Hopapotamus IPA
The Blue Ridge Brewing Co.
- From:
- The Blue Ridge Brewing Co.
- South Carolina, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.9 | pDev: 5.9%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 04, 2012
- Added:
- Jan 01, 2012
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Mississipping from Minnesota
4.05/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
A: Pours a slightly hazy golden wheat color when held to light, but when sitting on the brass bar, it appears to be more of an amber color. Arrived with a small white head that accompanied me for a bit, then settled to a ring and spotty patching. Pretty exceptional lacing left on the edges of the glass. I'm not real familiar with Blue Ridge, but this looks exceptional!
S: Really nice hop profile. Grapefruit, apricot, and tangerine are dominant with some pine and caramel in the background. Nice malty backbone provides a subtle biscuity aroma to balance things out.
T: Again, the citrus fruits greet you immediately. Grapefruit and apricot punch the taste buds. Pine sap is a bit in the background, just as the aroma would lead you to expect. A nice malty sweetness sneaks in on the back end that complements the other characteristics well. Maybe a bit too much on the sweet side, but pretty damn tasty.
M: Medium bodied with a pretty low level of carbonation. A little bit more thick and still than a lot of IPAs, but I find this to be a really nice feel for the beer. Smooth and creamy with just a bit of a drying effect on the back end between sips.
D: Good drinkability to this one. Very tasty and easy to put down, despite the 6.8 percent. The Carolinas got a blast of winter weather today, so the added booze is quite nice this evening. It's not detectable in the aroma or even the taste, but provides a bit of warmth in the throat. Unfortunately, I've got a drive ahead of me or I'd stick around for another pint. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Jan 04, 2012S: Really nice hop profile. Grapefruit, apricot, and tangerine are dominant with some pine and caramel in the background. Nice malty backbone provides a subtle biscuity aroma to balance things out.
T: Again, the citrus fruits greet you immediately. Grapefruit and apricot punch the taste buds. Pine sap is a bit in the background, just as the aroma would lead you to expect. A nice malty sweetness sneaks in on the back end that complements the other characteristics well. Maybe a bit too much on the sweet side, but pretty damn tasty.
M: Medium bodied with a pretty low level of carbonation. A little bit more thick and still than a lot of IPAs, but I find this to be a really nice feel for the beer. Smooth and creamy with just a bit of a drying effect on the back end between sips.
D: Good drinkability to this one. Very tasty and easy to put down, despite the 6.8 percent. The Carolinas got a blast of winter weather today, so the added booze is quite nice this evening. It's not detectable in the aroma or even the taste, but provides a bit of warmth in the throat. Unfortunately, I've got a drive ahead of me or I'd stick around for another pint. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Reviewed by DIM from Pennsylvania
3.96/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.96/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
a: This was a cloudt copper color. It was served to me with a small, sticky head.
s: Huge, fresh, obnoxiously skinky hop aromas. hints of pine and citrus, but mostly earthy and floral. All hops in the nose.
t: I like the sugar cookie malt base. The bitterness on the finish is face melting. There was some floral citrus flavor, but it was mostly an act of delicious masochism.
m: Sticky and prickly.
o: I was hoping to find the bareywine still on, but this was a nice consolation.
Jan 03, 2012s: Huge, fresh, obnoxiously skinky hop aromas. hints of pine and citrus, but mostly earthy and floral. All hops in the nose.
t: I like the sugar cookie malt base. The bitterness on the finish is face melting. There was some floral citrus flavor, but it was mostly an act of delicious masochism.
m: Sticky and prickly.
o: I was hoping to find the bareywine still on, but this was a nice consolation.
Reviewed by PDXHops from South Carolina
4.07/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.07/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Edit- Here is some additional information provided via a forum post from funkydelic:
-It was actually closer to 31.5#'s of hops/10bbls, not 33
-The primary hops used were Columbus & Chinook, with a bit of Citra and Cascade thrown in
-We targeted a theoretical 75IBU's, and probably came in a bit higher than that
-The whole malt bill consisted basically of Marris Otter, which provided all malt character and color
-The sound a Hoppopotomus makes as it destroys your palate is analogous to the sound Chuck Norris makes as he wakes in the morning, only he never sleeps.
The pales and IPAs from Blue Ridge are typically underwhelming, but when the bartender informed me that Cam from GBX (BA funkydelic) teamed up with the brewer to design the recipe, curiosity got the best of me, and I'm glad it did. Cam figured a "crapload" of hops went into the recipe; the chalkboard at the bar advertised a more scientific estimate at 33 pounds, including 2 doses of dry-hopping. Either way, that's a heckuva lot in a small 10-barrel system. Come to think of it, "crapload" might be the better descriptor here...
Starting off nice here, with a fat, long-lasting head that leaves ring after ring of lacing. In the dim lighting of the bar, the body appears somewhere between hazy dark gold and light amber. The dry-hopping really drops the aroma hammer, big pine, tangerine and grapefruit zest with a certain savory element in the background. Smells great. This was the moment I knew this wasn't gonna be your normal Blue Ridge IPA.
Kudos on the unobtrusive pale malt bill; let those hops do their thang. Big, bold hoppy flavor, something akin to chomping on a grapefruit-soaked pine branch that's been sprinkled with onion powder. The typically modest Blue Ridge carbonation somewhat blunts the more aggressive and gritty aspects of the hops, but does coax out a certain juiciness in the finish. 6.8%, says the bartender, and that seems about right; the alcohol is very slightly noticeable, but not at all out of place. Very flavorful stuff here.
Easily the best pale/IPA I've had from Blue Ridge, and the best one-off beer I've had from them as well. Nice job, Cam.
Jan 01, 2012-It was actually closer to 31.5#'s of hops/10bbls, not 33
-The primary hops used were Columbus & Chinook, with a bit of Citra and Cascade thrown in
-We targeted a theoretical 75IBU's, and probably came in a bit higher than that
-The whole malt bill consisted basically of Marris Otter, which provided all malt character and color
-The sound a Hoppopotomus makes as it destroys your palate is analogous to the sound Chuck Norris makes as he wakes in the morning, only he never sleeps.
The pales and IPAs from Blue Ridge are typically underwhelming, but when the bartender informed me that Cam from GBX (BA funkydelic) teamed up with the brewer to design the recipe, curiosity got the best of me, and I'm glad it did. Cam figured a "crapload" of hops went into the recipe; the chalkboard at the bar advertised a more scientific estimate at 33 pounds, including 2 doses of dry-hopping. Either way, that's a heckuva lot in a small 10-barrel system. Come to think of it, "crapload" might be the better descriptor here...
Starting off nice here, with a fat, long-lasting head that leaves ring after ring of lacing. In the dim lighting of the bar, the body appears somewhere between hazy dark gold and light amber. The dry-hopping really drops the aroma hammer, big pine, tangerine and grapefruit zest with a certain savory element in the background. Smells great. This was the moment I knew this wasn't gonna be your normal Blue Ridge IPA.
Kudos on the unobtrusive pale malt bill; let those hops do their thang. Big, bold hoppy flavor, something akin to chomping on a grapefruit-soaked pine branch that's been sprinkled with onion powder. The typically modest Blue Ridge carbonation somewhat blunts the more aggressive and gritty aspects of the hops, but does coax out a certain juiciness in the finish. 6.8%, says the bartender, and that seems about right; the alcohol is very slightly noticeable, but not at all out of place. Very flavorful stuff here.
Easily the best pale/IPA I've had from Blue Ridge, and the best one-off beer I've had from them as well. Nice job, Cam.
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