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Deschutes Hop Henge Imperial IPA

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2323.65/5.03.63/5.0Winter8.1%59.4Snifter, Tulip
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Our latest Bond Street Series brew, Hop Henge, got bumped up to Imperial status this year. With a few more IBU’s than last year’s version, this IPA has a monumental amount of hops coming in just under the century mark for IBU’s. Two and one half pounds of Centennial, Cascade, and Northern Brewer hops are added, per beer barrel, and another half pound is used in the dry hopping process giving Hop Henge a whopping 95 IBU rate. A hearty malt bill, consisting of Crystal, Pale and Carastan malts, creates a biscuity note while building a dense base supporting the mammoth hop presence.
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 dwyerpg (2529), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
May 13, 2007  
Creamy and hoppy aroma. The flavor has a great hop bite. Really sustains with a nice hoppy flavor. My kind of beer.


 BBB63 (4228), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/513/20
May 12, 2007  
Bottle from Steve (THX) and served in my GI IPA tulip: Pours a coppery hue with a lasting almost creamy white head and excellent lacing. The aroma has notes of resiny and floral hops, hint of grapefruit and orange zest, some earthiness and biscuity malts, and a hint of soap water. The taste starts full force hop driven and does not let go. Tones of piney and citric flavors abound supported by some pepper and clove. There is a under layer of malt but it just a cover for the bitters to crush. The beer does lean towards being a bit unbalanced as the astringent metallic aftertaste lingers on a bit too much. A good beer but needs to be shared for this bomber bottle got overwhelming on the second glass.


 Tmoney99 (4716), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
May 8, 2007  
Bottle shared with shigadeyo. Pours a clear dark copper with a large frothy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Heavy complex hoppy citrus and alcohol aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Heavy hoppy bittersweet flavor with a good bittersweet finish of moderate duration. Very good brew to share with a freind.


 bhensonb (4245), Woodland, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 7, 2007  
Huge aroma of pine and grapefruit, with detectable malt. Beautiful copper amber color with an off-white head that stays and lightly tries to lace. Medium mouthfeel, burst of mixed hop, followed by strong malt. However, the malt comes and goes quickly, as this is all about a hop finish. Creamy with a bite. Relatively mild carbonation. It might get better than this, but not often.


 EithCubes (2146), Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
May 6, 2007  
Bomber. Huge aromatic smack of grapefruit, lychee, hop oil, and pine. Very, very hoppy. Clear orange body, orange-tinged soapy beige head. Taste is extremely hop-heavy, oily full mouthfeel and a aftertaste like the main course: dry, bitter, and hoppy. Slightly warming. Avoids the disturbing bitterness of many IIPAs, meaty, structured malt. Floral with light bready notes. Slightly more than liquid hops, and a good one! Thanks, Jake!


 CaptainCougar (5407), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 5, 2007  
Bottle sampled on 2/26/07: Pours a clear dark golden bronze with a thin coating of spotty white head. Aroma of sweet toffee caramel and lots of fresh piny hops. Body starts with good caramel malty viscosity, a touch of fruity sugar complexity and lots of piny grapefruity bittering hops with a slightly-warming finish. Fairly well-balanced, a pretty standard imperial IPA.


 raphael (412), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
May 4, 2007  
on tap at horse brass. aroma of green hops. powedred sugar, mildy citrus. slightly hazy amber, minimal head. light but sleek in the mouth. first taste is creamy then explodes iwht hoppiness, a middle grond where the hops & malt meet, but asharp forward edge fo thinner & bitterer


 DYCSoccer17 (2189), Davis, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/104/514/20
May 1, 2007  
22 ounce bomber purchased from Nugget on Covell in Davis, CA. Very sweet, sugary, candy-like floral aroma. Quite aromatic and very perfumey and sweet. Smells quite odd, and certainly not like a IIPA. Transparent ruddy copper body with a nice, large, frothy off-white head and attractive lacing. Hmm, some spicy hoppiness to start, which is mildly bitter. This turns nice and malty and chewy in the middle with a fair amount of roasted cereal-like maltiness present. I also get some light caramel maltiness present, too. A little more sweetness in the end, followed by some more floral, spicy, and bitter hops. An interesting hop profile. This beer is well-balanced and not over-the-top. The aroma is still kinda weird, though.



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