Funky Buddha Pineapple Hop Gun

Brewed by Funky Buddha
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Boca Raton, Florida USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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On draft for Wide Awake It’s Morning release. Another one that I missed out on first time around but I’m glad they released it again. This one just oozes pineapple and citrus in the aroma. Grapefruit lingers in the flavor along with hops and malts. Another incredible beer.

Clear golden amber color. Pineapple on the nose mixes with grapefruit, lemon and grassy hops. Medium bodied. The flavor is much like the nose with the pineapple being a bit more subtle and the citrus and earthy hops coming forward. The finish is long and bitter.

On tap at the Buddha. Burnt orange pour with a white head. Pineapple and citrusy hop aromas. Bravo Kevin and Ryan, a well balanced IPA with pleasant citrus, pineapple, and grapefruit hop flavors supported by a sturdy caramel malt backbone...

Had this yesterday at the brewpub. Review from notes. Received in a snifter. 3.5 A: Hazed amber color. Came without a head. 4.5 S: As advertised, there is a ton of pineapple. Lightly sugary. Behind that there is mango, grapefruit, light pine, and orange. Minimal malt component with a touch of caramel. 3.5 T: Not nearly as impressive as the nose. The tropical fruit is very much reduced. Moderate pineapple with just touches of mango, orange, and grapefruit. Light caramel and moderate maltiness overall. 3.0 M: Lighter medium body. Good moderate carbonation. The problem is that this is missing the creaminess that I love in good IPAs. 3.5 D: Decent beer, but unimpressive taste, especially given how good the nose was. This could have been great with a heavy round of dry-hopping. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 07-06-2011 21:00:39

huge thanks to cruisan for the growler. poured with a gold hue and a whiff of a white head. aroma was citrus and caramel at first, but as it warmed up the pineapple really stood out. The flavor was pineapple, slight peach, caramel, and a bouquet of other citrus fruits. An excellent IPA and would love to have this on tap.

Thank you Ryan and my awesome girlfriend for the chance to try a few of the funky beers. this is the first one I have tried. Reviewing this as an IPA as it states, not a double or imperial. Pours a dark mustard color with a bit of head, thank God, cause this growler was an utter utter failure. it started to leak after about 10 hours, and no matter how much cranking was done on the cap, it kept leaking. gorilla tape seemed to have worked a bit... but I am excited it has carbonation still. But looks good. While pouring the main thing I notice is the pinapple, the pour smells incredible, and I have not gotten closer than about 2 feet yet! The nose is really incredible. Pineapple up front and in your face... and they meld beautifully with the citrus hop aroma backbone. This is exactly what you would want this to smell like. it actually might be the best smelling IPA I have ever had. Actually, this is a regular IPA, not a double or imperial, it is easily the best smelling I have had. taste is more bitter up front than I expected. it was the first thing to hit the palate.... odd. it is followed by a nice fresh pineapple flavor. The pineapple flavor, as I was thinking it might, seems like it is moving toward the other side of ripe. Over ripe, not rotten, but I think if this sat in the growler for a few more days at room temp it would have more of a rotten taste... which to be honest, i would expect from something that is infused with fresh fruit. So that being said, i get a lot of green apple, pineapple, obviously... and pine. I do wish this had not leaked so much so it was more carbed. There is a bit of a chemical taste on the finish, but not overly so. This is a good IPA. I wish I had it right out of the tap, so it was a bit fresher. mouthfeel is thinner, but it is a regular IPA, so it is expected. again, i cant knock points for the lower carbonation, because it wasnt their fault, it was the shitty medicine style growler. Overall, this is a fantastic regular IPA, I think they need to make a double or imperial of this one, and see how that goes, because i think it would strip more from the pineapple and be absolutely amazing as well.

Had this on tap at the Wide Awake it’s Morning release at the Buddha. If you can fall in love with a smell this beer was it. Tons of grapefruit, pineapple and tangerine in the nose. The taste was a lot more of the same with a good amount of hop bitterness. I have really gotten to like the normal Hop Gun and this has just blew me away. Might be my new favorite beer the Buddha has done.

Personal highlight of the day at the Imperial Maple Bacon Release (06/26/2011). I have had No Crusts before, so while the entire crowd was going crazy over that, I decided to move towards the Hops. P.H.G. did not let me down. Tons of Citrus (Grapefruit and Tangerine) is present in the attack of the beer, then the sweetness from the Pineapple shines in the mid-palate, followed by a nice hop bitterness on the back-end. I drank multiples of these, and would go back for more if I didn’t have to cut myself off. This is a true Summer IPA!

Draft… Cloudy, luminescent, dirty orange ale with a small, fizzy, white head. The aroma offers earthy, citrusy hops married to a hefty dose of fresh pineapple. Full-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and stinging carbonation. The flavor presents a great deal of fruity, malty sweetness accompanied by tannic, grapefruit rind-like bitterness. Tips toward the sweet side of balance, but only by a hair. Pineappley, bittersweet finish… more sweet than bitter although the bitterness does linger much longer after my final sip.