IPA
Upper Hand Brewery
- From:
- Upper Hand Brewery
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,469 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 87
Ranked #21,248 - Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 10.51%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 15
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 24, 2026
- Added:
- Apr 01, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
87
Very Good
87
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Blogjackets:
Reviewed by Blogjackets from Ohio
3.92/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured from a twrleve ounce can, the beer is a hazy orange-brown color with creamy bubbly white head. Light lacing.
Nose is floral hops and a wee pine aroma.
Taste follows nose and adds a balance between hop bitterness and malty backbone.
Well carbonated and smooth finish.
A good bitter IPA that doesn't invent new flavors but offers a solid bitter beer.
Sep 03, 2023Nose is floral hops and a wee pine aroma.
Taste follows nose and adds a balance between hop bitterness and malty backbone.
Well carbonated and smooth finish.
A good bitter IPA that doesn't invent new flavors but offers a solid bitter beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by CEEALAN from Michigan
4.51/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Tried this on tap in Detroit. This is a great IPA for a cold winter day. Hoppy enough for a double but the ABV of a regular IPA. A strong hint of pineapple in the finish makes this an easy sipper. Truly a nice blend of complexity and dryness.
Jan 18, 2026
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I got a couple cans of this beer from a mixed 12pck that I bought at a grocery store in Delton, Michigan. It poured a golden color with white head that is leaving a spotty lace. The scent had fresh mix of malt, bitter hop, and grain. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with bright semi sweet malt base with grain and bitter citrus and pine hop presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a great beer.
Jan 12, 2025
Reviewed by foundersasap from Michigan
4.19/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +7.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Exceptional WC style IPA, in your face hoppy, piney, grapefruit, orange rind, resinous, medium body, bitter. If you like bitter, WC style, get this one, it’s good.
Dec 18, 2022
Reviewed by lewdwig from Michigan
3.82/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.82/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Poured into a pint glass from a can dated 10/21/22. Hazy amber with an off-white lingering head, lacing. Smell of hops and sweet malts. Malts are more pronounced up front with a sweetness, hops emerge in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, nothing extraordinary. Hoppier than an amber ale or ESB, but less bitter than a traditional IPA. Good.
Dec 05, 2022
Reviewed by buschbeer from Ohio
3.81/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
12 FL. OZ. can
Served in an imperial nonic pint glass
This beer pours a brilliant amber hue. It is topped with a few inches of fluffy, tan head that leaves spotty lacing.
I get some citrus and a little pine. Hints of malt.
Citrus and pine flavor. No really very bitter
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Solid IPA. Not fancy, just solid
Oct 31, 2022Served in an imperial nonic pint glass
This beer pours a brilliant amber hue. It is topped with a few inches of fluffy, tan head that leaves spotty lacing.
I get some citrus and a little pine. Hints of malt.
Citrus and pine flavor. No really very bitter
Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel
Solid IPA. Not fancy, just solid
Rated by SRbrundage
4.85/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.85/5 rDev +24.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Smooth. No heavy aftertaste. Better than expected.
Sep 17, 2022
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