Hop Cypher
AleSmith Brewing Company
- From:
- AleSmith Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,757 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #17,374 - Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.29%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 22, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 03, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Collaboration with Other Half Brewing
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
RB transfer
Aug 22, 2025
Reviewed by BillAfromSoCal from California
3.48/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.48/5 rDev -12.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
White, tight foam, lacing, gold color, translucent but not clear. overly muted smell and flavor. Check the canning date: 8/25/02, i.e. about 9 months ago even though I bought it off a store shelf only 2 months ago. My bad, I guess.
Jun 02, 2023
Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden
4.53/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +13.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a radiant clear dark yellow with thick, fluffy head.
Smell is fruity, crisp and a bit juicy and dank. Notes of citrus, pinepple, amngo and hints of pine and gummy candy.
Taste is fruity and crisp with a solid bitterness. Notes of citrus, pine, amngo, peach and green tea with some floral and spicy hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft and sticky with good carbonation.
Overall, a great modern IPA, good mix of coasts.
Mar 25, 2023Smell is fruity, crisp and a bit juicy and dank. Notes of citrus, pinepple, amngo and hints of pine and gummy candy.
Taste is fruity and crisp with a solid bitterness. Notes of citrus, pine, amngo, peach and green tea with some floral and spicy hints.
Mouthfeel is medium, soft and sticky with good carbonation.
Overall, a great modern IPA, good mix of coasts.
Reviewed by schoolboy from Ohio
3.81/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is a unique "west coast" style IPA in that to me it smells skunkier than usual.
It pours a dirty yellow and translucent with fine foam. The aroma, as I said, is more like a hazy IPA stench. It's a complex stink. The taste is a balance of malts and bittering, leaning on the less bitter side of things. It feels like more alcohol than it is.
Recommended. It's a nice AIPA, but maybe it would have been better fresher. I blame my vendor for selling me an 8-24-2022 as fresh.
Jan 14, 2023It pours a dirty yellow and translucent with fine foam. The aroma, as I said, is more like a hazy IPA stench. It's a complex stink. The taste is a balance of malts and bittering, leaning on the less bitter side of things. It feels like more alcohol than it is.
Recommended. It's a nice AIPA, but maybe it would have been better fresher. I blame my vendor for selling me an 8-24-2022 as fresh.
Reviewed by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut
4.07/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a golden yellow with a finger of foamy head that slowly dissipates to a thin ring with some lacing. Aroma of citrus, pineapple, mango. Taste follows nose with some bitterness. Very nice.
Dec 05, 2022
Reviewed by sjrider from California
4.12/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Another tasty collaboration form Alesmith. Typical WCIPA with the appearance .nose and taste to back it up. This one is a bit lighter than I prefer but is eminently quaffable nonetheless.
Nov 26, 2022
Reviewed by DavyJonesXXX from Texas
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
It's good some things are rough around the edges but it is a tasty IPA imo. Better as it warms for sure. Has some nice starbursts notes going on I have noticed after drinking a few cans, nice bitterness. It's a little thin for my liking but that's ok. Finish is clean.
Nov 10, 2022
Rated by Manthon from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Ok
Nov 05, 2022
Reviewed by highdesertdrinker from Arizona
4.27/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.27/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A nice looking pour, a shining medium gold with good head. Smells tropical, citrus, herbal, tastes somewhat light, herbal, grapefruit, pineapple, and has a nice hop zing on the back end. It’s also dry and crisp which figures for these two left coasters but eminently drinkable. It’s a nice, somewhat light IPA with good flavor and I really warmed up to it on the second one after I adjusted my expectations not higher or lower but for just something different than Alesmith’s legendary IPA, cheers!
Oct 21, 2022
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