Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Nice light amber/orange pour with little head. Fresh hop aroma with a strong malt backbone. Lighter body than expected. Leans a little more towards an english ipa, but pretty good.

Mostly clear orange, short-lived beige head. Aroma of sweet hops, floral and tropical citrus. Taste is sweet and juicy, lots of sweet caramel and sweet citrus hops. Just enough of a bitter piney finish to make it not too sweet for me. Thinner, juicy body with soft carbonation. Very nice overall

Darn good beer. Hard to put it any other way as a hop head. Pours pure gold in color. Transparent. Light head. Tastes very refreshing. Great. Cool sweet finish. Not as bitter as I was expecting. The hops are there, but not as big as I expected. Especially after I read Hop^3. But like I said its a darn good beer. Very, very drinkable. A perfect session IPA.

Draft at Arthur’s in Hyde Park, Cincinnati. Pours a clear orange-gold color with a centimeter-thick eggshell white head. Aroma of earthy, floral hops, as well as citrus, caramel malts, and resin. Right back to the varied hops and orange citrus in the flavor, a perfect balance of the two, with some caramel malts, light grassy and earthy notes, pineapple and apricot fruitiness, and resin. Medium-bodied, well-balanced, and well-carbonated. Resiny mouthfeel. Bitter, sweet, fruity, earthy, and floral. A really nice standard IPA that offers a little something for everyone. I tried this back-to-back with a Victory HopDevil (similarly-rated IPA) and this one definitely jumps out a lot more.

Bottle. A nice clear orange amber color with a small offwhite head , leaving some spotty lacing , medium carbonation . Aroma of citrus,pine and floral hops with some bready malt and a hint of cereal grain . Flavor is spicy , floral and piny , nice malty backbone for some balance , a little bit of yeasty esters and a hint of peaches . Full body with a smooth mouthfeel and a long hoppy finish , nice bitterness throughout . This was a good drinker and something I would buy again, quite sessionable and or drinkable . A nice beer .

12oz bottle. Pours amber with a small off-white head, retains a whispy cap with a touch of spotty lacing. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, then resinous and earthy hops a little bit of bread . Flavor is more pine and earthy hops, some caramel malt. medium bitter finish. Mouthfeel is oily, medium to high carbonation. Pretty good, but not spectacular.

12 oz bottle from a lager glass. Pours a beautiful white head, about 1 cm. Frothy, clings nicely in rings around the glass. Great lacing! Aroma of citrus and hops. Appears as a light amber colored beer with smooth carbonation. Taste is a great balance. Nice hoppiness and bitterness is balanced with a lemon/citrus taste. Very smooth with a slight carbonation bite at the end. Aftertaste is of citrus. A very good IPA.

Tap at Canterbury Ales. Poured a golden amber with a thick foamy head. Pleasantly surprised by this. Nose was floral and piny. Flavors followed the nose. Solid hop notes a nd well balanced with a bitter finish. Paired very well with the hot stuff I was eating with it. Definitely worth a try.