Hopworks IPA

Brewed by Hopworks Urban Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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My 1600th US rating. Draft. An amber beer with a slight haze with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet amlty with light notes of hops. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops - so strong, that they burn in the throat and leaves strong notes of grass, and a dry bitter finish.

From tap at Hales. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is smooth fruity peachy. Smooth hoppy, crisp peachy and light citrusy. Smooth fruity finish.

Bottled. Deep goldeny orange colour with a fluffy slightly off-white head. Aroma is citrus, some floral and grassy notes along with sap, wood and mild resiny notes. Flavour is sweet citrus, mild tropical fruits as well as some slight nice bitterness and sweet malty notes. Balanced and quite pleasant.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy deep golden, small head. Aromatic nose with lychee and gooseberry. Medium bodied with well rounded mouthfeel buit from bready malt. Lots of gooseberry and lychess. Balanced bitterness. Nice!

Draft @ HUB, Portland, OR. Rating #2800. Pours a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Has a sweetish malty hoppy citrus aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a malty hoppy bitter finish with lots of bitter grapefruit in the aftertaste.

2011-03-15, draught at St. Augustine’s, Vancouver, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Deep blond color; creamy head. Good aromatic hops, fresh nose, citrusy, a bit sweaty. Good toffee flavor, dry but not too much, with a very strong and aromatic hopping, resiny and fruity, citrusy, leading to a long final. Very good.

2011-02-28, bottle from Liberty Wine, Robson St., Vancouver, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Hazy golden color; medium sized head, reducing to a thin creamy uneven layer. The aroma is extremely resiny and citrusy. The mouthfeel is quite dry, with toffee flavor; powerful hopping, mostly resiny, with some citrusy fruitiness. Long resiny final. Apparently fresh; appreciated for it’s aggressiveness on the resins.

(22oz bottle) Pours a lightly hazy golden body with a moderate white head. Aroma of pineapple, pine, tobacco, and apricot. Flavor of pine, pineapple, caramel malt, and citrus with a bitter finish.

UPDATED: NOV 7, 2009
Name: IPA
Date: August 29, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party
Appearance: hazy copper, creamy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: huge citrus grapefruit aroma, lots of sweet tangerine
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor, lots of citrus, touch of grapefruit rind for balancing bitterness

Name: IPA
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
fruityness is a bit more subdued on draft allowing more of the citrus and bitter rind character to emerge

Name: IPA
Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: cask
Words: horse brass
Appearance: clear copper, frothy off white head, heavy lace
Aroma: big grassy fresh hop aroma
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, nice citrus, fruityness is very sumdued with just a touch of sweet orange, bitter rind character is also subdued leaving it mild and very drinkable liquid hops

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

16oz can during CBC-white-yellow/gold. A-soft pine, some lt/med malt. T-pine/spice hops with some bite, some lt/med malt.

Bottled 0,66 ltr (bottle bought from Portland)
Mostly clear orange-yellow color, mostly vanishing white head. Fruity with some exotic fruityness and citrusy nose. Evident Amarillo with flowery notes. Medium-bodied. Quite citrusy (Centennial bitterness) flavor with fruity-bready background. Lingering citrus-fruity bitterness. Clean, excellent IPA.