Durango Hop Hugger IPA

Brewed by Durango Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Durango, Colorado USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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12oz bottle. Pours a very hazy golden color with foamy off-white head. Aroma is floral hops with a touch of citrus. Flavor is mellowly bitter. Medium bodied with smooth finish. Not bad, but certainly not my favorite.

Clear amber color out of the bottle with a thin off white color. Light grapefruit rind nose. Flavorful grapefruit rind, orange juice and coarse bread flavors. Very nice if typical Pacific Northwest IPA.

Pours orange with off white froth. Aroma of spicy hops, some citrus notes. Medium bodied and nicely balanced while still retaining AIPA characteristics. Flavor of orange, caramel. Refreshing and tasty.

12oz bottle- Pour is copper with a small white head and nice lacing..Nose is hops, sweetness,chewy malts,tropical fruits, bubblegum,floral,honey..Taste is sticky hops,nice light malt, sweet,citrus,sticky malts,tropical fruit, medium bitterness..Palate is bitter and sweet sticky hops

bottle thanks to errl. amber/orange pour with a cream head. nose is citrusy hops, light florals, and faint caramel. smooth on the palate, nice chewy hops,backed with a solid malt backbone, and a clean finish.

Pour on tap at the Denver Summer Brew Fest, hazy golden pour with white head, aroma brought notes of muddled citrus, biscuit, caramel, some slight grass and spicy notes, fairly plain. Taste is a mix of biscuit, bread and caramel, some slight grass, spice notes, with a hint of sweet orange, finishing with some grassy pine bitterness.

Pours a slightly hazy burnt orange color. Nice white frothy head on top. Looks great, now for the aroma. Aroma is mostly floral with some sweet citrus in there...some malt aroma but light compared to the hops. Taste is good, not spectacular, but a solid IPA. Good balance for the style, not a hop bomb, but it was bottled and not sure when.

Bottle. Pours clear copper with a medium, fizzy white head, medium-short retention with good lacing. Aroma is pear and apricot esters, light biscuit malt, pine and citrus hops. Flavor is medium bitterness and hops, supporting malt with light fruity esters and a dry finish. Medium body and carbonation.

What’s up with the people hating on this? This is a decent IPA...maybe there is a lot of bottle variation? Thick fading head tons of lacing. Nice light copper color. Aroma of floral hops and orange peel. A bit bitter but pretty balanced. Only fault is it doesn’t finish super clean...nothing nasty lingering just grapefruit pith. This beer is way better than the paltry 49 at the present. Not a hop bomb but solid and inoffensive.

12 ounce got as extra. Malty and sweet. Some pine. Not a hop bomb, but sweet IPA.