Hop House
Brewery Ommegang

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From:
Brewery Ommegang
 
New York, United States
Style:
Belgian Pale Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 10.32%
Reviews:
126
Ratings:
807
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 29, 2019
Added:
Dec 14, 2013
Wants:
  23
Gots:
  162
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Ratings by NeroFiddled:
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

4.18/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Ommegang "Hop House"
12 oz./355 ml brown glass bottle, "PKG ON 01/07/14 BEST BY 01/2015"
$2.99 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ

Carefully poured so as not to disturb the lees, Hop House displays a mainly clear golden-amber body beneath a three-finger thick head of rocky off-white head that slowly settles into a dense 1" thick cap. The yeast pour will bring it to a fully cloudy orange and brass appearance with visible particulate in suspension. The head retention is excellent, and the lacing left about the glass is almost as good.

In the nose it's floral, softly piney, and delicately fruity combining soft citrus and tropical fruit notes with more of the usual fruitiness you get from yeast (tangerine, pineapple, mango, papaya, lemon, peach, apple, red berries).

The first sip informs you that it has a light-medium body and a very fine-bubbled, gently effervescent carbonation that gently caresses the tongue. It's 'smooth' but it lets you know it's there.

In the flavor it's both spicy/peppery and gently citrusy over a grainy malt base, and each of the components display themselves clearly but also work with each other to combine as 'one'. Only a moderate bitterness is needed as the spiciness and gently tart fruit work together to balance the lightly sweet, grainy malt.

It doesn't have quite the slap that some Belgian-style hoppy pale ales do, but the trade-off to that is that its balanced refinement leaves it just that much more drinkable: it's complex without being overtly full in flavor, and that keeps your interest as you progress through it, continually looking for more subtleties.
Jan 05, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Rated by flgimp from Pennsylvania

4.28/5  rDev +13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
An excellent dry hopped pale ale
Dec 29, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by JohnDon from Texas

Oct 10, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by alexsergio from New York

Aug 31, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by COBEERHUNTER from Colorado

Aug 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.85 by BradtheGreat7 from Ohio

Jan 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.71 by Khaack from New York

Oct 29, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Jun 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.89 by caburdette51 from West Virginia

Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.13 by Bones10 from Illinois

Apr 18, 2017
 
Rated: 3.52 by Timtac from New Jersey

Feb 05, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by reizorc from Pennsylvania

Jan 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.94 by MonkeyBread from Nevada

Nov 11, 2016
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

3.1/5  rDev -18%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
**
04/05/2014
AROMA: Aroma grapefruit hops, pine.
LOOK: Nice white head, pale yellow.
TASTE: Taste is fruity, bitter late. Pine taste also. Alcohol is present.
FEEL: Feel is lively and creamy. On tap at JoJo's."

Not that tasty, but well crafted.
**
Oct 22, 2016
 
Rated: 3.74 by MI_beerdrinker from Texas

Oct 14, 2016
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Reviewed by Jerseyislandbeer from Jersey

3.94/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Brought back from my trip to NYC. Pours a hazy golden orange with good carbonation and a fluffy white head. Aroma is lightly malty, hoppy, yeasty, with a touch of fruit. Taste is moderately sweet, Belgian yeast spicy, herb, citrus, some flower, straw, light hay with a long medium to fairly strong bitter finish.
Oct 04, 2016
 
Rated: 4.2 by JohnTurano from Florida

Sep 13, 2016
 
Rated: 3.93 by paresis from Massachusetts

Aug 29, 2016
 
Rated: 4.25 by GilGarp from Colorado

Aug 26, 2016
 
Rated: 4.52 by BeerdedHophead from Illinois

Jul 31, 2016
Hop House from Brewery Ommegang
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 807 ratings