Hopfanatic Bitterfly

Hopfanatic Brewery-Kiss Tamás
Brewed at Rizmajer Sörfözde
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Budapest, Hungary

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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.33l bottle from Only Good Beer in Budapest. Gushing pour, with huge (but pretty) tannish head. Big juicy hop aroma, a little less fresh than I’d like. Body goes quite bitter with dry yeast. Lots of sediment and quite hazy, deep orange body. Pineapple, some lemon zest, hits some nice notes. Fantastic IPA out of Hungary, probably the best beer from here that I’ve tried.

Jazzy orange yellow with huge off white foam head, lasting and lacing. Aroma is hop dominated. Taste is bitter with some orange, nice beer. (Velp 201303) ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottled. The first tasting did not like it so much, the brew repaired(?) or the time is good for quality. Hazy orange-brown color body with creamy caramel colour foam. Medium carbonation, silky, creamy taste, strong fruity bitterness, grapefruit, maybe fige, belgian hopped. Aftertase nice serious, definite bitter and long live. Good. Hungarian pride.

A reddish copper coloured beer with an off-white head. Aroma is intense hoppy with piney, resinous, citrusy character. Hoppy flavour with some malty sweetness. Long, bitter and dry hoppy aftertaste. Good one!

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2013 aroma of citruses, mainly grapefruit; dry taste of grapefruit and hoppy bitterness with long lasting spicy aftertaste;really good Hungarian IPA; congratulations for Tamas!

Bottle - Nice amber coloured, small off-white head which goes away . Good for the nose:hoppy & fruity. Taste comes with medium maltiness followed with tons of hop aromas: pine and grapefruit. Alcohol notes well hidden,a bit dry finish. Enjoyed very much!

A "hopfanatikus" Tamás barátunk támadása az ízlelőbimbók ellen. Elég gyümölcsösen kezdi a dolgot a szárnyas lény, jön egy kis citrus és sajt a belga élesztővel, grapefruit, fenyőgyanta, aztán már harap is azokkal az éles komlófogakkal. Érezni ezen is, hogy ebből sem sajnálták az anyagot, lapátoltak bele rendesen. Igen keserű és száraz a vége csak felkészült embereknek ajánlható!

23/06 A 0.33 l bottle courtesy of Marko, great thanks for sharing! It poured hazy orange to brown body with small head. Fine rich aroma of fruit and caramel malts, balanced with nice orange or grapefruit hops. Flavor was a bit lighter than expected, although very tasty when used to it. Balanced between sweet malt like figs, biscuit, caramel and even chocolate and nice orange and herbal hops it basically tastes like a nice jaffa cake. Not very rich in body, just average so, but has very pleasant qualities which resulted in nice long tasty finish, biscuit with dry herbal bitterness. Lot of things here indeed. Wonderful, very close to the first rating of four in over a year!

ö.33 bottle collected at the 3rd Főzdefeszt, consumed after 6 weeks or so. (Actually there was another bottle consumed a couple of weeks earlier. That one tasted better and more complex. I tried to "average" the two, but I am writing this rating after the second taste so that has stronger weight in the scores...). Nice, sweetish fruity aroma, very strong in he first bottle, much less in the second. Head is fairly thick, foam tastes creamy and bittersweet. Color is very dark amber. Mild carbonation, silky, creamy taste. Strong fruity bitterness, maybe mandarin or fresh banana. Definite sweet component fighting with the bitterness, maybe a bit syrupy in the end. Aftertaste is mildly bitter, lasts long. A very nice effort, the sweetness could be a bit weaker and he whole composition a bit wilder, but still very promising!

Bottled 330ml. -from Főzdefeszt III, Budapest. Amber coloured, small off-white head, agrumy hoppy nose. Toasted malt, intensive and moderate bitter hoppy taste with light notes of caramel and tropical fruits. Pleasant finish and aftertaste, no trace of alcohol. Enjoyable IPA.