Deschutes Hop Henge IPA

Formerly brewed at Deschutes Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bend, Oregon USA

Deschutes Brewery--Hop Henge India Pale Ale--Bond Street Series 2006 Release. 22 oz. Bottle. 7.00% ABV--85 IBU’s. 4.0 / 5.0. IPA--Imperial . Mild lacy head Cloudy bright amber orange color. Malty mild floral hop front. Clean mild sweet malty caramel ester fruity body. Tangy fruity hop spice mild citrus malt end. Malty fruit over hops. First Sampled 2/4/2006.

This beer is why Deschutes and most of the other above premium West Coasters micros, in it for awhile breweries can hold their heads high and feel like they started this thing, the big hop, big bodied beers that everybody east of here is trying to be. This is big hops with the perfect balance of malts, making this bomber at 8%+ go down smooth like candy. What seperates this is the balance of the beer, hops, malts, then a nice dry hop finish that lingers. Not to boozy, but also there to punch you in the nuts to let you know what’s up. Good stuff, kinda pissed I left it in my fridge so long to be possibly stolen from my drunk friends.

Had this beer on 2/13/2006. Aroma is very hoppy, its just full of a fresh hop scent. Color is a hazy light brown. Taste is hoppy and citrusy. Starting with a light/medium body it goes down crisp. Finish comes on with a strong hop flavor and a citrus like taste that is way too strong. On the end is a full bitterness. Overall I feel this is just too hoppy.

Pours hazy golden to brongze color with light tan head that retains relatively well. Nose is grapefruity, perhaps some miscellaneous citrus. Huge hops but also large malt component in the flavor profile. Less hoppy and candied with age (11 months on my bottles). It’s coming around to an almost barleywine like character. Rather easy drinking for a DIPA.

This may be retired, but I picked up this bottle in Bend, Oregon a couple weeks ago. It poured a really attractive orange with a big white head and thick lacing rings. Nose of caramel malts with lots of various hops including floral, pine, and citrus that assault your nose. Great creamy and oily mouthfeel. Flavor is actually not a powerful as the nose but is very nicely bitter and the finish is the same. A simply fantastic beer.

Beautiful orange pour with a great white head and nice brussels lace lingering. Excellent mesh of multiple hop flavors: pine, grapefruit, some floral and a mild but nice toffee malt backbone. Extremely tasty, as is the IIPA version.

This is one smashingly awesome ipa. BrianK thank you my man. Awesome bottle art would have looked great next to my pp high tide. A beautiful orange pale body with a rocky white head. Fresh hops swirl in a piney, citrus, floral, grapefruit of an ester-storm on your taste buds. A remarkable mellow ethanol breathes through the citrus notes and gently expressed throughout the lightly acidic grapefruit. This is awesome!

Shared with Steve, CelticBrew and the Baron of Beer, DrBayern. Poured with a great head, nice lace on the glass. It was a clean light copper color. The mouthfeel was just right. IT had a good bittering of hops on the finish.