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Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale 3.69 219

Arcadia Hop Rocket 11th Anniversary Ale

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95
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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2193.71/5.03.69/5.0Special9%71Snifter, 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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roopy40 (1), Rhode Island, USA
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4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20
Jul 4, 2009  
Pours a golden hue. Smells piney, faint citrus in there. Taste is biting up front and sticks to your palate on the way down. Finishes smooth, nicely balanced hops. Wonderful 11th anniversary ale.


Weedking4 (33), Stratford, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 2, 2009  
In bottle at Foran’s in Detroit on the July 24th weekend. Incredibly easy to drink considering the abv%. Quite a delicious drink and I can’t wait to find another one next time i’m in the states.


 CaptainCougar (5552), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Pours a transparent copper orange with a spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of fresh grapefruity hops and lightly sweet pale malt. Body starts with a decent full and sweet caramel maltiness along with big fresh citrusy grapefruity hoppy presence before a drier, bittersweet crisp finish. Nicely balanced and pretty drinkable IIPA.


 Ungstrup (15495), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with an orangey head. The aroma has strong notes of grass, hops, grapefruit, and caramel - lovely hoppy. The flavor is very sweet with strong notes of hops, grass, and grapefruit, leading to a very dry grassy finish.


 DrnkMcDermott (1873), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Jan 29, 2008  
Draft taster at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Place/illinois/chicag Map Room. Light, almost pale lager color. But that’s from a small sample in a regular sized glass. Smell from that sample is pretty hop-intense. Pine needles, grapefruit, and yes, catbox, all very fresh. Big grainy malt taste. The kind of beer that’ll be hard to keep making if current trends continue. Get one while you can.


 jtw (944), farmington, Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 5, 2008  
12 oz bottle. slightly clouded orange-amber liquid, sticky light beige head. resiny hops aroma, pine, pineapple, lemon-orange citrus, and no alcohol (moderately dry). dry flavor of hops and a tiny backbone of malt - lots of hops juices in this one. more pine and citrus, with a bit of bready malt hidden behind. enjoyable beer - early summer would seem to be a better time for it, however!


 MI2CA (1266), Noblesville, Indiana, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Sep 29, 2008  
12oz - Aroma is pungent pine hops and caramel malt. Pours cloudy orange-brown with a medium head and great lacing. The flavor is both pine and citrus hops with a nice caramel finish. Palate is tart. A very nice full bodied IIPA.


 drewbeerme (2316), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 29, 2008    Updated: Feb 18, 2008
on tap at the maproom. pours clear golden-amber with off white head. nose is loaded with pnw hop aroma and interesting one at that, lots of piney and sweet grapefruit but a unique earthy-hop leafy notes in there too. flavor was pretty much of the same, at first i didn’t find this bitter enough but later on i thought the hop flavor just worked so well i didn’t need big bitterness. the malt backbone was a bit lacking but there was no alcohol tasted and this is all about the awesome fresh interesting hop notes. easily the best Arcadia beer i’ve had. i need some more.4.0.

2/15/08, 12oz bottle, this bottle is still very fresh and tastes exactly like I remember it did on tap. however I’m picking up some citrus, fruit punchy, and bubblegum hop notes. just an awesome, unique IIPA nose, and slightly under-rated! wonderful beer. I’m getting more. 3.9.



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