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Bethlehem Brew Works Hop Explosion IPA 3.39 33

Bethlehem Brew Works Hop Explosion IPA


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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
333.52/5.03.39/5.0Autumn7%60.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Hoppiest Brew Works beer ever? The smell of grapefruit, a sweet malt flavor, and oh by the way, lots of hop bitterness. Brewed in the tradition of West Coast ales, we have put loads of malt and hops in our kettle to come up with this sensational ale. Brewed with pale, and crystal malts, hopped with Tomahawks for Yakima Valley, WA. This beer styled has made many a microbrewery famous and this one is sure to please all those who love hops.
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 bfeldmann (1042), Wilmington, Delaware, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/103/58/20
Nov 3, 2006  
On tap. This is why i didn’t like IPAs before i started really getting into beer. Poured a cloudy copper color with good head. Aroma was of floral hops and citrus. Flavor missed the boat. Metallic bitter, no balance. Just a bad ipa.


 Beerdedone (1885), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 1, 2006  
Sampled at the Newtown Brewfest with Stegosaurus and The Mad Indian. Pours amber with an off-white head. Aroma of hops and caramel. The flavor is sweet, citrus, and finishes bitter.


 Dickinsonbeer (3496), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 22, 2006  
Newtown Brewfest. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a decent off white head. Aroma is light citrus, floral hops, some orange peel and a bit metallic and hardly any malt. Ligth crystal malt backbone in the flavor but mostly just a dull slight citrus hop and some metallic hints and a wierd off bitter finish. Meh.


 MadIndian (997), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2006  
Sampled with Stegosaurus and beerded_one at Newtown brewfest. Pours amber with nice head. Aroma is citrusy and hoppy. The taste is over hop. They could have blended the hoppyness a little better.


 stegosaurus (1882), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 21, 2006  
Sampled at the Newtown Brewfest. Pours orange/amber with an off-white head. Aroma of citrus hops and caramel. the flavor is sweet upfront with a mildly bitter finish. Good body, decent brew.


 hopdog (5607), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 9, 2006  
On tap at the BBW Brew Pub. Poured a deeper orange/amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of overall citrus (grapefruit), pine with a splash of caramel. Tastes of the same. Very light alcohol in the finish. Nicely bitter. Light lacing left on the glass. Menu had the Alc Content @ 7.2%,


 TomDecapolis (3196), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 31, 2006  
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a translucent golden amber with a smaller off white slightly lacing head. Aroma of grapefruit and other citurs. Nice caramel malt balance. Flavor also getting that grapefruit hop. Some bitterness in the tail. Nice sweet caramel malt presence.


 DocLock (4648), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/517/20
Aug 21, 2006  
Caramel colored pour with off-white head. Big fruity hop aroma, that tastes on the piney side, with a fair amount of balancing malts. A very drinkable, very solid IPA with a notable complexity. My menu stated that this one is 7.2% ABV.



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