Tuppers Hop Pocket Ale

Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Beers
Brewed at St. George Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Bethesda, Maryland USA

An amber beer with no head. The aroma is very light with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with quite a lot of caramel, but also a good hop presence.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Ungstrup. Amber golden with tiny, floating impurities and a huge, rough, shaving foam style, lacing head. Lightly sweet caramel aroma with some fat citrus hops. Medium body with sweet caramel flavour and a distinct, hoppy finish. 171107

Orange coloured medium bodied perfumy ale with citrus aroma. A hop monster!

Name: Tupper’s Hop Pocket
Date: 06/30/1996
Mode: Draft
Source: Virgina Beverage Co

light amber, thin head, light balanced aroma of hops and sweet malt, the flavor starts with good sweet malt followed by strong hops and lots of bitterness
-------- /> Name: Tupper’s Hop Pocket
Date: 03/22/2003
Mode: cask
Source: brewery
Score: iii+

clear light amber, big white head, soft fresh citrus hop aroma, increadable creamy body, solid but not overpowering hop flavor, no real sweetness but well balanced, cream of hops in a glass, light lingering bitter finish
-------- /> Name: Tupper’s Hop Pocket
Date: 09/06/2005
Mode: bottle

sweet carmel malt and floral hop aroma, lots of hop flavor on a sweet grapefruit malt base, always a fine pale ale

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Hoppy enough, but I need more. Old Dominion has another contract brew, New River Pale Ale, which I feel delivers on the promises made by Tupper’s great press.

Bottle, 2007-11-17, 7-4-7-4-16=38
Cloudy amber color; big frothy head. Hoppy aroma, a bit grassy and earthy, nice. Medium body structure, some good grainy malt flavor, with a good hopping, bringing some nice hop oils. Very good.

Draught at the Old Dominion pub in Dulles Intl Airport, Washington DC, 2007-10-07, 6-4-7-5-15=37
Hazy amber color. Some malt and hop aroma. Good body strength, very good caramel and toffee flavor, with a quality and powerful hopping; the hop is resiny and partially fruity, it leads to a very strong and long final. Very good Pale Ale.

(retasted 5/30/03): Tried it again last weekend, and my opinion remains the same -- this is a damned impressive beer. Floral and citrus hops are well balanced by the moderate sweetness. Medium body. This beer is incredibly drinkable.

Bottle. A dirty amber beer with lots of small floaties in it and a huge tan head, not bad looking, but just dirty looking. The aroma and taste is of caramel malt, fruits, peach and hops. Medium body with a light sweet dry finish.