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Blue Point Hoptical Illusion 3.47 473

Blue Point Hoptical Illusion

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4733.48/5.03.47/5.06.2%73.5Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Generous amount of selected hops balance out the malty backbone of this delicious golden India Pale Ale.
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 Nejhleader (930), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Jan 15, 2006  
Awsome beer. Great hop aroma, and great hop taste. An excellent IPA. Very easy drinking too, love this stuff.


 MrWalker (927), Stockholm, Sweden
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/513/20
Jul 23, 2005  
Bottle @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Golden. The aroma is like puting your head into a hop pocket. No head retention. Slightly sweet. Hint of tasted bread reveals itself after the initial hop chock Grape. Sulphur comming through after a while in aroma. Fresh cut green green grass of home in initial aftertaste.


 rocbyter (926), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 23, 2007  
Pine and floral hop aroma with some malts mixed in. Clear orange color with some white foam. Starts bitter mellowing in the finish. Slightly chewy palate.


 hershiser2 (923), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Jul 17, 2009  
Bottle. Light amber with a nice, fluffy head. Light citrus, mainly grapefruit in the nose. Light flavor (at first). Gets a bit heavier with nice, not strong hops. Not great, but worth drinking.


 Crockett (904), Steelback County, Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 18, 2005  
Pours clear gold. Short white soap head. Initially pungent with piles of hop and antiseptic. Good mouthfeel. Flavour is far more simple than the nose might suggest. Sweet grapefruit and pine. Some candy, and grass/herbal finish.


 bubbleflubber (900), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 15, 2009  
Pours golden-amber into the glass, with a tiny retentive bubbly cap that leaves mild lace. A grapefruit nose ensues, with hints at pine needles. The flavors are bit thin upfront, with grapefruit and rind/zest notes, but not a lot of malt substance to back up the citrus aspect. Thus, the body lacks some substance and feels a bit hollow. The finish is decently bitter, with some biscuit flour and pine notes; however, with a mouthfeel devoid of substance in the backbone, alongside albeit "overtly zesty" carbonation levels, this brew just feels like it has all the right intentions, but doesn’t impress on the delivery.


 Jine (896), Nutley, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 4, 2006  
Drunken straight from bottle but generally clear with some unfiltered detritus milling about. Aroma is hops, slightly fruity. Large hop hit on the flavor. Citrus, malt, etc. An average to slightly above-average IPA.


 HighGravity (890), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
Jan 21, 2005  
(Brewed and bottled by Clipper City Brewing) (Best before July 2005) This a very pleasant medium intensity IPA that is very drinkable and hoppy. A good go to IPA.



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