Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

Bottle - from sampler pack. Light copper color. Wow! An excellent IPA. Very hoppy and strong. I love it.

Total Wine. Excellent American style India Pale Ale.. Amber beer with a nice white head. Aroma is fresh floral hops. It’s a slightly different hop character than the average IPA but very tasty and enjoyable. A sweet sharp hop flavor that begs you to take another sip. Extremely drinkable due to the low bitterness level given the heavy hop load. Good alcohol bite like you expect in an IPA. Very tasty and enjoyable. Worth buying a few more.

This is one of the better IPAs I have had.Huge grapefruit and hops aroma.Flavor is hoppy and citrus with a small hoppy bite at the end.

Big fresh hop flavor. Light body. Just a bit on the sweet side. Big but balanced hop flavor (pine, herb, flower). Finishes clean, little bitterness but a very nice light hop presence.

12oz. Bottle $7.99 6-Pack Liquor World Poured Loose Cannon into a pint glass and it quickly formed a creamy white 1 finger head. The head faded slowly to a solid cap. The body is a very slightly hazed orange with minor carbonation bubbles rising throughout. I drank a few of these before and some had small protein chunks floating around and some didn’t. This bottle is free of the chunks. Leaves a small drink ring that falls back into the body after some time. The smell is pretty familiar among stronger IPAs and IIPAs. A solid mix of pine needles and bitter grapefruit. There’s a solid malt backbone That is biscuity with a mild grain profile. Fairly simple but good. Taste is more of the same. Pine hoppiness along with a generous squeeze of grapefruit juice. The pale malt and graininess stop the hops from running away with things but the swallow does leave a nice lingering bitterness in the form of pine needles and unsweetened grapefruit. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Some alcohol fumes pushing through on the swallow. It’s actually pretty refreshing. Good drinkability is due to the body. The body actually feels somewhat light for the size of this beer. An easy one to drink and enjoyable. I’d pick this up again to share with friends. There are better IPAs out there but this is a solid choice. I’m looking forward to trying more from Clipper City. 2/3/07

Pours a small head and coppery color. Hops, hops, and more hops on the nose. The hops give it a spicy, grapefruit kind of intensity. Over the top hop flavor, yet has a smoothness that balances it well. Really good.

Rated 10/15/06: Well done by Clipper City, this is a thoroughly enjoyable IPA. Hoppy aroma of pine and grapefruit not as powerful as it should be compared to the flavor. Great pour rich deep copper color, a swirl of the yeast on the bottom makes it denser. Huge puffy head and sticky sweet lacing, one of the best looking IPA’s I’ve poured. Easy on the palate this is extremely drinkable and the finish is clean with an aftertaste that quickly fades. Well hopped flavor, medium malt presence that is well balanced for this style. Similar to the other great IPA’s I’ve had, but this one is easier going down yet powerful with a well masked alcohol content. Very good drink.

Very pleasant surprise. I saw this in a bottle shop aligned with a bbq place. No one was in the bbq place and the guy behind the register grumbled his way through the sale. I had no idea what Clipper City was, but gave it a try. Very hoppy. But like the self-described note says, there is also a floral taste here too. Not bad at all.