Hop-Fu!
North Park Beer Company

Hop-Fu!Hop-Fu!
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From:
North Park Beer Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #355
ABV:
7.5%
Score:
92
Ranked #5,868
Avg:
4.15 | pDev: 7.23%
Reviews:
19
Ratings:
47
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sunday at 06:37 PM
Added:
Aug 18, 2016
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  2
Lupulin loaded with Chinook, Simcoe, Citra, Amarillo, Mosaic, and Columbus hops, Hop-Fu! delivers a flying kick to your olfactory system with a blast of complex hop flavors and aromas! Pine, dank resins, fresh flowers, peppery spice, tropical fruit, berries, melon, stone fruit, and a lingering citrusy finish all make this one delicious West Coast IPA.
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Ratings by brycevolk:
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Rated by brycevolk from Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Jul 24, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4.5 by plaid75 from New York

Sunday at 06:37 PM
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Reviewed by John_M from Washington

4.5/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the Function taphouse yesterday.

The beer pours a light peachy amber color with good head retention and lacing. On the nose, this is just a wonderfully aromatic WCIPA, showcasing resiny pine, light dank earth, light onion and some noticeable tropical fruit. The flavor profile replicates the nose pretty closely, but I'm particularly impressed by how light the mouthfeel is, and how easy it is to appreciate and enjoy this IPA. This is a very well balanced WCIPA, but with good bitterness on the finish to buoy the modest sweet malt in the mid palate. Also, it's really rare to get this amount of pine flavor in an IPA these days, which is another feature I appreciate. Alcohol is very well integrated into the flavor profile, and the beer has a long, very smooth finish. There are no off flavors detectable anywhere in the flavor profile.

Really outstanding IPA here, one I wish were more readily available where I live. This is an IPA that is worth seeking out IMHO. Impressive.
Mar 09, 2024
 
Rated: 4.01 by brewerburgundy from West Virginia

Jan 27, 2024
 
Rated: 4.25 by BabaBeer from California

Jan 07, 2024
 
Rated: 4.35 by Lobina from Arizona

Nov 06, 2023
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Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona

3.93/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
From 16oz can,very fresh,just delivered no date on can. Pours a slight hazed golden color with a white head . Smell is fruity, malty and dank . Taste has oranges and grapefruit,with pine and sweet malts. Its fruity and tropical more than bitter piney in mouth feel lower carbonation
Oct 30, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by jeff1973 from California

Jul 09, 2023
 
Rated: 4.2 by loganburgh from Michigan

Jun 29, 2023
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

4.25/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2023-05-19
12oz pour in a snifter at the brewery. Entering review from notes.

Pours clear brassy-gold, with a dense, even ~0.5cm head. Light carbonation. Smell is bright citrus and flowers.

Taste is similar, except for the overarching pine resin.

Mouthfeel is very light and very dry. Very good beer.
May 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.21 by jmbeerdude91 from Arizona

Feb 25, 2023
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Reviewed by jdhops from Tennessee

4.45/5  rDev +7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Canned 12/26/22.

L: Pours a clear gold with a short white head that quickly disappears except around the edge of the glass, then vanishes completely. Oddly, noticeable bubbles rise upward even after the head is gone. No lacing.

S: Aromas of juicy fruit gum, melon, and fresh flowers.

T: Outstanding. A tropical/citrus medley up front, a bit of dank spice in the middle, and a dry/bitter grapefruit finish.

F: Medium mouthfeel. Low carbonation, despite the bubbles.

O: Looks a little flat but smells and tastes great. Recalls some classic west coast IPAs.
Jan 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by StoutSnob40 from California

Jan 18, 2023
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Reviewed by TooManyGlasses from Canada (AB)

4.55/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Had initially on tap at North Park tap room two weeks back, then picked up a very fresh 4 pack to return home with.
Pours a very bright clear golden yellow with two fingers of bubbly to rocky white head - no real lacing.
Aroma bangs with piney resin, weedy, sweaty dankness, spicy herbal note, and an array of tropical fruit, over ripe citrus, and melon.
Taste is at once malty sweet and yet with a ton of resin and piney, herbal dankness; still allows flavours of over ripe citrus, tangerine, tropical fruit with building bitterness.
Crisp medium mouthfeel with active carbonation and a lingering spicy bittersweetness.
Desert island beer!
Dec 19, 2022
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Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi

4.27/5  rDev +2.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Had Hop-Fu! poured from pint can, label stamped canned on "10/4"/2022, muled east by my little bro', into nonic pint.

Pours pale gold with clarity and 1-finger of foamy off-white head, with excellent retention, leaving some nice Belgian lace etched down the glass. Dry hopping resin, more than a hint of spice and some definite herbal aromas off pour, then big juicy fruit aromas, including mild and tarter stone fruits, tropical melons, and a nice range of citrus, and finally turning dank, dank as warms. Begins dry resin, then fruity and sweet, with stone fruits, mild citrus and berries predominating, over a little mild malt, before big pine notes arrive, leading into a dank, moderately bitter finish.

Not surprisingly, given the hop bill, this beer takes you on a top-shelf tour of all the classic West Coast elements, from bitter pine, through crisp fruit, to finishing bitter dankness.
Dec 08, 2022
 
Rated: 4.37 by MJSFS from Florida

Nov 23, 2022
 
Rated: 4.13 by smithj4 from New York

Nov 17, 2022
 
Rated: 4.25 by Cpmitchno1 from Virginia

Oct 22, 2022
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Reviewed by lucius10 from California

4.29/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Sweet tropical hoppy, slightly malty, old-school hoppy, and a piney-dank nose on this one! Taste follows with a piney hoppy, hint of citrus, and a balanced, old-school hoppy bitter swallow. This is really clean with a nice crisp finish...drinks like a classic, well done, west coast from back in the day. And, for this being 7.5% ABV, it's pushing the envelope of just being a single. This is tasty! And, criminally underrated! This scratches that "west coast ipa" itch and is really well done!
Jul 30, 2022
 
Rated: 4.05 by Rainintheface from Florida

Jun 03, 2022
Hop-Fu! from North Park Beer Company
Beer rating: 92 out of 100 with 47 ratings