Chicago Style Hop Dog
Hop Butcher For The World
- From:
- Hop Butcher For The World
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #1,909 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #16,514 - Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 10.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 6
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 18, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 14, 2025
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
This collab (with Southern Grist in Nashville) has been in the works for quite some time, but we're excited to have finally gotten it done and in tanks. Big hazy Double IPA and hopped with choice Motueka, Citra & Galaxy hops.
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Reviewed by champ103 from Texas
2.83/5 rDev -30%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.83/5 rDev -30%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
From the start, I don't know whats worse, the label or the name? Both are awful...sorry not sorry.
A: Pours a murk bomb. Opaque, yeasty floaties. A dense white head with retention and lace. Even after all these years, I'm still embarrassed to pour something like this into a glass...I don't know why its a popular look...And if its a necessity for the styles flavors...well read on.
S: Nondescript and generic fruit salad. Pineapple might be more prevalent here, but hard to tell for me.
T: Fruit salad, over ripe fruits, lots of sweetness and astringent. Almost no bitterness, which would help a lot for balance.
M/O: A full chalky body. Low carbonation. Astringent and harsh for a minute, then a quick finish. Not something I want to come back to.
Honestly, after having A Toast To Ten, I'm having a hard time picking out any difference. Its basically the same, but maybe more astringent this time, and with palate fatigue, this gets a downgrade. OK, I tried some NEIPA's for the first time in several years, I can go back to not thinking about them again...
Sep 03, 2025A: Pours a murk bomb. Opaque, yeasty floaties. A dense white head with retention and lace. Even after all these years, I'm still embarrassed to pour something like this into a glass...I don't know why its a popular look...And if its a necessity for the styles flavors...well read on.
S: Nondescript and generic fruit salad. Pineapple might be more prevalent here, but hard to tell for me.
T: Fruit salad, over ripe fruits, lots of sweetness and astringent. Almost no bitterness, which would help a lot for balance.
M/O: A full chalky body. Low carbonation. Astringent and harsh for a minute, then a quick finish. Not something I want to come back to.
Honestly, after having A Toast To Ten, I'm having a hard time picking out any difference. Its basically the same, but maybe more astringent this time, and with palate fatigue, this gets a downgrade. OK, I tried some NEIPA's for the first time in several years, I can go back to not thinking about them again...
Reviewed by clayrock81 from Florida
4/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a cloudy yellow body with decent head and minimal lace. Nice aroma of fruits with sour tint. Smooth, medium body, slightly acidic and bitter like mango and pineapple juice with a peach-like dryness.
Aug 30, 2025
Reviewed by Franziskaner from Missouri
4.09/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Yellow to gold with an exceptionally hazy complexion. There’s a quarter inch of dishwater white on top. Heavy, sudsy lacing is prominently on the glass. The aroma is of lime and lemon. I’m tasting citrus and lime. The mouth is very smooth and easygoing.
Aug 17, 2025
Reviewed by zeff80 from Missouri
4.2/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.2/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
16oz can. Poured out a cloudy, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lace. It smelled of peach, melon, grapefruit and caramel. Sweet tropical fruit taste with toasted caramel and a sharp bitterness.
Aug 08, 2025
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
4.06/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.06/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 7/25/2025 (2 weeks ago)
Appearance: Pours a completely hazy (5% clarity) medium to pale golden yellow color with a strong white head. SRM of 10.
Aroma: Strong aromas of tropical punch, sweet strawberries, cherries, limeade with a tropical smoothie pineapple aroma underneath
Flavor: Strong flavors of tropical orange, fruit punch, limeade, cherries, strawberry smoothie.
Feel: Medium body, appropriate carbonation, finishes, smooth with a smoothie limeade flavor underneath.
Compared to Hop Butcher Kielbasa King 7/25: Pours similar. Milder aromas. More cherry limeade and strawberry smoothie. Less white grape, flower, tropical berries, dank pine.
Compared to Hop Butcher A Toast to Ten 8/25: Pours Pours similar, milder head. Similar aromas. Less pineapple, mango. More limeaid and smoothie. Winner: A Toast To Ten
Overall: Some nice Motueka to balance Citra and Galaxy. The Motueka really shines here with the Cherry limeade and tropical strawberry smoothie flavor. Really liking this Chicago Hopdog with its unique cherry limeade and strawberry smoothie flavors. Fantastic new release from Hop Butcher. (Rating: 4.06)
Aug 03, 2025Appearance: Pours a completely hazy (5% clarity) medium to pale golden yellow color with a strong white head. SRM of 10.
Aroma: Strong aromas of tropical punch, sweet strawberries, cherries, limeade with a tropical smoothie pineapple aroma underneath
Flavor: Strong flavors of tropical orange, fruit punch, limeade, cherries, strawberry smoothie.
Feel: Medium body, appropriate carbonation, finishes, smooth with a smoothie limeade flavor underneath.
Compared to Hop Butcher Kielbasa King 7/25: Pours similar. Milder aromas. More cherry limeade and strawberry smoothie. Less white grape, flower, tropical berries, dank pine.
Compared to Hop Butcher A Toast to Ten 8/25: Pours Pours similar, milder head. Similar aromas. Less pineapple, mango. More limeaid and smoothie. Winner: A Toast To Ten
Overall: Some nice Motueka to balance Citra and Galaxy. The Motueka really shines here with the Cherry limeade and tropical strawberry smoothie flavor. Really liking this Chicago Hopdog with its unique cherry limeade and strawberry smoothie flavors. Fantastic new release from Hop Butcher. (Rating: 4.06)
Reviewed by ovaltine from Indiana
4.5/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +11.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a very hazy hazy pineapple color with a creamy white head that lingers as a cap on the body of the beer and provides moderate lacing. Gorgeous hazy.
The nose is loaded with tropical citrus aromas, primarily ripe pineapple, tart oranges, lemon, and mango, which is precisely where the taste lands, with a bit of sweet oats on the finish.
The mouthfeel is full and soft, fitting the beer perfectly. This is fantastic, IMHO.
Jul 19, 2025The nose is loaded with tropical citrus aromas, primarily ripe pineapple, tart oranges, lemon, and mango, which is precisely where the taste lands, with a bit of sweet oats on the finish.
The mouthfeel is full and soft, fitting the beer perfectly. This is fantastic, IMHO.
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