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Paper City Blonde Hop Monster

Paper City Blonde Hop Monster

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An Imperial/Double IPA brewed by
Paper City Brewery

Holyoke, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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on tap
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1123.26/5.03.25/5.08.5%5.8 Snifter, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our Imperial Pale Ale is loaded with 100 bittering units of British and American hops. Target, Challenger, Magnum and Goldings all contribute. Kettle hops were not enough so we have liberally dry hopped as well.

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 rocbyter (595), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/513/20

May 6, 2008  
Light floral aroma. Hazy orange color with lots of floaters and a large white head. Lots of sticky lacing. Sweet and bitter in the beginning losing the sweetness in the finish. Alcohol noticeable in the finish. Creamy palate

lebshiff21 (16), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/513/20
Jul 25, 2008  
On tap at Capone’s. Pours a dark/hazy orange with a relatively thick white head. Creamy mouthfeel, very sweet/juice-like on the palate. Ultra hoppy and the alcohol cuts through at the finish.


 MrBunn (803), Western, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
May 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a hazy orange with a bit of suspended stuff and a thin head. Aromas of rotting vegetable and a touch of pine that becomes more pronounced as the beer breathes... gaining some grapefruit and a little bit of grass. Flavor is sweeter than I expected and the hops pine and citrus waits just a second before onset and then blends to a nice aftertaste. The second half of the flavor development is much better than the first and I liked it quite a bit better as it warmed a bit. Still, that sweetness and the occasional vegetable flavor were a little off-putting.


 DeadGuyFrank (316), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
1/101/54/101/58/20
May 14, 2008  
I took a chance buying this brew, kind of having a sneaking suspicion that I would not like it. Well I was unfortunately right. The label states the beer is brewed with an "unreasonable" amount of hops. The label couldn’t be so right, it is just awful the amount of hops. Super, super sweet hoppy flavor and that is about all you taste. Yuk.


 WeeHeavySD (1564), San Diego (Hillcrest), California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/514/20
Apr 23, 2008  
12oz bottle recently recieved, hmm, from who??? Maybe puzzl. Probably the worse of the two hop monster named beers I had in the fridge but what the hell. Pours orange with a bright white head with no lacing. Big Citrus nose, Taste is high on citrus also. This does not taste like a dipa too me, maybe a over hopped ipa, but not a dipa.




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