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Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA

Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Anderson Valley Brewing Company

Boonville, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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7753.71/5.03.7/5.07%89.5 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Hop-Heads, your dreams have come true! Hop Ottin' is Boontling for "hardworking hops," and they're surely hard at work in this brew. Hop Ottin' starts with a strong floral aroma, which winds into a deep and complex body. In an intriguing balance, honey-drenched malts coat rich hop undertones. At length, the hops prevail, with a satisfyingly crisp finish. Hop Ottin' bites like a cankicky bluetail (Hop Ottin' bites like a rattlesnake looking for a fight.)

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 mansquito (568), Boston/Philadelphia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20

Apr 25, 2008  
Cloudy orange color with a sizable slightly off-white head, which sticks around in some form or other for quite a while. Aroma is first heavy in hops, then a little in fruits and flowers. Taste is pretty hoppy with a tasty bite to it. Pretty darn bitter, but other flavors appear if you take a moment to take notice of them.

 Bigmmartin (126), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Bottle. Darkish orange color with a thick head that leaves a ton of lacing. Has a deep sweet malt aroma accented by some flowery hops. The flavor is also very malty, more so than most IPAs...but you can still definitely taste the hops. One of the maltiest IPAs I’ve had, but it is still balanced out by a bitter hop finish. Interesting beer.


HoppyGuy (75), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/516/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a nice mahogany/orange color with a full off-white head. Aroma is of pine and hops with some citrus. Plenty of hops in the flavor, but a nice presence of malt to balance the act. A very good beer with great character. I’d like to pair this brew with pan fried trout, mixed greens and wild rice.


 blutt59 (501), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/514/20
Jul 11, 2008  
bottle, good crisp malty pine nose, orange color with soapy head, flavors of grapefruit and sugar cookies, nice bitter malt finish


 Beerman6686 (536), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Jul 11, 2008  
Poured a pretty clear orange color with an off white head. aroma was of some citrusy hops and a maltiness also. Flavor was a nice and smooth hoppy flavor but balanced very well. Nice non overbearing IPA.


 sunevdj (1346), Copenhagen, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle from Ledgers Liquor San Fransisco. Pours an almost clear amber with a yellowish frothy head and lacings. Lots of bubbles from the bottom of the glass. Quite floral in the beginning but has lots of grapefruit towards the end and in the finish. Medium bodied. Medium to high carbonation. Good.




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