Through The Uprights
Hop Butcher For The World

 

 

 

 

A - Pours a hazy orange with a creamy white head. Heavy amount of soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is orange juice, pineapple, white wine and resinous hops.

T - The taste is orange juice, peach, white grapes, grapefruit and a lingering piney hop bite.

M - Medium body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a pillowy soft finish.

O - Another solid offering from Hop Butcher.

Hazy OJ color with two fingers of off-white head. Decent retention and soap bubble lacing.

Orange juice, white wine and grass in the nose. A hint of vanilla, a hint of dough.

Orange Julius with a hint of Chardonnay in the taste, with a bit more doughiness and light bitterness in the finish.

Medium bodied with late-building fizz in the feel.

An all-around good NEIPA. Not a lot to stand out from the pack.

 

 

 

Canned 9/4/24 (4 weeks ago)

Appearance: Pours a completely hazy (5% clarity) medium pale, golden color with a strong white head. SRM of 8. (4.25)

Aroma: Strong aromas of orange, tropical, melon, stone, fruit, grape. (4.00)

Flavor: Strong flavors of orange, juicy, passionfruit, pineapple, tropical, white grape. Juicy and sweet grape lingers. (4.00)

Feel: Medium to heavier, appropriate carbonation, juicy, tropical, moderately sweet. (4.00)

Compared to Phase Three Rule Of Thirds 10/24: Pours darker, milder head. Stronger aromas. More tropical pineapple, grape, melon, Less grapefruit and vinous notes. Juicier and sweeter.

Compared to Hop Butcher Double Grid 10/24: Pours lighter, similar head. Milder aromas. More white grape, grapefruit. pineapple, citrus. Less tropical melon, berries, grape, and lychee. Milder and drier.

Compared to Phase Three Energetic Mind 10/24: Pours similar, stronger aromas. Less citrus, pineapple, grapefruit. More tropical orange, sweet grape, melon. Sweeter and more tropical.

Compared to Hop Butcher DUN DUN DUN 10/24: Pours lighter, stronger aromas. Less orange, less tropical berries and melon. Winner: Through The Uprights.

to Phase Three DDH Spring Road 11/24: Pours darker, Milder aromas. More

to Hop Butcher Galaxy Bowl 12/24: Pours lighter, milder aromas. More orange, tangerine. Less passionfruit, grapefruit. Winner: Galaxy Bowl

Overall: Another great hop combo with Citra and Nelson, but some Simcoe and Amarillo as well. Sweet orange, pineapple, stonefruit, and tropical grape flavors. Shows the sweet grape from the Nelson with the rest of the hops balancing well. Great stuff from Hop Butcher as usual. (Rating: 4.12)

 

 

 

poured from a 16oz can into a narrow gauge stemless wine glass. pours a hazy yellow with over a finger of fluffy, bright white head. huge melon, mango, orange and peach in the nose. real parts dank and citrus. taste adds a little more pine and seems heavier on the muskmelon than citrus. resin and dank on the finish. full mouthfeel. really nice hop combo here. you get the berry and orange with pine from the american hops and the dank, resin and white wine flavors from the nelson.

 

Yields a saturated, entirely hazy yellow with a bigger, fine pored head atop.

The aromas lead with wet grass, a skunky dankness and spicy lime rind among fresh cut passion fruit.

The mouthfeel on this is creamy, velvet and soft with a late effervescence, lending the beer a nuanced refreshment, complimenting its medium body.

Tastes of honeyed white bread dough, subtle limes and ripe papaya coated up by a hovering dankness, complimented by the beer‘s creamy mouthfeel. Offers dried oranges, red apples and kumquats then, adding to the soft doughiness of the beer, while providing a pleasant depth, amplified by a modest bite of bitter hops. Finishes pleasantly bitter with a resinous honey sweetness among dried garden herbs and a subtle fruitiness.

This is quite unusual for an NEIPA, since it is not primarily fruity, but bitter and dank instead with a well dosed, yet almost subtle integration of fruits. This creates an entirely different drinking experience with a finely nuanced balance and fulfilling complexity, topped off by a well working bitter finish.