RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Barleys Hoptopus


 Percentile 
76
overall
Brewed by Barleys Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale

Columbus, Ohio USA

bottling
unknown

on tap
unknown

distribution
unknown

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
143.59/5.03.33/5.0Spring-96.1Shaker, Weizen

Commercial Description:
This is a pale wheat that’s hopped up. No, not paler that a wheat -- it’s a wheat that also includes pale malt, for a slightly maltier wheat that includes a ton of hops. Consider it a spring / summer ale for all you hopheads!
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 15, 2009  
Sample at the Smokehouse. Cloudy orange pour with a big white head. Citrus hop aroma with wheat malt. Citrus hop flavor (I guessed Centennial, but it’s all Amarillo) with wheat malt in the finish.


 Sammy (3924), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/515/20
Jun 19, 2008  
Enjoyed at The Smokehose location. A hoppy wheat, with a little head and lots of lace. Aroma was nice, bubblegum and a bit of wheat. Orangey taste that the brewmaster told our group was neither flavouring nor hops. Above average carbonation, I think the only one of the product line.


 Tmoney99 (4649), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
May 15, 2008  
Draft at BMRAF 08. Poured hazy copper color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate to heavy citrus earthy hop aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium to heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration.


 DrHomolka (722), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/517/20
May 10, 2008  
Draft at the Smokehouse. Pours an orange color with a small white head. Aroma is substantial citrus like hops. The Barley house character that all their hoppy beers have, I don’t know how to explain it other than a fresh, sweet citrusy hop smell. Nice. Flavor is fairly hoppy, lightly bitter, smooth and even a bit watery. Pleasant, clean taste. Hops are more in the aroma than flavor. Certainly reminds one of Gumballhead, though it is different enough not to be a copy. I liked this.


 Dogbrick (2805), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
May 2, 2008  
Firkin version at Barley’s 6th Annual Mini RAF (04/26/08): The beer pours a cloudy dark orange color with a thin off-white head that fizzes away quickly. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of grassy hops and pine. Medium-bodied and moderately bitter with flavors of hops, pine and malt. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Decent overall.


 Rogueone (506), I F&ckin’ hate those guys from, Ohio, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Apr 30, 2008  
This to me, is nearly exactly like the commercial description. "A pale wheat that is hopped up" is pretty damn close. On tap @ Smokehouse. Pale orange color, very piney, weedy smelling. Tasted somewhere between a cloudy wheat beer and a pale ale. Mild bitter finish. Thought the hops were a bit weak in this one, though.


 Cletus (4997), Connecticut, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
May 30, 2007  
Fresh growler courtesy of moejuck. Pours orangey copper with a white head. Smells of perfume, oranges, pine, some caramel. Tastes hoppy with lots of resiny notes. This is much more hoppy than I was expecting and I don’t see where the American wheat angle comes in on this one.


 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
May 30, 2007  
On tap at the Smokehouse: Poured a hazy copper color with a white head. Aroma, pale malts, citrus, some bready notes. Flavor, light wheats, some pale malts, citrus and herbal hops on the finish. Nice bitterness. Very nice stuff.



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Wheat Ales

New Glarus Crackd Wheat Ale (3.77)

Three Floyds Gumballhead (3.73)

Flossmoor Station Rot Geist American Red Wheat (3.66)

Southern Tier Heavy Weizen (3.56)

Calumet Wheat (3.55)

Flying Fish Exit 11 (3.55)

Bells Oberon Ale (3.46)

Fordham Wisteria Wheat (3.45)

Les Trois Mousquetaires G.C. Imperial Weizen (3.42)

Founders Fest Wheat (3.39)

Middle Ages 11th Anniversary Double Wheat (3.38)

SKA WheelSucker Wheat (3.36)

Sixpoint 8 Days O’ Wheat (3.35)

Mikkeller Drink’in the Sun (3.35)

Southern Tier Hop Sun (3.34)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC