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Rock Bottom Bellevue Hop Bomb IPA


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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Rock Bottom Bellevue

Bellevue, Washington USA

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153.37/5.03.31/5.0Special7.3%38.2Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
American style IPA,straw colored, minimally hopped during the boil, liberally dry hopped with amarillo to give it a tropical fruit flavor with little bitterness. Also found at Seattle location, but that may also have been brewed at Bellevue.

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 anders37 (2738), Malmö, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Draught @ WABF 2008. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Malty hoppy grapefruit aroma. Malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Hasa long hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.


 Crit (2242), New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Jun 26, 2008  
Cloudy deep gold , lasting beige head. Citrusy cat piss nose. Grapefruit hop profile, lightly cat pissy in finish Nothing special


 riversideAK (1632), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 5, 2007  
Sampled at Fremont Oktoberfest. I found this one to be a fairly standard hoppy west coast ipa. Nice bitterness with a little bit of fruitiness as well.


 jhumphries69 (522), Tyrone, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Aug 7, 2007  
Pours a deep orange with an off-white head. It didn’t look much different than the "Humpback Pale Ale" in the sampler line-up, but it was noticeably hoppier in aroma. The aroma is loaded with citrus and grapefruit and a touch of pine. The hops are starting to overpower the malts (at least compared to the Humpback). The flavor is more balanced than the aroma: it is still balanced with a nice dose of citrus hops and sweet, honey-like malts. The finish is very hoppy and quite bitter, but still nicely balanced overall thanks to a decent malt backbone. Overall, this was the strongest offering in the sampler - and by strongest I mean best.


 Nate (2254), Indiana, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/514/20
Jul 30, 2007  
Draught sample, Seattle. Big cat pee IPA. Resin and grapefruit oil, grassy and fresh. Fresh, I tell ya. Golden amber clear with thin lacing head. Medium heavy body with medium carbonation. Starts with great fresh hops, grassy with resin. Sweet grainy taste but mainly a great resinous finish and medium bitter after. Dry hopped version is equally fine (did side by side), though a bit smoother. Good muted bitter after.




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