Hodag
Transient Artisan Ales
- From:
- Transient Artisan Ales
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,458 - ABV:
- 7.5%
- Score:
- 90
Ranked #13,172 - Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 7.97%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 22, 2026
- Added:
- Jul 12, 2020
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Hodag (creature): Mythical large green reptile-like monster inhabiting forested regions of the Midwest. Hodag (beer): Large green monster of a beer produced with Saint Errant snapping off with a light rye bite, complimented by a rounded Tropical and Citrus aroma, and a slight whiff of coconut. Big, sweet, flavor monster.
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Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
4.03/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
1 pint can
Served in nonic pint glass
This beer pours a murky orange yellow hue. It is topped with a couple inches of tan head that leaves spotty lacing.
It smells a little sweet and is loaded with tropical fruit. It Mango, peach
Juicy, fruity. Tropical. Stonefruit. Mild citrus in the finish
Fuller bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Sweet and juicy. Easy drinker
Apr 13, 2026Served in nonic pint glass
This beer pours a murky orange yellow hue. It is topped with a couple inches of tan head that leaves spotty lacing.
It smells a little sweet and is loaded with tropical fruit. It Mango, peach
Juicy, fruity. Tropical. Stonefruit. Mild citrus in the finish
Fuller bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Sweet and juicy. Easy drinker
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
From an undated 16oz can.
This beer looks like I opened up a can of pineapple juice. Very murky and hazy looking. The head is a frothy 2 finger white head. Quite long lasting. A good deal of sticky looking lacing on the glass.
The aroma hits while pouring hitting me with notes of tropical fruit. Up close I get so much pineapple in this aroma. I also get an earthy dankness to the aroma.
Taste - Was I tricked here, is this pineapple juice? That's the flavor profile I'm getting here. This pineapple flavor just lingers and clings to my throat. There's also an earthy element to the pineapple flavor. Yes, I know pineapple comes from trees, but it seems the pineapple just came from the earth, and it has that in the flavor.
Smooth as heck. Soft, and juicy. Full bodied.
Downright delicious overall, and a well executed beer of this style.
Apr 01, 2024This beer looks like I opened up a can of pineapple juice. Very murky and hazy looking. The head is a frothy 2 finger white head. Quite long lasting. A good deal of sticky looking lacing on the glass.
The aroma hits while pouring hitting me with notes of tropical fruit. Up close I get so much pineapple in this aroma. I also get an earthy dankness to the aroma.
Taste - Was I tricked here, is this pineapple juice? That's the flavor profile I'm getting here. This pineapple flavor just lingers and clings to my throat. There's also an earthy element to the pineapple flavor. Yes, I know pineapple comes from trees, but it seems the pineapple just came from the earth, and it has that in the flavor.
Smooth as heck. Soft, and juicy. Full bodied.
Downright delicious overall, and a well executed beer of this style.
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a Spiegelau IPA glass from a one pint can on July 24, 2020. Double dry-hopped double India Pale Ale brewed in collaboration with Saint Errant Brewing.
Oct 13, 2020
Reviewed by TreyIsWilson from Michigan
4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
A - Pours a hazy golden orange with a one finger creamy white head. Nice amount of soapy lacing.
S - Aroma orange and pineapple.
T - The taste is orange, pineapple, pear, peach and floral hops.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a nice soft finish.
O - Really solid DDH NEPA. Big sweetness throughout with a light hop bite in the finish.
Sep 03, 2020S - Aroma orange and pineapple.
T - The taste is orange, pineapple, pear, peach and floral hops.
M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a nice soft finish.
O - Really solid DDH NEPA. Big sweetness throughout with a light hop bite in the finish.
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.35/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very hazy pineapple color with a compact, sudsy whitish head. The nose is crammed full of tropical aromas, with loads of pineapple, grapefruit, and oranges, and a notable coconut aroma (thank you, Sabro hops).
The taste is a mirror image of the nose, with the pineapple and oranges especially serving as both foil and complement to the coconut. The mouthfeel is on the softer side, per the style, but there is a tangy crunch lurking in there somewhere.
I could drink this for days. Exceptionally well done by my favorite brewery in my neck of the nape.
Jul 13, 2020The taste is a mirror image of the nose, with the pineapple and oranges especially serving as both foil and complement to the coconut. The mouthfeel is on the softer side, per the style, but there is a tangy crunch lurking in there somewhere.
I could drink this for days. Exceptionally well done by my favorite brewery in my neck of the nape.
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