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RATINGS: 74   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.08   EST. CALORIES: 240   ABV: 8%
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You’ll be in Utopia after you taste Hoptopia, a monster of an IPA brewed with double Malt, Double Hops with an ABV of 8%. It’s so BIG, it took two Brewers to brew this Big, Bad Double IPA


3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Taverner (1036) - San Ramon, USA - JUL 16, 2010
Bottle. Pours an amber with fluffy offwhite head that recedes quickly. Aroma is fresh scotch tape, fruits and malt. Slight metallic taste, but has a nice sweet bitter flavor.Finishes clean.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Dixonian (1200) - Dallas, Texas, USA - MAY 24, 2012
On tap @ Tied House. Dull amber brew with some white head. Aroma is not near as hoppy as I expected - caramel malt with some citrus and resin hops. Flavor is malty as well with a sweet finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 12/20
tgncc (1915) - Bellmore, New York, USA - FEB 11, 2012
Bottle shared at Paul’s tasting. The aroma is caramel, citrus. The appearance is a slightly hazy orange color. The flavors are caramel, citrus. Citrus, pine and resin on the finish. Medium/thick in body, creamy mouthfeel. Not bad. Maybe a tad run of the mill, but enjoyable.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Dogbrick (4842) - Columbus, Ohio, USA - DEC 14, 2011
This beer pours a clear amber color with a medium thin off-white head that burns away quickly to a film. Top ring of lacing with spots underneath. Aroma of hops and caramel malt. Medium body with flavors of herbal hops, malt and sweet caramel. The finish is short with a lightly bitter hops aftertaste. Fairly inconsequential IIPA overall.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jredmond (2827) - Manhattan, New York, USA - DEC 5, 2011
Bottle at Paul’s Dec 3rd tasting. Pours a golden body with thin white lacing. Aroma is sweet caramel malts, bread and hops. Mouthfeel is bitter hops with notes of bread, caramel malts, earthy & floral hops.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
j12601 (4434) - Poughkeepsie, New York, USA - DEC 4, 2011
Bottle at Paul’s tasting. Pours a fairly clear amber with a medium sized white head. Slightly skunky and dank citrus, malt and earth. Medium bodied, earthy malt, a touch of smoke. Finishes with a lingering bitterness, more odd smokiness.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
Thisis12ptfont (179) - Los Angeles, CA, California, USA - NOV 26, 2011
Aroma is caramel, pines, hops, citrus and a slight vanilla. Appearance is a very dark gold with a medium foam head. Taste a nice mixture of caramel, pines, bread, and a good amount of hops. There is a nice bitterness and citrus finish. Texture is creamy and crisp. Overall, this is a strong, full flavored hoppy beer. Nice balance between all of the flavors with a nice bitter bite to it. Another good one from Hermitage. I’d give this an A rating.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
arone12 (773) - Maryland, USA - NOV 24, 2011
Drinking this during the lions thanksgiving game! Pours an orange color with a stable off white head. Smells of malts and hops. Pretty bitter . Good

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
hoppopotamus (256) - Santa Cruz, California, USA - NOV 2, 2011
A clear golden beer with a small white head. Aroma is vague hops, a bit piney, also some bready malt/yeast, and a weird soapiness. The flavor’s got mostly hop bitterness, with a bit of caramel malt. Thin mouthfeel, really just bitterness without much distinctive hop flavor.

2.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 5/20
Lorenasa (76) - Florida, USA - OCT 7, 2011
Pours a dark golden strong aroma of hops. Maltiness comes through with plenty of hops to go with it

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Ibrew2or3 (4985) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - SEP 2, 2011
Pours clear deep gold with narrow copper core and semi loose off white head. The aroma offers up lots of spicy hops, some pine resin and then cedar wood spiciness too. Around the aromatic edges of those notes I get a wedge of grapefruit. The taste is similar with robust hops running from a wide load of spicy hops to a moderate level of pine hops to a mild amount of grapefruit citrus like hops. As some of the hop notes come together I get a firm anvil of spicy cedar wood. Interesting brew. Loved it.


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