Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Bottle, #344 Orange pour with nice head and lacing. Great hop aroma, citrusy floral profile. Great flavor follows. Great IPA, I’m happy with it.

Pours a clear orange with a finger of white head that dies quick to a ring with sheets of lacing. Smells of mild floral hops a bit of malt. Taste is a little bigger than the smell with bitter hops throughout with a malty balance. Medium in the mouth with good carbonation. Very drinkable and the ABV is nowhere to be found but the flavors are a little bland and unexciting.

Admitadly I’m not a fan of IPA. That said this one is a example of the style. Strong taste of hops dominate but unlike some other ipa’s the aftertaste isnt to harsh and doesnt last to long.

Pours a deep orangey copper color. Fluffy white head that disappeared and left no lacing. Very pleasing hop aroma. Taste is mostly hop flavor with just the slightest hint of malt in there. Finish is minimal hop bitterness. While I do think this beer is out of balance I like it and find it quite drinakable.

I can’t believe I haven’t rated this until now! I’ve had numerous six-packs, and II even had a cask version at the World Beer Fest in Downtown Raleigh in April that was REALLY incredible. Pours orange gold, fairly hazy, with small white head, nice lacing. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, pepper, soap, some caramel malt. Flavor is also hoppy--but not up front, mostly in aftertaste and at end. Up front, I get caramel, a little alcohol, and in the end there is a good bit of citrus, pine hops. Lovely beer. IF ANYONE GETS A CHANCE TO HAVE A CASK VERSION, KILL IF YOU HAVE TO, IT IS WELL WORTH THE TIME YOU WILL SPEND IN PRISON!!!!

Ho hum. Too flowery and spicy. I realize now that their description flaunts this, but it was just over done. Reminded me of my first experience of 120min. IPA from DFH. Too strong on that stuff big time. It wasnt horrible, drinkable. But not a personal favorite.

Purchase before month notched: Sep ’07. 12oz bottle courtesy of Ryan (artusory), thank you. Slightly hazy orange with a thick film of off-white yellow for a head, quickly fading to a ring. Aroma shows this isn’t the freshest, but it doesn’t really smell all old and stale like a lot of IPAs with some age do. Lots of orange and grapefruity hops up front with a bit of spice. I feel breweries do a good job melding the aromas/flavors together when I think I smell sweet hops, and this happens here. The caramel sweetness seems to be both from caramel and from the hops. Also there’s a bit of cotton candy. Unfortunately, the flavor doesn’t live up to the hoppiness of the aroma. There is some grapefruit rind and pine, but both seem to be a shadow of their former selves in the aroma. Flavor seems to be more dominated by caramel. There is also a bit of bitter earth in the semi dry finish. Bitterness peaks at a 3-4, but mainly in the finish. Body is a bit thin with low carbonation. Would’ve been good if I had stopped after sniffing it.

A very nice beer drunk on bottle at the kristmas beer festival. Not listed but someone brought it and I had the possibilty to tasste it. I love this one, very nice