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Buckeye Hippie I.P.A. 3.56 285

Buckeye Hippie I.P.A.

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2853.57/5.03.56/5.06.8%84.2Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
The Hippie I.P.A. continues to be the Buckeye Brewing Company’s best selling beer. First brewed in the summer of ’98, the “Hippie” has become a Cleveland classic among hop lovers. Reminiscent of ales brewed on the Pacific west coast, the Hippie I.P.A. is big, rich in malt and chock full of hops. American malts are used in the grain bill, including pale ale, crystal, dextrin malt and torrified wheat. It is hopped five times with a combination of Northern Brewer and Cascade. After fermentation, hops are added “dry” to impart bold hop aroma. The Hippie starts at 1.068 and is 80 IBU’s.
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 Zinister (1207), Houston, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
May 3, 2008  
Bottle from BigErn. Pours a deep amber color with small white head. Malty nose with mixed citrus and floral hops. Flavor is pretty much the same, and the malt and hops work pretty well together, although I feel this is more malty than hoppy. Still a good IPA.


 padrefan98 (788), (San Diego) Santee, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Apr 2, 2008  
Bottle thanks to a trade. Nice aromas and flavors of hops, pine, citrus. A pretty good IPA.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 8, 2008  
65 cl bottle. Clear amber colour with a nice fine white head. Light hoppy aroma with notes of flower. Flavour of hops and hints of yeast, ends up quite thin body and little sweet and medium bitter also notes of alcohol are present here.


 joshwilfong (797), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Feb 29, 2008  
dark amber appearance with slight white head. flavor is unique for an ipa because it consists greatly of a nice caramel malt, which as involved in the overall flavor as the hop finish. the hop character is nothing extraordinary, has a decent flora flavor and also adds some bitterness. the malt component makes this beer unique for an ipa, but overall is just a decent ipa


 Cletus (5058), Connecticut, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/511/20
Jan 28, 2008  
Pours light brown with a white head. Smells of earth, tea, some citrus. Tastes mildly bitter with some sweet malty hints and an iced tea like finish.


 BuckeyeBoy (1683), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 5, 2008  
22oz Bottle Pours out a nice clear and crisp light amber topped with a cream off white head. Great aroma of pine hops. A nice light bitter tast. Good bodie as well. thanks SS for this OH-IO brew.


 puzzl (2648), New York, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/515/20
Jan 4, 2008  
Bottle from BeerVirgin. Aroma is surprisingly malty, way too much for an IPA if you ask me. Much more like an amber. Disturbingly chocolately. Flavor has big but bland hops, quite bitter, with that annoying crystal malt body sitting in the back. This beer has a real lack of personality.


 GG (1672), NorCal, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 24, 2007  
Shared with aspidites, BeerDaveC007 and my brother who doesn’t rate for some damned reason. Anyways, this beer was a big disappointment. No where near what I expect an IPA to be, it was at best an APA and a pretty below average one at that. The nose started out incredibly soapy. Some floral notes mingled with the soapy aroma and the sweet malts showed up too. Appearance was a brownish/red hue and a nice two-finger thick head. Flavors were more soap, with some really subtle hop notes of citrus. No malt bill at all. A really dumbed down IPA and pretty disappointing.



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