New Holland Mad Hatter Ale

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Holland, Michigan USA

Strong, robust hop aroma. Lands on the tongue sweetly, finishes dry. An excellent IPA.

Pours a darkish clean amber with a small white head. As soon as I poped the cap a angry little hop jumped out and smacked me in the nose. Well, not really but the massive hop aroma did give my nose a good thrashing. Huge bitter hops at first then it settles down a little and some citrus and floral notes come thru. Flavor is very bitter and dry. Just like me. The floral really comes out as it warms a tad. Big sticky lacing clinging for dear life on the sides of the glass. There is a hop still in the bottle and I can hear it saying. "they like me. they really like me"

On tap at The Firkin in Glen Elyn, IL. Pours a slightly hazy orange. The nose is of pine and citrus. Taste is dominated by bitter hops and the finish is huge. I wanted to like this more than I did. I love big hoppy brews, but this one left me wanting for more malt for balance and structure. The drinkabilty isn’t here like it is in Three Floyd’s Alpha King. Good, but not great.

Very enjoyable IPA. Orange color from the bottle with a white head. Almost a perfume aroma with an IPA bitter finish Explodes with hops...a real winner. The Micro brew pub has a 6 sampler of different recipes of the Hatter and if you’re in Holland try the Black on tap. Fabulous!

I LOVED this IPA! This is a new brewer to me and I must try their other selections based on this increditble beer! Thie aroma was a strong floral hop. The pour was a hazy orange with a decent lacing off white head. The taste was all sweet malt in the beginning, then gave way to a massive hop bitterness that finished through to the end. This hatter sure is mad and he makes an awesome beer! A must have for hops lovers!

pours a gold copper with a 1.5 finger white head. aroma is a nice hops with orange and a flowery perfume scent as well. descent lacing and a light to medium body. flavor is orange peel and piney hops with a little sweet malt in the middle. it also has that flowery perfume taste to it. has nice carbonation and a lot of spiciness on the tongue. has a little sweet malt aroma as it warms. the carbonation throughout kind of plays with the flavor off and on though overall not bad.

bottle. hazy thick orange pour with almost no head. crisp fresh hop, sticky malt, citrus aroma. clean taste. hop and caramel malts. a bit thin. bitter finish.

Bottle. A hazed medium golden color with a laced white head. The grapefruit and hop aroma fortells a fine IPA. A little bit thin in the body but a generally a nice dry bitter, citrus, lemon and hoppy flavor.