Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

Pours amber with a decent sized off white head. Aroma of flowers, sweet malt, and alchohol. Taste is resinous, soapy, grapefruit, dark fruit with sweet caramel. Nice amount of bitterness. Not a fan of the aroma of sweetness, but the bitterness is right on.

This was a big surprise; the wife picked it out in a mixer while we were on Hilton Head Island. The beer pours a light amber with a big frothy head that stuck around even in the plastic hotel cups we had. You could just smell the bitterness on this one with plenty of hop aroma, but it also smelled like a nice liqueur, with plenty of fruitiness to compliment. The taste was surprisingly not as strong as the smell but provided a little bit of tongue bruising hoppyness, with some good spicy & fruity notes. Very easy to drink!

Bottle....Surpising! After all the pine on the nose, it has an amazingly smooth mouthfeel and refreshing citrus hops. Great alternative from the norm for the IPA lover.

Bottled. Pours out a clear bronze colour with a small, foamy, off-white head. Nice hop aroma with a hint of alcohol oddly enough. Clean scent if that makes any sense. Flavour definitely has the hops up front but then also some bubble gum and sweetness in the finish. Proabably an above average IPA overall.

Nice aroma of hops fills the air as I pour this one. Pours a clear golden with a head that dissipates to a lacing. Aroma is nice and intense with hops. Citrus dominates with some spice. Flavor is good but not good enough to be in the upper echelon of IPAs. Its not as balanced as I would like and it just doesn’t finish as clean as I would like. Other than that this is a realy solid IPA those are my only two gripes.

Bottle. Golden color with a one finger white head. Crisp nose, aslmost astringent. I’ve never been a fan of IPA’s, but NOW I AM. This is what hoppy flavor should be. It’s bright, crisp, and just bitter enough to make the beer taste great. Almost all the other expierences I’ve had with IPA’s has been all about the "bite" and not about the taste. This beer is a great mix of the two. Will drink again!

Bottle in VA. Golden amber with a fizzy white head. Sweet citrus and pine aroma and taste with a slightly soapy bitterness and apricot notes.

Really good solid IPA. Solid, sweet body. Hop profile is great, easy to drink, but good and bitter without being overpowering. Resinous, grapefruit. Easy to drink and enjoy, one of the top IPAs in my book.