Häffner Bräu Hopfenstopfer Christmas Strong Ale

Brewed by Häffner Bräu
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bad Rappenau, Germany

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle. Hazy amber/orange with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, fruit and hops. Flavour is malt, caramel, fruit, sweet, citrus, pine, little toffee and medium bitter.

Thanks to Alex ;nice sweet malty aroma,orange, hazy, off white foam, light sweetness, lightly bitter, medium body, creamy, soft carbonation, nice soft dry hoppy finish.

Bottl4 courtesy Alex. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Very spicey. Light sweet and moderate bitter flavor. Strong spicey notes. Cinnamon? Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. More BSA than IIPA.

UPDATED: MAY 31, 2012
2012-05-31, bottle from the brewery, plastic cork, purchased Oct 2011, bb 30.06.12, 7-4-8-4-15=38
Cloudy amber color, small head. Mild aroma of fruity hops and malt. Good malt and hop flavor, moderately sweet, with some fruity touch and quite storng bitterness, but less than it used to be.
It’s losing power, but it’s still a very enjoyable Double IPA.

2011-11-18, bottle from the brewery, plastic cork, purchased Oct 2011, bb 30.06.12, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Muddy dark amber color; the bottle opens without sound, and indeed the head is small, but persistent. The aroma is nice: fruity hops, some yeast, bitter orange peel, dried apricots, lightly soapy. Sweetish flavor, probably top fermentation; malty, with some sweet caramel; fruity, from the hops and from orange peels; strong bitterness. Light yeast. Rough, unprecise, but the effort is appreciated.

(75 cl bottle from Wein Kultur Bier Shop, Moabit) Pours a murky brown with little, white head, lace and sediment. Soft carbonation, oily texture, full albeit somewhat muddy body and a dry finish. Taste is mostly bitter with some sweet notes. Girlfriend says: "The first sip was very different from the following one."

Bottle 7 of 40. Murky brown color. Grapefruit, lemon, caramel and oily hops in the aroma. Malty sweet, soft oily hopbitter flavor with loads of tropical fruit and citrusfruit. Hint of licorice. Very well balanced. Great beer.

(bottle, 75cl) Cloudy, deep amber colour with a beige and firm foamy head. Aromatic piney and fruity hoppy aroma with notes of caramel-malt and moderate spicy notes. Sweet-bitter flavour, full bodied with a pleasantly matured carbonation. Hearty cara-malt-character with present notes of aroma hops, including piney, resiny, herbal and subtle fruity flavours; the initial sweetness is fading towards the almost dry-ish and moderately bitter finish with loads of aromatic hop flavours and a well-covered alcohol. Very pleasant. 26.XII.11

Bottle 750ml.

Hazy medium orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, spicy, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, frozen fruit, light grapefruit. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Good balanced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120128]

Bottle @ Too many Geuze’s - only one toilet , Ulfborg 2012. Pours dark ruby amber with bubbles on top. Nose is vague yeast and US hops. Flavor is bitter hops and caramel. Marmelade , caramel and grapefruit. Sticky and oily.

Hazy amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 280112