Rough Draft Hop Therapy

Brewed by Rough Draft Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

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14 karat hazy honey pour with a small eggshell head. Hint of grapefruit, subtle lemongrass, touch of orange peel, and bit of tangerine flesh. More caramel, toffee, brown sugar, and candied citrus than expected. Wanted bitter, got moderate sweetness. Average at best.

The good: inviting citrus-hop aroma; classic pour with a nice head and copper color; substantial mouthfeel; taste begins with good malty backbone. The "it depends on what you're looking for": bitter bomb extraordinaire, coming on soon after the first sip, and not letting go. If you want bitter, this is your beer! I find it just a bit unbalanced, tho: bitter is good, but it shouldn't be 98% of the beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: MAR 2, 2013 The brew is a bit subdued. It smells good, but the taste doesn?t follow through. Nice appearance, good mouthfeel and carbonation. I guess with a name like Hop Therapy I expected a bit more.

Pours a dark orange / red. The aroma of hops is there but not really pungent. Kind of strong. I preferred the Eraser much more.

Bottle. Pours amber with off white head. Nose and taste of perfume hops, caramel malt, resin, sugared citrus, pine and sweet malt. Medium body.

650 ml bottle fro Bev4less. Pours a clear copper color with a medium white head that has fair retention. The aroma is muted with pine, salt and mild citrus. The taste is sort of out balance with resins, caramel, citrus and hot alcohol all vying for attention. The palate is medium with a slight bit of grittiness and the carbonation is lively. Finishes rather unmemorable. Overall: I’ll pass in the future.

On tap at the brewery shortly after they opened. Pours with a clear orange hued body with a small tan head. Aromas are hoppy with citrus, tangerine, tamarind, floral, pine and a lot of resin. Also a ton of caramel to the point of smelling cloying. Flavors are of tangerine and tamarind. Cloying, malty, tons of caramel. Pine. Bitter with an overall bitter balance, fuller bodied. Sticky and boozy. Recipe needs work, would love to revisit it.

Courtesy my Secret Santa. Thank you, sir. Meh. I was expecting a lot more from a beer calling itself a hop bomb from the west coast. Aroma was OK. Piney hops and and sticky malt. Pour was a nice burnt orange with a one finger off white head. Taste was sticky and green with the pine and grapefruit hops very muted and muddled with a weird flat ginger ale flavor. Hard to explain. Nice carbonation. Definitely drinkable but there’s a lot better out there.

Syrupy, punchy, reckless and a little muzzled. This Rough Draft offering is spiked with hops but still feels like it’s missing a few gears. The color is a nice, bold amber and the nose is pleasant, but the beer itself tastes like it would benefit from a circle of brewers giving it some tlc.

Tap at the brewery. Rating #16. Tasty Dipa, a little floral and citrusy. (2578)