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RATINGS: 35   MEAN: 3.87/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.7   EST. CALORIES: 210   ABV: 7%
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HopGasm is Brewmaster Kevin McNerney’s innaugural release at 5 Seasons. HopGasm is a west coast India Pale Ale, bold in every sense. It invites you with a nose far more intruiging than most IPAs. We use 5 different hops, including Simcoe and Amarillo, which gives an incredibly rich bouquet and a pleasurable mouthfeel. It’s a bit over 7% ABV, but a solid malt backbone and a sumptuous aftertaste will make you want multiple HopGasms.


4.2
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Hank1980 (942) - Athens, Georgia, USA - SEP 13, 2009
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.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 18/20
pintocb (597) - Darsville, Georgia, USA - DEC 10, 2008
Copper color Screaming citrus hops in the nose. Grapefruit abounds. Oily as hell. Medium body with a great backbone. This is exactly what an IPA should be.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
PotjeBier (522) - Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS - JUL 10, 2010
On tap @ Prado location. Smells like a real hop bomb: Resiny, flowery, piney hops. Taste is relatively mild, with even some malty sweetness, but quite dry. Finishes with a mild bitterness, with all the aroma still in place. Very good and very different from your average Westcoast IPA. Rated 01/26/09

3.8
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
smcolw (426) - Wayland, Massachusetts, USA - OCT 24, 2009
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.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
jw0406 (305) - atlanta, Georgia, USA - MAY 12, 2011
16 oz draft pours a amber/orange color with a medium white head. Aromas of citrus, grass and pine. Medium bodies with a bitter dry finish, nicely done


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