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Anderson Valley Hop Ottin IPA

Percentile
94
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9593.68/5.03.67/5.07%92.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Hop-Heads, your dreams have come true! Hop Ottin' is Boontling for "hardworking hops," and they're surely hard at work in this brew. Hop Ottin' starts with a strong floral aroma, which winds into a deep and complex body. In an intriguing balance, honey-drenched malts coat rich hop undertones. At length, the hops prevail, with a satisfyingly crisp finish. Hop Ottin' bites like a cankicky bluetail (Hop Ottin' bites like a rattlesnake looking for a fight.)
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 uhclem (189), Loveland, Colorado, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/59/105/518/20
Aug 21, 2008  
Beautiful amber pour with a beige head and good lacing. Nose is a subtle mix of floral, pine and earth. At first taste, the malt comes out, but is rapidly enhanced by the hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is clean and silky and the finish has hops echoing down the throat. I may have found a new favorite (I don’t know how I’ll break the news to Titan).


 drfabulous (1240), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Never rated way back when. Had tonight again. Nothing like the Pliny from last night, but decent bitterness and hops. Not intense. But when Anderson Valley is a regular thing here in Missouri soon, it can serve as a session beer.


Avatar (82), Gliwice, Poland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Bottle.This beer started with really bad impression after first smell and sip. But with every next sip it was rising in me. I don’t like head in it. Not pleasant in aroma and touch. Beer is yellow-brownish. Aroma is hoppy as hell. Flavour is of citrus and extremely dry and hoppy finish. After all - really pleasant beer to me :)


 JCB (1761), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 11, 2008  
12oz bottle from Total Wine, Durham. This beer remains a pleasure to me, not just because it was one of my early craft beer faves but because I still find it a well balanced example of a Cali IPA. Nice bright orange pour with lots of carbonation. Pleasant citric aroma and a big body despite the fact that this is not the maltiest IPA.


 mnurda (434), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Bottled sampel courtesy of piscator. Crisp and clean with nice hop aftertaste. Great at the office.


 chicagodri (1041), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 1, 2008  
On tap @ Map Room. Pours orange with a nice white head. Nice pine and grapefruit aroma and flavor. Good malt balance. Not a hop bomb by any means, and not a lot of lingering bitterness. Solid beer though.


 TEJA (287), Stockholm, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Aug 1, 2008  
Draught at Akkurat. High firm head. Hops, but not the usual american citrus dominated ones. Robust bitterness and solid hop taste.


 jeffwilliams11 (310), hooterville, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/515/20
Jul 30, 2008  
this is one of the best smelling beers i’ve had in a long time. flavor is very crisp and clean with very nice hop aftertaste. malt is there but subdued.



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