Hop Habit
Junkyard Brewing Company

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From:
Junkyard Brewing Company
 
Minnesota, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
87
Avg:
3.84 | pDev: 7.81%
Reviews:
4
Ratings:
15
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 04, 2018
Added:
May 06, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
This resiny, citrusy pale ale finishes super dry and crisp. It's got a huge hop character without the big booze of a double I.P.A.
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Ratings by Bighuge:
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Reviewed by Bighuge from Minnesota

4.24/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Cloudy and luminescent orange hue. Medium sized cap of frothy ivory white head. Lace is moderate.

Nice fresh citrus smell of lemon zest and orange peel.

This beer has a good bit of hops to it, but it also has great balance and drinkability. The bitterness is nice and clean, allowing the hop flavor to come more to the forefront. Fairly bright hop notes with orange and grapefruit being the main players...some lemon oil....good. Good solid flavor.

Medium bodied and moderately carbonated.

Easy drinking and flavorful. Unique as well. This is not a cookie cutter IPA.
May 09, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.92 by Mdrake0209 from Minnesota

Jul 04, 2018
 
Rated: 3.81 by einman from Minnesota

Jun 09, 2018
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Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota

3.87/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2018 edition. 4.6%ABV. Mosaic dry hopped.
Poured from crowler can into glass. Fill date stamped as '5/21/18'.
Cloudy, deep gold colored body. Two finger off white head settles to creamy cap. Some spots and trails of lacing.
Aroma is strongly piney resin, with a sweeter orange and tangerine citrus addition.
Taste is first the sweeter citrus which transitions to the piney resin. Dry finish and without much of a lingering aftertaste.
Mouth feel is slightly sticky with a thin to medium body. Crisp with a little sting.
This beer falls into the camp of a session ale, with subdued flavors. Not as bold and exciting as other Junkyard IPAs but serves its purpose as a crisp, refreshing ale with some hop bite.
Jun 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.68 by DownyIsHungry from Minnesota

May 06, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by Cramerican from North Dakota

Feb 10, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by XmnwildX12 from Minnesota

Jul 19, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Shawner from Minnesota

Feb 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.27 by ta_hagen from Minnesota

Jun 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.62 by Z_Anderson_0406 from Minnesota

May 28, 2015
 
Rated: 3.59 by Czequershuus from Minnesota

Dec 24, 2014
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Reviewed by OrestesMethuon from Montana

3.04/5  rDev -20.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Though only a pale ale, Hop Habit is much hoppier than the Prairie Shaman; it's much browner, as well, with orange-red inflection, and owns a maltier base by far—though, compared generally to pale ales, it's still pretty light in both respects. Furthermore, it's much more aromatic than either the Prairie Shaman or the Scrounger—two other Junkyard offerings that, while quite good, suffer in the olfactory area—but not so pungent that it presents more than minor hop florality. Bitter more than grassy, citric, or floral, this is somewhat solid but decidedly unspectacular effort: the weakest of the bunch I tasted (including sips of the Top Gorilla Belgian Tripel and Hatchet Jack Baltic Porter).
Oct 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.16 by Justin-m from Minnesota

Sep 07, 2014
 
Rated: 3.8 by MNBeerGeek from Minnesota

Aug 17, 2014
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Reviewed by ZAP from Minnesota

3.66/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
A-Murky, orange-tan color

S-Lightly fruity with citrus (oranges)....not tremendously aromatic but this growler has some age on it.

T-Nicely balanced. Toasty malt backbone along with citrus hops and orange peal on the finish.

M-Medium to light bodied. Maybe a bit thin on the finish but the carbonation from the growler pour might have something to do with that impression.

D-Hops begin to flex their muscles a little deeper in and again it is icitrus with oranges, tangerines and grapefruit. Solid everyday type APA.
May 06, 2014
Hop Habit from Junkyard Brewing Company
Beer rating: 87 out of 100 with 15 ratings