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Deschutes Hop Henge Imperial IPA

Deschutes Hop Henge Imperial IPA

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Deschutes Brewery

Bend, Oregon USA

bottled
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1963.66/5.03.65/5.0Winter8.1%48.4 Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
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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stetzel (22), portland, Oregon, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/510/20

Apr 16, 2008  
i don’t know why i keep trying deschutes.they are very lack luster.everything they do anymore taste the same.if this beer would have come out ten years ago,i probally would have loved it!??!!

 Nik925 (127), California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Great color, low head. Odd malt flavor...English? Strong hop aspect with bold bitter. Could be dryer, its a bit too sweet. Great spectrum of hop taste.


 emacgee (1052), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/517/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Thanks durhambeer for sharing. Poured a copper orange with a one finger creamy orange head. The nose was very hoppy. More of an herbal piny hop. Very fresh, some fruityness, caramel, sweet malt balance. The flavor was very earthy and herbal with the hops, lightly warming, after a while I found the malt presence in this to be especially balanced and gratifying. Very rounded well balanced DIPA.


 durhambeer (411), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Bottle shared with emacgee. Bright amber pour with small but creamy off-white head. Not surprisingly, big hops on the nose -- grapefruit/citrus and spruce; but also some nice biscuity malt presence. A well-balanced IIPA.


 BrotherGrendel (135), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 23, 2008  
Pours a clear dark orange hue, big dollops of white shaving cream-like head sustains, thick lacing. Aromas of grassy hops and sweet bread malts, light alcohol. Taste is initially characterized by very bitter and grassy hops, sour grapefruit and citrus, warming alcohol, biscuit and bread malts slowly open up in the middle, tones of pine, oranges, lemons, caramel, finishes very dry and bitter. Medium-bodied, watery thin texture with slight bitter resin, moderate-high carbonation. The alcohol presence is mixed into the front of the taste and is mostly gone in the finish, a very bitter DIPA with low hop taste profile, nice malt balance, wished this had a bit more body and texture, okay but nothing great for this style.


 Zinister (877), Houston, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 22, 2008  
Shared with KAggie97. Somewhat hazy amber pour with big head. Big nose of malts, grapefruit, strawberries and cirtus hops. Full bodied with good malt and hop balance and big, but not overly done hop flavors.




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