Very sweet hop smell, almost smells sticky. Intense hop and malt flavor greets you then quickly fades to a mild hop taste then lingers there for a long time. You can taste the grapefruit, but it’s a bit excessive, the regular Hopstache is better balanced to my palate.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet, slightly hoppy aroma. Almost smells like a sweaty armpit- but somehow not in an offensive way. Mouthful of hop sharpness and dark malt blackness. Not sure of the hop used, but this malt flavor would be delicious with a more citrusy type of hop. Leaves you with a slight malt aftertaste. Beer is much tastier after it warms a bit to around 40, rather than the 35 right out of the fridge. The hops and malt seem to balance much better slightly warmer.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint, dry, hops aroma. Slightly sweet hop bite with a nice mellow malt taste right there with it. Finishes with a back and forth mixing of the malt and hops kind of fighting over who’s going to lead. Warming a bit seems to tame the sharpness of the hop bite and leave more malty aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Faint dark malt aroma with a bit of sweetness. Dark malt flavor with mild coffee background. Finishes slightly sweet but leaves little aftertaste.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Fresh, slightly sweet hop aroma. Full mouth hoppy taste with a slight edge of harshness. Harshness fades and replaced with an overall nice hop flavor. Kind of like a 1-2 punch, where you prefer the ‘2’.
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
Nice hoppy aroma. Good strong hop taste with a harsh bite and then clean drop off of taste. Nice flavor if you like hops.
4.5 out of 5 Stars.
Moderate sweet, clean aroma. Nice sharp hop bite that immediately smacks into a strong sweetness that brings on the saliva glands. Leaves you with a strong freshness of hops with a hint of grapefruit sourness. Excellent beer.
5 out of 5 stars.
Kind of yucky aroma like body odor, taste starts a bit harsh, but is immediately followed by a nice malt taste. Amazing after all that up front that there’s very little aftertaste. In the end, I’m not sure what to think. After a few more tastes, the malty aftertaste starts to be pretty nice.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sometimes great, sometimes just good. Very hoppy but smooth. 300 IBU according to Short’s website.
4 out of 5 Stars.
