Ho Ho Hopit!
Short's Brewing Company
- From:
- Short's Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- India Pale Lager (IPL)
Ranked #19 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #15,260 - Avg:
- 4.04 | pDev: 6.44%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 25, 2026
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Brand spankin’ new for 2022, this double IPL will light you up with assertive bitterness, pungent citrus flavors, mango, and a tickle of coconut. It’s going to be dark all dang day soon, but fear not, Ho Ho Ho Hopit will keep ya glowing til morning.
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Ratings by Grupatre:
Rated by Grupatre from Michigan
3.7/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nov 25, 2022
3.7/5 rDev -8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Nov 25, 2022
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Mitchster from Michigan
4/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4
12oz can as part of the mixed IPA pack. Packaged 10-21-25.
9.0% ABV, 56 IBU. No ingredients per the website.
Pours out to a lightly hazy orange, forming a tall white soapy head with good retention and very nice lacing. Carbonation is moderate, ~2.5 carbs or so. Nose is of peach nectar, pineapple dum dums and mango. Very nice nose persists despite the age. Mouthfeel is medium dense bodied, lightly syrupy, but finishing crisp and with a slight vegetal astringency and tartness. No off aromas or flavors. No sulfur or diacetyl that I can pick up from the lager yeast. Thankfully, I don't get that terrible terpene "natural flavor" that some breweries are using (Sierra Nevada, New Belgium). The taste is of peach, pineapple and mango with a well balanced maltiness and bitterness. I often find Short's beers too bitter for me, but this one is not. This is a nice DIPA that isn't too boozy, although it is a bit syrupy. I find DIPAs to be too syrupy and prefer regular IPA's or NEIPAs. This is on the lower end of that spectrum. I suspect they didn't brew this with sugar. If they didn't, I think the substitution would help dry out the body. A little peppery alcohol at the end and finishing with some tartness and plant based astringency.
Mar 25, 20269.0% ABV, 56 IBU. No ingredients per the website.
Pours out to a lightly hazy orange, forming a tall white soapy head with good retention and very nice lacing. Carbonation is moderate, ~2.5 carbs or so. Nose is of peach nectar, pineapple dum dums and mango. Very nice nose persists despite the age. Mouthfeel is medium dense bodied, lightly syrupy, but finishing crisp and with a slight vegetal astringency and tartness. No off aromas or flavors. No sulfur or diacetyl that I can pick up from the lager yeast. Thankfully, I don't get that terrible terpene "natural flavor" that some breweries are using (Sierra Nevada, New Belgium). The taste is of peach, pineapple and mango with a well balanced maltiness and bitterness. I often find Short's beers too bitter for me, but this one is not. This is a nice DIPA that isn't too boozy, although it is a bit syrupy. I find DIPAs to be too syrupy and prefer regular IPA's or NEIPAs. This is on the lower end of that spectrum. I suspect they didn't brew this with sugar. If they didn't, I think the substitution would help dry out the body. A little peppery alcohol at the end and finishing with some tartness and plant based astringency.
Reviewed by MrOH from Virginia
4.1/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Cloudy gold, thick white head, great retention, thick rings of lace
Grapefruit zest, mango, and passionfruit aromas
Tastes like it smells, a bit of woody coconut, light malt
Medium bodied, appropriately carbonated, alcohol is well hidden
Pretty good.
Jan 04, 2023Grapefruit zest, mango, and passionfruit aromas
Tastes like it smells, a bit of woody coconut, light malt
Medium bodied, appropriately carbonated, alcohol is well hidden
Pretty good.
Reviewed by JohnnyHopps from Indiana
4.1/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance - The was golden in color with a fluffy white head.
Smell - The nose had notes of citrus with a bready backbone.
Taste - As described, the hop profile was pungent. The bitterness was propped up by a bready backbone. The hops linger with a yeast presence that sticks to the roof of the mouth.
Mouthfeel - Bubbly carbonation could not thin the bready backbone.
Overall - I need to have more of this style.
Dec 23, 2022Smell - The nose had notes of citrus with a bready backbone.
Taste - As described, the hop profile was pungent. The bitterness was propped up by a bready backbone. The hops linger with a yeast presence that sticks to the roof of the mouth.
Mouthfeel - Bubbly carbonation could not thin the bready backbone.
Overall - I need to have more of this style.
Reviewed by KT3418 from Colorado
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
This is also pretty good. It's super smooth and still not outrageously hoppy so it retains some IPL roots. I'm skeptical on the abv again because nothing is on the can but this is super drinkable
Oct 25, 2022
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