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Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale

Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
95
overall
Brewed by Arcadia Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Battle Creek, Michigan USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2113.72/5.03.7/5.0Special9%72.4Snifter, Tulip
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Anniversaries are meant to be celebrated, and as we looked back on 11 years of “balance in beer,” we decided to take a walk on the wild side with this year’s Anniversary Ale. Our brewers were finally turned loose to craft a beer that’s focused on the hops, and the result is Hop Rocket… Arcadia’s 11th Anniversary Ale.

Hop Rocket is a veritable constellation of hops… including some varieties that we haven’t used in other beers, and it’s delivered by the same booster of worldclass malt that our loyal fans have come to know and love with all Arcadia Ales. We appreciate the opportunity to share with you this “launch” of our 12th years, and we hope you’ll enjoy the ride with Arcadia Hop Rocket!
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 zach8270 (2053), Henrietta, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 5, 2009  
(bottle - 12 oz) Cloudy orange in color with a creamy looking off-white head. Aroma is all citrus and floral hops. Not much else besides some grapefruit. The flavor doesn’t have nearly as much hops as I thought it would from the aroma. Light and bitter floral hops at the beginning but fades quickly to citrus and alcohol in the middle. Finishes warm and slightly bitter. I’m slightly confused by this.


 jgentgesdo (564), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 2, 2009  
Pours cloudy brownish/golden with a small tan head. Nose is mostly grapefruit and evergreen hops with a slightly malty tinge. Bitter, malty beginning segues into strong citrus and floral hops notes, long bitter finish. Mouthfeel is clean, a little watery, long hops aftertaste. It’s good


 Miksu (2194), Jyväskylä, Finland
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Feb 1, 2009  
0.355 l bottle at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Hazy orange color. Hop aroma with lemon, mango and apricot, fair amount of toffeish maltiness in aroma too. Bittersweet flavor with loads of lemony, grapefruity, mangoish and black curranty hops as well as chewy toffeish maltiness. Tasty but could be less chewy and more drinkable.


 TeamTrappist (368), jericho, New York, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/515/20
Jan 22, 2009  
Tap at barcade. Poured a cloudy. Amber super pony and grapefruit. And g rassy nose flavor is dominated by. The grapefruit .but as hippy. As the front is the backend is on the sweet side totally lacking bitterness. Still good though


 blipp (1632), Newark, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jan 22, 2009  
Given the dates of the first ratings of this beer, I’m guessing my bottle is at least a year old. Pours orange with an off white head. Aroma is grapefruits and floral hops. Age has made this very well balanced, with juicy sweet citrus, caramel malt, and a touch of hoppy bitterness in the finish. Very drinkable, though it’s no longer the hop bomb that I’m sure it was when it was fresh. Still a very good beer.


 DragonsHead (137), Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/103/516/20
Jan 20, 2009  
Thanx alot rob. This was a free case from galli distributing. my holiday partywas lame. this made it better. Nice big hop flavor. with a huge aftertaste....


 ruggedman (613), Portland, Maine, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/512/20
Jan 10, 2009  
On tap at Novare Res. Arcadia Ales seems to me like a dark/malty beer specialist. This beer really drove the point home. The malt profile still dominated this I2PA. Needs more hops to be in this style.


 pjweaver (133), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Jan 4, 2009  
Tulip glass from bottle. Pours a murky amber, with a pure white fluff of a head. Pine, orange, grapefruit, some floral aroma. Orange and citrus flavor that hits and dies quickly, crisp and refreshing. Foamy biting mouthfeel, with no real residual aftertaste.



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