5 Seasons Hopgasm

Brewed by 5 Seasons Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Holy sheot this beer is awesome! This poured an amber color. The aroma contains some caramel, toffee, lemons, and grapefruit. The flavor is rather bitter with citrus and caramel. This is like an amber ale on crack, I love it!

Tap, Brown with a tan head. Aroma of musty malts and pine. Flavor of grapefruit. Mild bodied. Huge hop character.

Draught at brewpub. Really lovely simcoe/floral aroma and excellent hoppy taste. Good take on West Coast style.

On draft from the brewpub. This was the winner of the night from all the beers we tried. Ruby red pour w/ creamy off-white head. Citrus and floral hop aroma. Nice light to medium texture. Strong even bitterness throughout backed up w/ caramel malts. Big fan.

Dark brown-orange, off white cover. Piney, herbal hop aroma, crystal toast. Taste is nicely biter, pine resin, sweet caramel, fruity but not overpowering.

Draft pint at the Prado brewpub. Beauty of a pour ... Deep muddy orange with a solid pile of foam to top it off. With the first whiff, you know the name is no gimmic ... There’s a ton o’ hops jammed in this. Thick and viscuous, this drinks with a punch to the gut, rich with citric hops and a full up malt basis. Very nice.

Despite its name and as good as this beer is, I don’t believe anyone will reach the ecstacy implied. The key here is the strong grapefruit smelling hop. It dominates the nose and later the palate. The color is a surprisingly dark amber color. Like all of the beers at Five Seasons, this one has a haze to it. This beer is all about the hop; although it is strong, it doesn’t make the beer fall into the "extreme" category. My second favorite of the flight of five.

On tap at Prado. Pours a hazy copper with a small off-white head. Aroma is really great, earthy, citrus, and sweet malt. Solid. Taste is great as well. Lots of citrus hop and simcoe is detectable as well. A very substantial malt backbone. This is one of the best IPAs I’ve had in a long time. Mouth is sticky and full. Very nice.