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Hoperation Overload
DESTIHL Brewery
- From:
- DESTIHL Brewery
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9.6%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 12.2%
- Reviews:
- 56
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 08, 2022
- Added:
- Sep 01, 2009
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 56
An Imperial or 'Double' India Pale Ale with characteristically intense yet greatly balanced hop bitterness, flavor and aroma. It is deep golden-light amber/copper in color, although the use of the huge amounts of hops may cause a degree of appropriate hop haze. Alcohol strength is high but balanced by the hops and malt profile.
85 IBU
85 IBU
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Ratings by RonaldTheriot:
Reviewed by RonaldTheriot from Louisiana
4.25/5 rDev +12.7%
4.25/5 rDev +12.7%
Destihl Hoperation Overload has an extremely thick and lively cream colored head, a fairly opaque gold-orange appearance, and heavy lacing left on the glass. The aroma is predominately of hop resin with a white bread crust background. Taste is also strong on hop oil and pronounced bitterness, but the sweetness from the malts does balance it out. Mouth-feel is heavy and slick, and Destihl Hoperation Overload finishes puckering, not the least bit alcohilic, and nicely drinkable.
RJT
Aug 19, 2014RJT
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
2/5 rDev -46.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
2/5 rDev -46.9%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Canned March 2014; drank 5/8/14 @ the Yarchives.
Red/orange rust murkiness.
HUGE cream head; thick lace.
Cloying caramel nose, with hint of soap & urine.
Thick mouthfeel.
This tastes like a barleywine gone bad: overly sweet, sticky caramel with a hint o' piss. Terrible.
Apr 08, 2019Red/orange rust murkiness.
HUGE cream head; thick lace.
Cloying caramel nose, with hint of soap & urine.
Thick mouthfeel.
This tastes like a barleywine gone bad: overly sweet, sticky caramel with a hint o' piss. Terrible.
Reviewed by rifleman_zach from Arizona
4.64/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.64/5 rDev +23.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a light copper color with some haze because of the large amounts of hops used. Has a nice slightly hoppy nose with a very smooth middle. The finish has a very nice smooth malt and just a little dry afterward. Very nice for a dipa i will habe to try more beers from them.
Jul 15, 2016Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina
3.92/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: Pours a relatively clear copper in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and faint honey orange + golden yellow highlights. The beer has a two finger tall dense foamy beige head that slowly reduces to a large patch of pillowy/cloudy half finger thick layer surrounded by a thick ring at the edges of the glass. Significant amounts of lacing are observed.
S: Moderate to strong aromas of pine/resin, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops over sweet caramel malts.
T: Upfront there is a moderate to strong flavor of caramel and bready malts with a moderate amount of caramel sweetness which lingers. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of pine/resin, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops (in descending order of strength) which contribute a slightly stronger than moderate amount of bitterness which lingers slightly in the finish though the sweetness carries through as well.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Chewy with a light to moderate amount of dryness in the finish.
O: Perhaps slightly too balanced, not allowing either the malty sweetness or hop flavors/aromas really be the star. Easy to drink and enjoyable, just not that interesting.
Jul 05, 2016S: Moderate to strong aromas of pine/resin, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops over sweet caramel malts.
T: Upfront there is a moderate to strong flavor of caramel and bready malts with a moderate amount of caramel sweetness which lingers. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of pine/resin, herbal, and citrus/grapefruit pith hops (in descending order of strength) which contribute a slightly stronger than moderate amount of bitterness which lingers slightly in the finish though the sweetness carries through as well.
M: Slightly heavier than medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Chewy with a light to moderate amount of dryness in the finish.
O: Perhaps slightly too balanced, not allowing either the malty sweetness or hop flavors/aromas really be the star. Easy to drink and enjoyable, just not that interesting.
Rated by joeint from Michigan
3.68/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.68/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
It was good not worth what they were charging
Mar 27, 2016
Hoperation Overload from DESTIHL Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
372 ratings
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