Caldera Kettle Series Hopportunity Knocks

Brewed by Caldera Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ashland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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22oz bottle pours a pale brown color with an abundant frothy head. Some mild hop flavors and can taste the alcohol.

Pours amber with a thick foamy white head. Pine, grapefruit, sweet malt. Initial hop flavor followed by a sweet finish and aftertaste. A little bit of a watery mouthfeel. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bomber. Caramel odor. More malt than hops. Dark copper. Really nothing out of the ordinary. Not enough distinguishable flavor for me ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Pours golden amber with an off-white frothy head. Mild hoppy aroma with a well balanced flavor. Smooth with the bitter finish of hops.

22 oz bottle: Pours bright orange, slightly cloudy. Arom aof caramel malts with resinous hops. Salty and sweet with resinous hops dominating. Chewy, sweet but slightly astringent on the finish. Good lacing iwth a big beer feel. Chewy complex byt not hoppy enough.

Bomber. Malt, toffee, dirty piney hop nose, with a touch of molasses. Light brown and pored out with huge fluffy head. Balanced initial / malt heavy mid palate, with dark sweetish caramel / mild, balanced finish. Medium body. A sweet sort of IPA; not bland, but not the most flavorful one on the block, either.

In short: A mess of a IPA. Bad.
How: Bottle 22oz. Consumed probably fresh, one month after purchase in a PA store.
The look: Cloudy orange-amber body topped by a medium white head leaving lots lof lacings on the glass.
In long: Nose is very dank hops, overripe fruits, wet moldy stuff. The beer smells hoppy for sure but really not my type of hop aroma. Taste grainy malts, moldy bread, rotting fruits, strong yeast presence, strong hops spiciness, orange peels, residual sugars, soapy notes, eeird bitterness. There was so many things wrong with this IPA I cannot even say what bothered me about it, the whole thing bothered me. A tasty but very awkward beer. I’m puzzled by Caldera, this brewery is capable of the best and the worst. I’m never having this shitty beer again, as the old proverb says: Hoppotunity Knocks only once.

Bottle from Capitol Beer and Taproom, medium disappearing head, Reads more amber sweetness than hoppy bitterness. Very drinkable but not sure it should join the ranks of 100s of beer w/ "hop" in the name.

A nice finger of off-white head on a medium straw colored body. A solid pine and lemon aroma. The taste leads with a malt smoothness then quickly hits with a big dose of bitterness. Finishes with a touch of sweetness. Good balance with a bit of complexity. Smooth texture for an IPA, moderate carbonation and medium bitterness. A good IPA. Well worth grabbing a couple.

Bottle. Orange pour with a fluffy off white head. Aroma is spicy, fruity, a bit yeast. Pineapple and tropical fruits. Flavor is surprisingly fruity. Like pineapple juice almost. Sweet but with a good bitter bite. Good beer.