DDH Super Cloud
Highland Park Brewery
- From:
- Highland Park Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 6.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 23, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 17, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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DDH Super Cloud is a 7.3% ABV hazy IPA heavily dry Hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, & Vic Secret hops. Lots of over-ripe mango aromas with some pineapple dankness.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by jdhops from Tennessee
4.24/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Canned 10/31/23. No longer retired.
L: Pours a hazy medium gold with a big fluffy white head with lots of bubbles. Very pretty patches of lacing.
A: Aromas of pineapple, lemon-lime, and mango.
T: Mango and pineapple up front, citrus lime and orange in middle. Finishes surprisingly - and pleasantly - dry and bitter. A very slight metallic aftertaste.
F: Medium mouthfeel.
O: The tropical and citrus quickly give way to the dry bitterness. A tasty juxtaposition diminished just a bit by the aftertaste.
Nov 18, 2023L: Pours a hazy medium gold with a big fluffy white head with lots of bubbles. Very pretty patches of lacing.
A: Aromas of pineapple, lemon-lime, and mango.
T: Mango and pineapple up front, citrus lime and orange in middle. Finishes surprisingly - and pleasantly - dry and bitter. A very slight metallic aftertaste.
F: Medium mouthfeel.
O: The tropical and citrus quickly give way to the dry bitterness. A tasty juxtaposition diminished just a bit by the aftertaste.
Reviewed by unlikelyspiderperson from California
3.84/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a super duper cloudy/murky yellow. I think this is what these are supposed to look like but this sort of dull murky appearance is not super appealing to me.
Smell is big and vibrant. Very juicy melon and papaya. Tarter orange notes in the background. Quite fragrant and appealing.
The taste is, in many ways, strongly in contrast with the smell. Lots of sharp citrus (especially lemon) peel/rind up front. Some sweeter citrus flesh notes as well. Tail end bitterness is more herbal/vegetal. Much less depth than the aroma.
Mouthfeel is nice, surprisingly less sludgy than the appearance made me a feared of. Nice full and soft mouthfeel.
Overall this is a pleasantly passable brew. Nothing that is going to blow anyone away but a very pleasant and aromatic modern hazy IPA. If all 20$ 4-packs were this quality the world would be a better place.
Apr 18, 2019Smell is big and vibrant. Very juicy melon and papaya. Tarter orange notes in the background. Quite fragrant and appealing.
The taste is, in many ways, strongly in contrast with the smell. Lots of sharp citrus (especially lemon) peel/rind up front. Some sweeter citrus flesh notes as well. Tail end bitterness is more herbal/vegetal. Much less depth than the aroma.
Mouthfeel is nice, surprisingly less sludgy than the appearance made me a feared of. Nice full and soft mouthfeel.
Overall this is a pleasantly passable brew. Nothing that is going to blow anyone away but a very pleasant and aromatic modern hazy IPA. If all 20$ 4-packs were this quality the world would be a better place.
Reviewed by fmccormi from California
3.49/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 2.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.49/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 2.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Straight pour from a 16oz can to a stemless wine glass (HPB’s Bottle Friends cat glass). This was canned on April 5, 2019, according to a canning date printed in black ink on the underside of the can (“DDH Canned 04.05.19”), making this can 11 days old at the time of consumption.
Appearance (2.25): This pours out a turbid, pale yellow-orange body with a quick-fizzy, white head that amounts to maaaaybe one finger before quickly dissipating. Not great retention, pretty color, but not the most flattering presentation overall.
Smell (4.5): Rich tangelo-like, kind of bright and poppy sweet orange flavor—like a tangerine got weird with a juicy navel orange—mixed with funky passionfruit, macerated white grape skins, and a light, very terpy hash aroma. Underneath it, some gooseberry, papaya, and other sauv blanc-like notes come out a bit, but there’s a crazy density of tangelo and passionfruit that dominates the nose. Very light white flour dumpling dough and some buttermilk biscuit crumbs add some blush to the mix.
