The Dawn
Hop Nation Brewing Co.
- From:
- Hop Nation Brewing Co.
- Australia
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 18, 2018
- Added:
- Sep 18, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The Dawn was the first beer we ever brewed at our Footscray brewery. A double IPA that is now reborn. This NEIPA is hazy, juicy and packed full of flavour. Showcasing the vibrancy of hops including, Citra, Mosaic and Galaxy, while delivering a textural mouthfeel.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by doktorhops from Australia
4.19/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.19/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I have a friend who always used to tell me: “The light is always darker before the dawn”. Well screw him, because [as a pessimist] I say “The light is always lighter before the night”! #semantics – Well here is the latest train to leave Hype Station, heading for Massive Over-excitementville: Hop Nation The Dawn Double NEIPA. Yes, yes, those magnificent [bastards!] makers of Jedi Juice, which can barely last a day without being sold out in bottle-shops across the nation, have doubled down on this their latest NEIPA. Is the light always darker before dawn? Or is the NEIPA [New England India Pale Ale] always sweeter when it’s 9% ABV in the can? Soon I can (no doubt) safely say “of course it is idiot!” and “yes, shockingly sweet and strong!”.
Poured from a 375ml can into a Duvel tulip.
A: Cloudy golden-orange body with a chalky white head that soon drops back leaving patchy lace-work. Looks OK, not amazing, but looks aren’t always important… at least that’s what my girlfriends used to tell me… wait, what? 7/10.
S: Not unlike Jedi Juice with that BIG grassy/green/cannabis hop vibe, but with more tropical fruit on the nose: papaya, mango, passion fruit, and some peppercorn thrown in for good measure. This is definitely the aroma of a sleek, self-assured Double NEIPA from the makers of sleek, self-assured single NEIPAs, pretty damn awesome work here from Hop Nation, huzzah! [don’t even know why I added that “huzzah!” but I am feeling good right now]. 9/10.
T: Yep it’s a bit like double Jedi [does that make it Sith then?] with more tropical flavours thrown in, and less grassy/green hop notes than detected in the aroma. Flavour profile begins with that papaya/mango/passionfruit combo, add a bit of juicy fruit gum, dash of grassy/green hops, mid-palate bread-like malt base (more banana bread than normal bread), finishes more sweet than bitter. 9% ABV??? Get outta here! Can hardly tell it’s anywhere near that – this is dangerous stuff indeed. Touch too fruit-juice-like is my major criticism (though that’s only because Jedi taught me that a NEIPA could be assertive). 8/10.
M: Mid to heavy, not as heavy as expected but good, dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Once again Hop Nation have: nail = hit on the head. The Dawn is a well-oiled [hop oiled] machine. The only thing I would change, now that I’ve had Jedi Juice, is I would add more of those grassy/green hops. Ironically when I reviewed Jedi I found it too assertively bitter, now I’m wanting that bitterness. 9/10.
Food match: Gourmet pizza with pineapple if that’s your sort of thing… now battle!
Sep 18, 2018Poured from a 375ml can into a Duvel tulip.
A: Cloudy golden-orange body with a chalky white head that soon drops back leaving patchy lace-work. Looks OK, not amazing, but looks aren’t always important… at least that’s what my girlfriends used to tell me… wait, what? 7/10.
S: Not unlike Jedi Juice with that BIG grassy/green/cannabis hop vibe, but with more tropical fruit on the nose: papaya, mango, passion fruit, and some peppercorn thrown in for good measure. This is definitely the aroma of a sleek, self-assured Double NEIPA from the makers of sleek, self-assured single NEIPAs, pretty damn awesome work here from Hop Nation, huzzah! [don’t even know why I added that “huzzah!” but I am feeling good right now]. 9/10.
T: Yep it’s a bit like double Jedi [does that make it Sith then?] with more tropical flavours thrown in, and less grassy/green hop notes than detected in the aroma. Flavour profile begins with that papaya/mango/passionfruit combo, add a bit of juicy fruit gum, dash of grassy/green hops, mid-palate bread-like malt base (more banana bread than normal bread), finishes more sweet than bitter. 9% ABV??? Get outta here! Can hardly tell it’s anywhere near that – this is dangerous stuff indeed. Touch too fruit-juice-like is my major criticism (though that’s only because Jedi taught me that a NEIPA could be assertive). 8/10.
M: Mid to heavy, not as heavy as expected but good, dense carbonation. 8/10.
D: Once again Hop Nation have: nail = hit on the head. The Dawn is a well-oiled [hop oiled] machine. The only thing I would change, now that I’ve had Jedi Juice, is I would add more of those grassy/green hops. Ironically when I reviewed Jedi I found it too assertively bitter, now I’m wanting that bitterness. 9/10.
Food match: Gourmet pizza with pineapple if that’s your sort of thing… now battle!
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