Hoppin Frog Hopped-Up Goose Juice Rye IPA

Brewed by Hoppin Frog Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Akron, Ohio USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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I had been excited to try this one. Poured a slightly hazy medium orange with a lasting thick head. Aroma of piney hops and gummy malts. Flavor is peppery, caramel malts, a bit of almost rubbery phenol that really detracts, and a piney hop finish. So close. But just missed. I’m probably just bummed that I’m missing the JRHB club meeting because the spouse got drafted to play volleyball tonight. But the phenol really detracted. A bit hot on the finish too.

Sample at CBC 2013. Hazy golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of hops, fruit, malt and spice

Bottle. Pours a clear copper body with a one finger frothy off-white head that fell to a thin wispy film. The nose is OK, the hops are a little less intense than I was expecting. A little grapefruit and resin from the hops, some light earthy rye, and some caramel malt. The rye is there, but I fell like it’s a little less bright and the hops don’t play all that well with it. The mix is just a little too crazy and doesn’t seem to complement each other. I think it’s trying to be too many things at the same time. Medium bodied with a bit of stickiness and fizzy prickly carbonation. Yeah, I just don’t care for the flavor profile of this one. No real brewing flaws or anything like that, it just doesn’t work for me.

Pours dark gold with white head and nice lacing. Aroma of citrus, light fruit, and bread. Taste brings out the rye and some malts as a solid backbone to the hops. Tasty and smooth.

Pours a lightly hazy golden amber with a large foamy off white lacing head. Aroma of mixed citrus, floral notes, lightly toasted bready malt with a hint of rye. Flavor of some caramel, toasted rye and bready malt. Hops are there but would like them a bit more up front.

Pours a translucent copper brown with fluffy tan head that dissipated to leave nice lacing. Aroma slight of west coast hops and hint of rye spiciness. Taste is bitter, garlic like hops, floral and earthy in the middle, solid IPA finish. Definitely very nice and drinkable, solid IPA.

Pours a slightly hazy golden orange color with a small whit ehead. Has a fruity malty hoppy grapefruit aroma with hints of rye. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.

Drank from snifter poured from bomber. Aroma - very clean citrusy hops. Appearance - murky golden orange with frothy head. Taste - grapefruit and rye flavors very smooth. Palate - almost a sweet rye hoppiness. Fantastic! Overall- really nice ipa. Smooth and tasty

Une large tête est solidement plantée sur un liquide orangé. Une belle dentelle s’enroule autour du verre. Au nez, je note une présence indéniable de notes vertes et florales. Des fruits poussent à travers cette fraîcheur mais je ne peux les identifier formellement. La base maltée me semble être assez riche. Je sens du sucre caramélisé mais aussi le parfum habituellement épicé du seigle. Dans la deuxième moitié de la dégustation, je note dans mon calepin cette série de mots : nez de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Sur les papilles, la base maltée est frappante mais aussi frappée par une certaine fraîcheur mentholée. Serait-ce le résultat d’un effet floral combiné avec cette sensation épicée? M’enfin, à travers cette unique représentation, quelques fruits tropicaux qui finissent par me rouler sur la langue. En bouche, le liquide respecte la pesée imposée par le style. Dans cette texture rendue huileuse, des bulles qui bougent très bien. La finale est très amère et très intense. Je soupçonne une bouteille fraîche et j’en suis fort heureux. Tout compte fait, une bonne bière mordante. Ceci dit, une juxtaposition houblonnée et maltée qui manque, pour moi, de conviction.

On tap @CBC13. Pours cloudy orange with small head. Aroma and taste is sweet and spicy, citrus and pine. Decent enough