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Blue Point Hoptical Illusion 3.47 472

Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

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4723.48/5.03.47/5.06.2%73.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Generous amount of selected hops balance out the malty backbone of this delicious golden India Pale Ale.
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 shadey (1501), Rochester, New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 12, 2005    Updated: Mar 28, 2006
Clear light orange with a very soapy lacy head. Clean almost soapy aroma. Nice clean hop aroma. A very nicely done IPA. No resin, no tongue scraping dryness. Big grapfruit. A very different and very drinkable session IPA.


 jkwalking05 (1501), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 21, 2009  
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Gold in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is of hops, sweet oranges, grass, and straw. Taste is moderately hoppy with some citrus and peaches.


 MaiBockAddict (1499), Good Beer Bar Deprived, New Jersey, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/515/20
Apr 26, 2005  
TAP NY. Golden, white head, clear. Hoppy nose. Nice dry hop flavor and bitterness. Real nice fresh hops.


 beermatrix (1497), Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 20, 2007  
Brightish gold color with a slight amber orangey cast to it. Small, slimming cap of off-white foam. A whispy skim is always present and the lace is adequately placed across the glass in some boney fingered strings and lots of spots. Aroma is dullish of orange peels and a touch of grapefruity pineyness. Notes to melony sweetness, smokey resin touches, and some toasted grains and grassyness. Taste is rounded well with a clean, unbittered hop tone of lightly crunchy and fairly crisp hopped up leafyness which is squeezing out some softly delicate touches of orangeyness and red grapefruit. Notes of toasted malt and pine merge well in the finish and lingers there for a decent length of impression. Clean, crunchy, crisp, and rounded with a nice balance all wrapped in a solid medium body. Keeps a good, firm tone and grab the whole way through and has a nice complexing, low-ended bitter pined finish that lasts well and keeps ya coming back for more. A very good drinking IPA due to its lower bitterness and firm clean body and taste.


 RCL (1496), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 15, 2008  
It is quite malty for an IPA. Very citrusy hop character, lemon and grapefruit all the way.


 tomthompson89 (1494), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Jun 11, 2008  
nice IPA citrus pine notes on the nose, copper color, good white foam on top, nose is also a little malty. flavor is hops pine, some soapy flavors but also good malt backbone. Great session IPA!!


 KyotoLefty (1491), Kyoto, Japan
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 1, 2009  
Draught at the New York Wine and Culinary Center. Medium copper color. Big grapefruit nose; frgrant hops. Lots of fruit with enough nice malt in the background. Very fruity flavor--mostly tropical, sweet and cloying with a bitter finish. Too sweet and fruity for me, and not very well integrated, though the hop character is original.


 TheEpeeist (1489), Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Nov 19, 2006  
12 oz bottle. Clear orange with a frothy white head. Orange, grass and honey. Sweet grapefruit and orange zest. Moderate carb, medium light, little oily. A good IPA but nothing really stands out.



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