 theisti (986), Leawood, Kansas, USA
May 15, 2008
12 oz draft pour at Uber Tavern, Seattle. Pour is a mostly clear orange, brown and amber. Not much of a white head. Some really nice lacing is left behind on the glass. Aroma of grainy resin along with some bitter pine hoppiness. Taste is nicely balanced between the malty graininess and the resin pine hoppiness. Good clean finish.
jcdsmack (21), Henderson, Nevada, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Sweet caramel flavor nice hop aroma, very fragrant ctrus, great deep orange color thin white head but very nice retention Not as bitter as I expected with a name like hop henge but the bitterness lingers on the tongue helping to carry each sip over into the next and balance out the biscuity sweetness well crafted wonderfuly balanced.
marcus (918), Sacramento, California, USA
Jul 25, 2008 This amber ale poured with a thin beige head and a citrus aroma. The flavor is candied hops with a grapefruit finish. A very tasty brew.
elihapa (200), Hawaii, USA
Jul 18, 2008 Deschutes Hop Henge 7/17/08 (bomber. Pours a light orange-gold with a medium cream head. Aroma of intense hops and citrus (tangerine, grapefruit). Palate was full-bodied, and flavor starts out bitter and full of robust hops and marbled malt. Good, up ‘til that point! What follows – and I assume my bottle was pretty average – left a poor impression of this beer in my mouth. The big flavors began to cross and tangle with an inescapable and not entirely welcome boozy and sweet touch. Pretty soon, the creamy hop syrup I had enjoyed earlier had been seriously tainted by the flavor of alchohol. By the time I got done with a glass of this, I could not separate the different flavors present in this beer. Strange. I might still recommend this, though, for the aroma, initial flavor, and boldness.
Schultsc (394), Henderson, Nevada, USA
Jul 16, 2008 Sampled both on top and subsequently from the bottle in Eugene, OR--rating is from the bottle. Medium-dark orange-amber color with a thin, fine, light tan head. Aroma of light lemony hops with subtle banana and spice with bottom notes of caramelized orange. Flavor consists of some grainy maltiness with dark, dense hop bitterness, and a little spiciness anlong with alcohol. Quite subdued and not at all what I was expecting froma double IPA from Deschutes. The body is slightly out of balance in terms of malt, alcohol, and hops dimensions. Somewhat underwhelming.
gunhaver (541), Tampa, Florida, USA
Jul 15, 2008 Bottle. Pours a clean copper bronze, with a filmy white lacing and frothy white head. Big hops in the nose, some spices, vanilla, pine. Creamy. Big balance of hops and malts in the flavor. Spicy, vanilla flavors. Brown sugar. Definitely heavy on the malts, but still balanced. Full-bodied and very drinkable.
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