Imperialist IPA
Hopsters Brewing Company

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From:
Hopsters Brewing Company
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
Imperial IPA
ABV:
7.6%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.21 | pDev: 16.51%
Reviews:
3
Ratings:
18
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 01, 2019
Added:
Sep 09, 2014
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
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Ratings by jlindros:
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Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts

2.28/5  rDev -29%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
nice creamy but smaller head, hazy iced tea tan color.

Nose piney and sweet resin citrus candy, tons of pine forest floor, grainy bland malts, reddish candy malts, a weird mineral water thing, weird ester thing. Herbal.

Taste is sweet malty, candy malt and boring reddish malt, syrupy mess, a poor malt flavor somehow. Then bland hops, piney earthy resin, herbal forest floor. Yeasty mess late, bitter resin and messy pine lingering, just bad.

Mouth is syrupy messy and light carb. Sticky.

Overall very sad, like some new homebrewer just slapped together all the leftovers in his basement and pawned it off as beer.
Jan 10, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.35 by nhkrause from New Hampshire

Mar 01, 2019
 
Rated: 2.55 by witts2000 from Massachusetts

Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 2.75 by brewme from Massachusetts

Jun 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.73 by riy3rd from New Hampshire

May 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.15 by ELECTRONICAnonymous from Massachusetts

May 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.4 by Kmlund from Massachusetts

Mar 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by LutherBrau from Massachusetts

Jan 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by insearchofhops from Massachusetts

Dec 22, 2014
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Reviewed by CTHomer from Connecticut

2.65/5  rDev -17.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 2.5
A: pretty hazy; a deep burnt orange in color; 2 finger off white head that receded slowly to a thin cap; very nice, thick lacing;

S: while there is some grapefruit in the aroma, it is overwhelmingly a sour smell; pretty off putting;

T: almost like cider with a medicinal component to it; low bitterness; really nothing West Coast about this;

M: medium bodied, moderate carbonation;

O: No dating on the bottle, but it's labeled Batch #2. I'm hoping that this was a bad batch or a bad bottle, but it was undrinkable. At $10 for a 750ml bottle, it would be tough for me to give this another try.
Dec 04, 2014
 
Rated: 2.25 by Bilco from Pennsylvania

Nov 28, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by richobrien from California

Nov 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by iDrake from Rhode Island

Nov 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by kvgomps from New Jersey

Nov 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by PEIhop from Massachusetts

Nov 08, 2014
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Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts

2.85/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
750ml brown bottle with a bottled on date. Purchased from Charles Street Liquors.

Look: Dark reddish amber color, lacing does a good job sticking to the glass.

Smell: Piney, pithy, resin, citrus rind, and vegtal hop nose with suggestions of plum pudding and mild caramel. Yeast and grain are in the mix as well.

Taste: Smooth medium body with a toffee malt character at first sip. Alcohol is biting and very warming. Astringent grain and hops, not a pleasing bitterness. Unwanted higher alcohols run amuck. Pith and rind meld with that rough graininess which makes each sip harder to take.

West Coast IPA? I don’t see it. Hell ... I don’t even think “IPA” when tasting this beer. Problematic at the 1st sip, harder and harder to take another.
Oct 29, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Dizzy242 from Massachusetts

Sep 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by BigOldOaf from Massachusetts

Sep 09, 2014
Imperialist IPA from Hopsters Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 18 ratings