewy
Overall = 20%
I was hoping this was going to better. It is almost like there was no dry hopping. That weird buttery taste still lingers. My gold standard is the 60 90 and 120 minute IPAs from Dog Fish Head and this doesn't come close. I'm not all that impressed. For a beer this big I was hoping for more than just a high ABV NOTE with repeated sipping this became much better.
Nov 28, 2015Appearance (Look) = 6%
yellow clear. pretty good white head
Smell = 24%
faint hops. buttery?
Taste = 40%
I think I had a bad bottle of another beer from Wild Beer and I was trying to get it off my palate, so this review my be skewed.
I got bitter and not much aroma hops. I'm still picking up some buttery note. is that some weird ester? I can tell this is a high abv. NOTE: after repeated sipping it tasted much better and the buttery note dissipated. I started to pick up some maltiness but I was still getting alcohol burn. I've adjusted by scores accordingly.
Mouthfeel (Feel) = 10%
slippery and chewy
Overall = 20%
I was hoping this was going to better. It is almost like there was no dry hopping. That weird buttery taste still lingers. My gold standard is the 60 90 and 120 minute IPAs from Dog Fish Head and this doesn't come close. I'm not all that impressed. For a beer this big I was hoping for more than just a high ABV NOTE with repeated sipping this became much better.
Reviewed by beholder_pl from Poland
4.23/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: hazy orange / amber with a huge white steady head and nice lacing.
Aroma: very hoppy, citrusy, sweet, flowery, some herbs and pine, nice maltiness, caramel. There's a lot of good things there but what I don't like is the bubble gum notes in the back. But despite that, aroma is good.
Taste: sweet, malty with lots and lots of citrusy hops and resin. You can't taste the high ABV on this one. Medium to high bitterness, which is both citrus and herbal. Actually this is one of the best IIPAs I've tried.
Mouthfeel: medium to full bodied, rather high carbonation (or medium to high).
Overall: maybe not the best IIPA, but still a very good beer, very enjoyable. This was Batch 3. Every batch is hopped differently from what I read, so I don't know how the previous batches were hopped and how the bitterness was, but here I guess it lacks something. Something like... from Mikkeller's 1000IBU. This beer would be amazing if the bitterness and maybe mouthfeel would be similar (not identical, there's no reason to copy stuff) to 1000IBU. Still, a very enjoyable and worth recommending beer.
Enjoyed from a teku glass.
Mar 20, 2014Aroma: very hoppy, citrusy, sweet, flowery, some herbs and pine, nice maltiness, caramel. There's a lot of good things there but what I don't like is the bubble gum notes in the back. But despite that, aroma is good.
Taste: sweet, malty with lots and lots of citrusy hops and resin. You can't taste the high ABV on this one. Medium to high bitterness, which is both citrus and herbal. Actually this is one of the best IIPAs I've tried.
Mouthfeel: medium to full bodied, rather high carbonation (or medium to high).
Overall: maybe not the best IIPA, but still a very good beer, very enjoyable. This was Batch 3. Every batch is hopped differently from what I read, so I don't know how the previous batches were hopped and how the bitterness was, but here I guess it lacks something. Something like... from Mikkeller's 1000IBU. This beer would be amazing if the bitterness and maybe mouthfeel would be similar (not identical, there's no reason to copy stuff) to 1000IBU. Still, a very enjoyable and worth recommending beer.
Enjoyed from a teku glass.
Reviewed by Richardp from England
4.99/5 rDev +32.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.99/5 rDev +32.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Apearance was a little cloudy, opening the bottle resulted in an explosion of foam, over carbonated, or maybe it needed to be a lot cooler.
Smell, hops, hops, hops, more hops and honey malt.
Whatever the hops, they don't say, this was awesome, the taste crisp, bitter, and floral. Very powerful citrus and floral to start, with a long bitter finish, not opressive, but impressive.
Having been allowed to calm down, perfect, well balanced mouth feel.
I think my favourite beer ever, in the IPA style!
Mar 17, 2014Smell, hops, hops, hops, more hops and honey malt.
Whatever the hops, they don't say, this was awesome, the taste crisp, bitter, and floral. Very powerful citrus and floral to start, with a long bitter finish, not opressive, but impressive.
Having been allowed to calm down, perfect, well balanced mouth feel.
I think my favourite beer ever, in the IPA style!
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