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Hitchhiker Brewing Company
- From:
- Hitchhiker Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #563 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 91
Ranked #9,774 - Avg:
- 4.2 | pDev: 9.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 22, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 18, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
91
Outstanding
91
Outstanding
NE style IPA brewed with Nelson Sauvin.
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Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
What a marvelous Nelson showcase. Light, fluffy, with abundant zesty fruits notes running the gamut from grape to pineapple to lime. Wonderfully easy drinking
Oct 10, 2024
Reviewed by dano213 from Pennsylvania
4.18/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16oz can purchased off the shelf as a single for $4.99. Canned on 11/08/23, so this is just over four months old.
Look: It's very hazy with medium orange and yellow-orange colors. The head was thick upon pouring, but subsided to a thinner layer with nice lacing.
Smell: I'm a big fan of the Nelson Sauvin aromas. I'm getting gooseberry, pineapple, some dank notes, and green bell pepper on the finish after swirling. The nose is not so complex, but it is pleasant.
Taste: It's quite tasty. Up front, it has a nice amount of juiciness and the finish has very low bitterness. The flavors mirror the nose with the gooseberry, white grape, and pineapple flavors. You do get some of those green notes on the finish, which isn't a bad thing at all. It gives it a nice contrast and bite instead of the more common bitterness. It's not chalky, which is saying something for a four-month old NEIPA.
Feel: It has a very soft, creamy mouthfeel. It's nicely carbonated.
Overall: This is my first Hitchhiker beer. I've seen their stuff around here from time to time, but I usually didn't see their beers offered as singles. When I saw this IPA w/ Nelson Sauvin available as a single on the shelf, I had to buy it even if it was already a few months old. I'm a huge fan of Nelson Sauvin. I was worried that this was going to be chalky and past its prime, especially since I bought it off the shelf. However, it has held up surprisingly well for a NEIPA, so that's a huge plus. It's very tasty and highly drinkable yet still has a nice amount of complexity and uniqueness.
From the website: Brewed with Oats and Wheat. Hopped with Nelson Sauvin.
Mar 12, 2024Look: It's very hazy with medium orange and yellow-orange colors. The head was thick upon pouring, but subsided to a thinner layer with nice lacing.
Smell: I'm a big fan of the Nelson Sauvin aromas. I'm getting gooseberry, pineapple, some dank notes, and green bell pepper on the finish after swirling. The nose is not so complex, but it is pleasant.
Taste: It's quite tasty. Up front, it has a nice amount of juiciness and the finish has very low bitterness. The flavors mirror the nose with the gooseberry, white grape, and pineapple flavors. You do get some of those green notes on the finish, which isn't a bad thing at all. It gives it a nice contrast and bite instead of the more common bitterness. It's not chalky, which is saying something for a four-month old NEIPA.
Feel: It has a very soft, creamy mouthfeel. It's nicely carbonated.
Overall: This is my first Hitchhiker beer. I've seen their stuff around here from time to time, but I usually didn't see their beers offered as singles. When I saw this IPA w/ Nelson Sauvin available as a single on the shelf, I had to buy it even if it was already a few months old. I'm a huge fan of Nelson Sauvin. I was worried that this was going to be chalky and past its prime, especially since I bought it off the shelf. However, it has held up surprisingly well for a NEIPA, so that's a huge plus. It's very tasty and highly drinkable yet still has a nice amount of complexity and uniqueness.
From the website: Brewed with Oats and Wheat. Hopped with Nelson Sauvin.
Rated by JDUBWA412
5/5 rDev +19%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +19%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
can drink this one all day
Jul 08, 2023
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.56/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Opaque tan to maize with a tall white head settling to a lumpy froth leaving bubbly sponge on the glass.
Oh that delicious, delicious nelson is wonderfully peppery, crackery and quaffable as fuck through an ultra fluffy body, backed by Orange Julius and hints of pineapple.
The rounded medium body comes to a pleasantly semi-dry finish.
Jan 23, 2023Oh that delicious, delicious nelson is wonderfully peppery, crackery and quaffable as fuck through an ultra fluffy body, backed by Orange Julius and hints of pineapple.
The rounded medium body comes to a pleasantly semi-dry finish.
Reviewed by brother_rebus from Maine
3.89/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4
looks a tad thin/pale in hue. more strawberry blonde than the prototypical OJ cloud NEIPA. smells pretty lush, but has a mild almost-metallic sweet tinge. tastes good and Nelson-y, some mild yeast character. the feel is pretty much ideal for a haze parade; chewy, full body with a slight hop salivation that segues nicely into a prominent carb fizz- nailed that. overall tasty- would buy again.
Jan 18, 2019
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