Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

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

Bottle sampled. Pours a clear amber color with a white head. Aroma of citrus, pine, and some grapefruit. Flavor is quite hoppy with a nice malt/caramel sweetness and a bitter finish.

12 oz bottle. First thing I do when beer-loving friends and relatives swing through the Balmer-DC area to say "Hi": I pour ’em a local brew. And this is invariably the first one I grab. I think it’s the best thing brewed in Baltimore...or DC...or Annapolis...or all of Maryland and Virginia combined. A hophead’s dream: big in your face showcase of what a great East Coast IPA is all about. And you can always see it in their face after the first swallow: a huge floral/citrus hop BAM!!!! But that’s not all: there is body, decent ABV, nice maltiness, super head retention, nose out the ying-yang, and a nice neat finish. Very drinkable. Kirk like. Come visit me sometime!

12 oz bottle. Pours an amber color with a small white head. Nose was hoppy with some citrus flavors. Taste was mildly hoppy, but with floral undertones and a citrus kick. No lingering hop aftertaste. I’m not normally an IPA type of guy, but I enjoyed this one.

Bottle. Pours a bright hazy orange body with a small white creamy head. Lots of orange and citrus aroma accompanied by some sweet biscuit malt and apricot. Juicy flavour with nice hop resin but not overly bitter. Some fruitiness is present too in the form of apricot and pineapple. Not bad, but a bit sweet for my tastes.

Hops, hops, and more hops. But right on for the style. Good mix of hops to prevent if from being too bitter, but instead right on the money with the citrus even grapefruit heavy taste. Quite nice, excellent summer brew.

Name: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon
Date: 06/28/2006
Mode: draft
Source: summits

Aroma: more of a grapefruit aroma,
Flavor: nice citrus in the flavor, lasting sweet piney character, fatugues after a while, long bitterness
-------- /> Name: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon
Date: 12/08/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear light amber, whispy white head,
Aroma: sweet piney aroma,
Flavor: big bitter hop flavor balanced by some nice sweetness,
-------- /> Name: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon
Date: 12/08/2006
Mode: Firkin
Source: Summits - Sandy Springs

Appearance: opaque orange, frothy pink head, lots of drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet sugar on grapefruit aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: rich creamy hop flavor perfectly balanced by the sweet caramel malt, nice lasting mellow bitter finish
-------- /> Name: Heavy Seas Loose Cannon
Date: 08/03/2008
Mode: draft
Words: highlands grill
Words: randall with crystal hops and cherries soaked in cavasea brandy

the cherry cuts the grapefruit and bitter edge and gives it a bit more of a fruity character, works well

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Pours amber color with average white head. Has an aroma of Flowers. Initial flavor has little bitterness. Short finish. Had this during a tasting of 6 IPAs and this was good but lackeing in character.

Now this is how a IPA should be made, malty and hoppy but not astringent hoppy. the hops are floral, grassy and slightly piney. the rest is smooth with lots of malt. A real winner!