Taste (3.5): On the palate, DDH Super Cloud takes a bit of a left turn, focusing on bright, gently bitter grassy and herbal notes mixed with some soft, resinous ganja—the herbal, kind of coniferous kind. Beyond that, very bright, pithy citrus bitterness rules the roost, but I’m missing a lot of the juicy, drippy, tropical notes that the nose suggested. I think the hops may be just a bit too brash and unrefined at this point, and may mellow out nicely in another week or two. There’s a bit of chalky hop burn on the back end, too. The malt is barely visible in this beer, offering a few notes of common crackers, buttermilk biscuit crumbs, and the floury bottom crust of a white boule. No sign of booze.
Mouthfeel (2.75): Carbonation is on the coarse and fizzy side, without every tingling—it just feels underrealized, to be honest. The body is smooth enough, but the extra dry-hopping leaves some chalkiness that I’m not suuuuper stoked on, while drying out the palate from almost the very start. The hops create an aggressively dry, resinous feel, and leave nothing behind, scraping your tongue not to the point of being unpleasant, but definitely leaving nothing behind. Medium-weight, ish.
Overall (3.0): I feel like this was a really good idea on paper that maybe didn’t translate to the kettle quite as well as it could have. I’m nuts about hops, and love bold dry-hopping, but I’m also keenly aware of the tendency for some DDH (D)IPAs to overshoot. At this point in time, I think this beer is not living up to its potential. It’s very possible that this will mellow and smooth out and become much juicier in a little while, much in the way Highland Park’s Irresponsible did. That beer, which is over 10% ABV, was chalky and kind of hop burn-y and too fizzy when it was fresh-fresh, but it transformed over the next two to three weeks into something that was juicy, rich, and surprisingly dynamic. I’m hoping this beer will do the same, but we shall see. Try it on tap, see what you think, but maybe hold off on buying the cans for the time being—but I will report back if this turns around and becomes awesome.
Apr 17, 2019Appearance (2.25): This pours out a turbid, pale yellow-orange body with a quick-fizzy, white head that amounts to maaaaybe one finger before quickly dissipating. Not great retention, pretty color, but not the most flattering presentation overall.
Smell (4.5): Rich tangelo-like, kind of bright and poppy sweet orange flavor—like a tangerine got weird with a juicy navel orange—mixed with funky passionfruit, macerated white grape skins, and a light, very terpy hash aroma. Underneath it, some gooseberry, papaya, and other sauv blanc-like notes come out a bit, but there’s a crazy density of tangelo and passionfruit that dominates the nose. Very light white flour dumpling dough and some buttermilk biscuit crumbs add some blush to the mix.
Taste (3.5): On the palate, DDH Super Cloud takes a bit of a left turn, focusing on bright, gently bitter grassy and herbal notes mixed with some soft, resinous ganja—the herbal, kind of coniferous kind. Beyond that, very bright, pithy citrus bitterness rules the roost, but I’m missing a lot of the juicy, drippy, tropical notes that the nose suggested. I think the hops may be just a bit too brash and unrefined at this point, and may mellow out nicely in another week or two. There’s a bit of chalky hop burn on the back end, too. The malt is barely visible in this beer, offering a few notes of common crackers, buttermilk biscuit crumbs, and the floury bottom crust of a white boule. No sign of booze.
Mouthfeel (2.75): Carbonation is on the coarse and fizzy side, without every tingling—it just feels underrealized, to be honest. The body is smooth enough, but the extra dry-hopping leaves some chalkiness that I’m not suuuuper stoked on, while drying out the palate from almost the very start. The hops create an aggressively dry, resinous feel, and leave nothing behind, scraping your tongue not to the point of being unpleasant, but definitely leaving nothing behind. Medium-weight, ish.
Overall (3.0): I feel like this was a really good idea on paper that maybe didn’t translate to the kettle quite as well as it could have. I’m nuts about hops, and love bold dry-hopping, but I’m also keenly aware of the tendency for some DDH (D)IPAs to overshoot. At this point in time, I think this beer is not living up to its potential. It’s very possible that this will mellow and smooth out and become much juicier in a little while, much in the way Highland Park’s Irresponsible did. That beer, which is over 10% ABV, was chalky and kind of hop burn-y and too fizzy when it was fresh-fresh, but it transformed over the next two to three weeks into something that was juicy, rich, and surprisingly dynamic. I’m hoping this beer will do the same, but we shall see. Try it on tap, see what you think, but maybe hold off on buying the cans for the time being—but I will report back if this turns around and becomes awesome.
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