Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Hopsichord

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Chico, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Snifter

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

Bottled. Dark orange-amber in color with a short-med sized forthy off-white head. Good retention and spotty lace. Caramel malt aroma with resiny hops. Slightly sweet on the nose. The palate is similar to the nose, but shows big ingredients and plenty of warming heat. Full body, heavy-creamy texture, average carbonation, and a malty, sticky bitter finish of considerable length. The bitterness stacks up as you go. A bit over the top.

Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit andgrapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and sweet malt flavor with tropical fruit and something rotten. Medium bodied. Decent bitterness. Rotten fruit and sweet malt lingers with grapefruit and tropical fruit. Rotten fruit in background.

Clear amber color/ ivory foam. Big spicy, tropical fruit, pine, floral pungent hoppy aromas. medium bodied with average co2. Tropical fruit, dank spicy, floral, pine flavors meshing nicely with a caramel, pale malt base--very good.

24 ounce bottle. It pours a really nice golden copper color with a lasting orange head. The aroma is very peachy with some sweet candy coated hops and tropical fruit. The flavor is a bit harsh with some potent melon rind and mild solvent bitterness. Theres some cotton candy sweetness finishing with a palate bruising finish. One of the roughest Sierra Nevada beers I’ve ever had.

Clear copper pour with a small, off-white head that lasts and leaves good lacing. Aromas are of mango and papaya, quite dry, zesty, pine needles, very vibrant, lightly bready, some alcohol and a touch of caramel. Flavors are a little bit sweet and candy like, tropical fruit, guava and strawberry. Medium bubbles, light bitterness but a lot of hop flavor. Dry and very tasty.

Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Grassy citrus caramel and hop resin aroma with an oily sticky palate and a soapy bitter taste.

Bottled. Clear medium-dark amber Cole with good off- white foam. Green apple, white grape and tropical fruit aroma. Big resiny flavor with some green apple sweetness. Long bitter finish. Decent amount of sweet caramel thrown in there too. the hops here are either super green apple or there is some acetaldehyde going on. Not really sure what to think about this. Not great but not awful. Not to sierras standards though. Such is the risk of beer camp I guess. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap at Papago. Hazy burnt orange color pour with a small foamy head. Aroma of pine and citrus hops, light fruit and toasted malt. Flavor is sweet at first, with tropical fruits and spice, followed by a big bitter hop and alcohol finish. Nice.

Sn hopsichord 5/26/11 @ pap Slight haze. Coppery amber brown. Raw almond head. 3.5 A=toasty, gf/citrusy, slight pine, pineapple, spicy alcohol, bs. F=a... Spicy pineapple, warming alcohol on the finish. Leaves a sticky residue on the lips but otherwise very quaffable for the abv. 7/3.5/7/4/+

(On draught at Papago). Pours clear dark copper color with tan head. Aroma has pine, resin, and. citrus. Taste is bitter with a sweet malt backbone. Medium bodied with a sticky texture. Finish is bitter. Good beer.