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RATINGS: 290   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.52   IBU: 78   EST. CALORIES: 195   ABV: 6.5%
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Hop Strike! is a dry-hopped Black Rye-IPA built from the ground up at Tommyknocker Brewery. This beer is characterized by an intermingling of spicy citrus hops and chocolate malt creating an interesting complexity and great first impression on the nose. Hop Strike’s substantial 95 IBUs are balanced by the chocolate rye resulting in a nice depth of malt character and deep color.
Appearance: Deep Brown/Black, light tan head
Malts: Idaho Pale Malt, European Crystal, Chocolate malt and Chocolate rye
Hops: Chinook, Newport, Glacier, Nugget and Summit
Dry-hopped with 40 pounds of hops, 16 deg. Plato, 78 IBUs, 45 SRM, 7% ABV


edgallow's rating

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
edgallow (1076) - nashville, Tennessee, USA - FEB 9, 2013
12 oz bottle pours black with a off white head. Aroma of toffee, citrus and resin. Taste is citrus, toffee and a nice bitterness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone


most recent ratings

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Errl (563) - Plano, Texas, USA - MAY 14, 2013
Bottle..Nose is spice, chocolate, roast, pine, more roast..Taste is roast, light pine, chocolate, caramel, musty, dry and no rye

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
love_dark_beer (2) - Evergreen, Colorado, USA - MAY 3, 2013 does not count
The flavor was very malty, not much citrus,. It is a heavy beer resembling a stout

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
bluemooner (554) - East Bethel, Minnesota, USA - APR 7, 2013
Pours a dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt and piney hops. Flavor is roasty malt, chocolate, toffee, caramel, citrus fruit, and piney hops with rye barely noticeable. Medium body with medium carbonation. Pretty decent.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
flylikeabanana (157) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - MAR 21, 2013
Bottle pours an opaque black with a medium tan head. Aromas of caramel and hops. Taste is dark malt, hops, hints of stout characters: chocolate and coffee. Bitter and not as alcoholic as I would expect.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Wombata (326) - Kobe, JAPAN - MAR 18, 2013
Aroma: pear, floral, dark roasted Flavor: chocolate, and coffee. Comment: Interesting. Good beer with rather straight forward flavor. Didn’t notice the rye.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
burgy (355) - Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA - MAR 6, 2013
This was a nice solid black IPA. Really enjoyed the thickness and the aromatics. Lots of bitter on the tongue.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
peral2 (432) - SWEDEN - MAR 1, 2013
God direkt från flaskan. Ganska mycket citrus inklusive grape, men även choklad och sötma, samt bra beska i slutet! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Davhgbrew (445) - Boca Raton, Florida, USA - FEB 28, 2013
Not at all prepared for this beer. Called a black IPA, but I would compare it to Imperial Stouts...don’t know if they are the same or not. For all intents and purposes this is a stout to me. Burnt chocolate and coffee dominate, but pumped up with hops. I’m a big fan, but again I would never consider this to be an IPA.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
El_Jefe (47) - - FEB 22, 2013
Coffee notes with a hop backbone. Yummy tasty. Rate beer winter gathering is some cool stuff ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
Steve_0 (1230) - Denver, Colorado, USA - FEB 22, 2013
Draft. Pour is brownish-red with a big cream head and great lacing. Piney, soapy, light chocolate, roast, and bread in the aroma. Taste is much better - piney, grassy, grapefruit, smooth chocolate through the middle, roast, and rye - spicy/bitter finish. Sticky mouthfeel with high carbonation. Pretty nice Black IPA.


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