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Boulder Beer Cold Hop

Boulder Beer Cold Hop

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78
overall
An English Strong Ale brewed by
Boulder Beer Company

Boulder, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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2873.4/5.03.4/5.06.5%76.4English pint, Trappist glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Introducing Cold Hop British-style ale, a unique ale with a rich golden hue, and the 7th release in our Looking Glass Series of specialty beers. Cold Hop's pleasantly fruity, floral hop aroma and earthy flavor perfectly balance the mild sweetness of the English grains, resulting in a refreshing yet high-gravity British-Style ale.

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 vadavid (131), Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/515/20

Dec 16, 2007  
Pours a bronze-orang color, thin head rapidly fades. Aroma is hard to pin down; strong malt background with piney hops. The piney hop come through in the flavor, there’s also a light citrus flavor in the mix. A bready malt holds it together. There’s a long-lasting hop after taste. Seems to be a classic English IPA.

 decaturstevo (1335), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Orange pour with off white head and lace. Semi sweet aroma of malt and medium evergreen hops. Malty and semi sweet malt with a medium light bitter and an hint of vanilla. Medium bodied a tad fizzy on carbonation. Pretty good beer.


 msante79 (339), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 20, 2008  
12oz bottle. Pours clear orange with white head. Aroma is floral hops, citrus and caramel malt. Flavor is hops, citrus, caramel, light fruit, bread and some earthyness. Kind of bland for an IPA, but does match british style. Solid brew.


 boFNjackson (597), Portland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Poured a cloudy orange with a white head. Aroma of caramel malt and a little hops. Dry palate with the initial flavors being pretty woodsy and earthy with dominant hops and malt behind all that. Finished hoppy with a dry bitterness that’s well balanced.


 DrnkMcDermott (1595), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 18, 2008  
Trade with FlssmrBrewAlum, 12 oz bottle. Nice beery smell when I pop the cap, heavy on malts. Pours a somewhat amber and hazy pale ale color, very little head, but I did pour more slowly down the side than usual. A deep smell has suggestions of an antique pine drawer. Totally silly, but that’s what comes to mind. Taste is a little thick in texture, but not syrupy. One of the few "extreme" pale ales where the malt actually beats down any amped up hop load. Some nutty malt sweetness, a backing of orange, slight show of grass and vanilla. A fine beer overall.


 presario (2497), Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 30, 2008  
Hazy moderate with a thin head and some light lacing. Hop scent with a deep malt base. I get a hint of smoke in a woodsy beer with a moderate (for US) hop profile. Hoppier than a UK version.



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