Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

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

Very bright, clear copper with a thick off-white head. Very sharp, pungent piney hop aroma; Amarillo and Simcoe perhaps. Similar flavor to that of DFH 90 Minute IPA. Taste has slight caramel/toastyness but mainly pale malt to showcase the hops. Pleasantly sweet, not nearly as bitter as you would expect, in fact it’s only moderately bitter. It appears that there was a ton of flavor and aroma hopping done on the back end - has a very strong pine, citrusy and grapefruit presence. The body has recently improved; very full, round and creamy with the perfect level of carbonation. Good head retention. Overall, very very nicely done.

Bottle, best by 01/2009. Pours a clear orange with a small white head. Aroma of citrus and grapefruit hops, also some light sweet fruits. Flavor is quite fruity- lots of citrus, some mango and other tropical fruits. Nice hop bite in the finish with a grassy/garlic hops note. Palate is a little weak, but overall this is a nice IPA.

Clear orange color with visible carbonation and a thin white head. Aroma is awesome. It’s sweet like candy and fruit. Flavor is malty sweet and wonderful. Not as extreamly bitter as I expected. Very different and very delicious. 10/4/7/4/18
RERATE: Dark orange pour with a nice cream lace. Aroma is fantastic fresh grapefruit. Flavor is fresh delicious grapefruit and resiny hops. This is just what I remember. This has finally appeared here in Rochester and I need more.

nice murky amber color, great wonderful hop nose!!!! citrus pine all the good stuff. Bitter when it first hits the palate then fades to a wonderful flowery taste. really nice. great ipa!!!!

Orange in color with a lacy sort of head. Nice hoppy smell with fruits and floral present. Weaker than I like in a IPA but very drinkable.

12oz bottle best by Nov 09. Pours a clear glowing orange amber with a nice medium dense frothy light beige creamy head. Great hop aroma, can smell it 2 feet away as I type, mmmm like sticking my nose into a hop bag, some hop spiciness, C-hops, resiny, light citrus, light peach, love the perfectly balanced lighter sweet caramel base. First taste is straight floral and citrus hops, super juicy and peachy, followed by resin and then finishing with more of the ultra bright and sweet tropical fruit, caramel syrup?, this is a syrupy sticky flavor but still light on the tongue. Medium bodied, weird syrupiness but feels lighter in the mouth, hard candy like sweetness but again a weird mix of syrupy and fluffy. Different.

First taste I found here was bitter hops. The bitterness never left but some malts soon became evident. Typically IPAs are quite sour tasting but this one was not. The malts gave it a sweetness which I found appealing. IPAs are not my favorite style of beer but this one was exceptional.

Super creamy head on top of a nice golden amber. Very flowery hops. Great balance, ultra drinkable; this is really good.