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Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7863.73/5.03.72/5.07.25%94Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Malts: Crisp English Pale, Carapils, and Munich
Hops: Magnum, Centennial, Chinook, Amarillo and Palisade
Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale is a triple hopped IPA containing over 3 pounds of hops per barrel. Not for the faint of palate, it has an intensely floral, spicy, and citrusy hop aroma and flavor. Available year round
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 Probiere (992), Iowa, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/511/20
Dec 17, 2007  
Horrendously overbalanced, tasting of nothing but grapefruit and pine trees. If there is malt in here, I cannot find it.


 theisti (1650), Leawood, Kansas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Dec 14, 2007  
12 oz. bottle from mj. Best before Feb-08 on label. Pour is clear orange gold with a one inch white head. Aroma of some sweetness, mostly malt biscuit sweetness, though it blends well with a nice ripe orange sweetness as well. Further back in the aroma is resin and earthiness. Taste has a nice blend of the sweet malt and citrus hops. Finish is wet, and a bit longer than I would like. Palate is nice and full, hiding the fairly high ABV (for an IPA). Nice beer all around, thanks for sharing this one Mike!


 sloth (1662), Ceciltucky, Co., Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 12, 2007  
Medium sized white head, good retention with a spotty, stringy lace. Clear copper hued ale. Nose is nice, fruity, spicey, some bubblegun, piney and citrusy. Body is med/light, lightly oily on the palate with a just right carbonation level, for me. Plenty of the aforementioned hop notes in the flavor dept., with some hidden pale malts, more tropical notes as well. Finish is almost dry, fruity with an easy hop bite. Nice quaffer @ 7.5% !! Well done CC!


 TikiE (360), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/516/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Hoptastic! A great IPA! One of my favorite Heavy Seas, not to big of a fan till now! Cant wait to explore the rest of them!


 Collint (453), Sylva, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Dec 8, 2007  
12.08.07 12 oz bottle. Aroma of citrus and fruit. taste like a weak version of a 90 minute. A very good beer for hop lovers. Very very nice.


 riversideAK (2669), Shoreline, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of Secret Santa! Pours a nice gold orange color with great lacing and a bubbly head. Aroma of strong grapefruit and citrus. Flavor is similar with strong hoppy notes. More bitter than malty. Nice grapefruit flavor with minimal amounts of toasty malt. Lingering dryness on the palate. Very good.


 shackinetics (132), Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 4, 2007    Updated: Apr 18, 2008
pours a deep, hazy gold. thin white head, notable lacing. Intense floral and earthy aromas. Very earthy taste with some rich fruit flavors- Kind of thin mouth-feel and not as complex as say dogfish 90min, but hop punch aplenty and enough Alc/Vol to warm you up after just a few sips... Clipper City has some quality brews!


 Skeegle (479), Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/103/516/20
Dec 4, 2007    Updated: Jun 1, 2008
Nice IPA. Super bitter, the hops can be overwhelming if you intend to drink more than one. Not a very balanced IPA, but the hop bite is nice for the first beer. Very floral and green tasting. RERATE: Just had this tonight on tap. Wow! Super sweet IPA, almost tasted like a beautifully hopped, super bitter fruit beer, only the fruits were like aged blueberries and not aspartame-cherry like most wheat/fruit beers. This beer was just fantastic, world class tasting, one of the finest IPA’s I’ve ever had.



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