Krash KaHopper Ale

Brewed by Krash Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Riverside, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Date: March 13, 2010
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy off white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma and floral hop aroma with a touch of funk
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, caramel sweetness, tuch of floral and earthy hops, light alcohol
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: ** /4

Rather dark color for an IPA. Slight off-white head. Nose is slightly hoppy with some rather odd off-notes. The best I can compare it to is a rotten, berry perfume infused urinal cake. Odd, and not pleasant. The taste has some brown sugar and dried fruits backing as the malt profile. Some bitterness. Odd finish. Overall, this beer is odd. It has too much off about it and definitely doesn’t amount to a good beer. Avoid this beer. Edit: Thinking more, the aroma is simply very vegetal with lots of tomato notes (and that is not a good thing in this case).

Sample during RBWG 2010. The aroma on this is soapy, gummy, vegetal, and banana. The flavor hints at that but is also bitter from both malt and hop. Extremely carbonated.

22oz bottle. Rating #2. Dark amber more than copper with a decent light tan head. Very vegetal aroma, smells a lot like tomatoes, weird. Hard to get by that tomato smell, it stays with it through the flavor as well, light bitterness, pretty drinkable, still a little weird though. (1157)

Bottle from La Bodega in Riverside.. Pours a copper orange with a fluffy off white head and a nice lacing.. Aroma is very sweet with a lot caramel and some citrus.. Flavor is caramel, citrus and piney hops, grapefruit and a lingering hop bitterness... A little low on the carbonation but still good... Very solid beer.