Brays Hoppycock

Brewed by Brays Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Naples, Maine USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask conditioned Gravity Dispense GBBF 2010. An amber beer with an off-white head. This\has really good hoppiness throughout. The malts are never too sweet and actually balance nicely Welcome citrus fruitiness. A good hoppy beer.

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 10, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear medium orange color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, pine, citrus, grapefruit, orange - citrus, peach. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100803]

3rd August 2010. GBBF
Clear gold amber beer. Little cream head. Spritzy orange hop with some pineapple. Tangy. Whisper of the dreaded sulphur but it’s hardly there. Finishes semi dry.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2010. Pours a golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 03/08/2010 (As Hoppycock IPA) Fruity hop aroma. Golden coloured and hoppy with some alcohol present. Fruity pineapple flavour with a hint of dryness in a bitter finish.

CASK at BSF GBBF 2010 ... copper ... big bright pine hop nose ... dry soft pine ... fruity ... little lime peel ... little lemon peel ... light toffee

In short: A beefy resinous and woody IPA.
How: Cask at brewpub
The look: Cloudy copper body topped by small beige head
In long: Huge hoppy nose. Taste is bold, nothing subtle here. Woody malts with caramel and toffee. Muscular hops with a highly resinous character. A little boozy despite the low 6.5% (I suspect higher than the advertised 6.5%). Long resinous bitterness. Good intense IPA. The type of basic pleasant beer that I’d like to have again, even right now. But I don’t have a hoppycock, it’s a good thing since this would be torture because I’m not very flexible.

Cask@GBBF2010. Amber colour with small off-white head. Aroma is nectar, some tropical fruits, mild grassy and herbal notes as well. Also some slight notes of alcohol. Flavour is nectar, wood, tropical fruits, some grass and mild alcohol. Also some slight sweet maltyness.

Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Gold, thin beige head. Some good strawberry sweetness, some good hop. Bit of sherbert. Tasty enough.

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, peachy and slight citrusy hops bitter. Bitter and citrusy into a smooth fruity and citrusy finish. Bitter, peachy and citrusy into the far finish. Ends dry.