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Clipper City Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3

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bottled
common

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7913.73/5.03.73/5.07.25%94.9Shaker, 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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derst27 (35), Hackettstown, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20
Mar 14, 2008  
citrus, orange peel aftertaste. Clean and fresh finish. Very orangy and smooth.


 ReademNwheat (174), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 19, 2008  
Great representation of the style. This is definetely on the fruity side of ipas. Alot of gapefruit goodness. very good brew.


 bbbrew (183), Washington DC, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 23, 2009  
great beer. very enjoyable ipa good malt character vice just hops. citrus hop aroma.


 mrant (330), New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/105/515/20
May 24, 2008  
Smells of wonderful sour hops with a slight spiciness to it. Taste is strong hop presence, similar to DFH 60min but less smooth. No sharp dryness at the end, a very nice IPA.


 joebudzjoe (228), Connecticut, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 15, 2009  
Bottle from Villa, Storrs, CT. Damn good beer. Slightly cloudy orange-gold color with a sweet hoppy flavor. Undertones of honey. Very good.


 MikeF (528), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 1, 2007  
pleasant aroma of hops and malt. reddish amber in color with a smallish off white head. nicely balanced flavor of sweet caramel and hops. crisp yet rich palate. finishes slightly sweet and slight bitter. mostly dry. approaching a DIPA, well done.


 jezmez68 (334), Chesterton, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 25, 2008  
Is it Clipper City or Heavy Seas? What is this, some kind of Invesco Field at Mile High Stadium thing? Anyway, this is a decent IPA. Nothing outstanding, but maybe a good one to introduce your Bud drinking buddy to. Pours orange with a pinky finger of head. Nice lacing. Aroma of Amarillo hops is apparent. Slightly pungent. Taste is pretty straightforward IPA, nice mouthfeel with a stained roof and tongue.


 Jokes (1453), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/105/515/20
Sep 19, 2006  
Clear amber body with a moderate white head that quickly dissipates into a thin layer of soapy foam. The aroma is super hoppy and chuck-full of pine and grapefruit, floral perfume and some light lemon zest. Caramel, fresh bread and mild nuts round out the malt side of the nose. The body is thick and smooth, really creamy and quite enjoyable on the tongue. Sweet and malty up front, this elegantly transitions into a moderate hop bitterness. I was expecting this to be stronger, more IIPA and was qutie pleased to be wrong. The easy drinking and quasi-sessionableness of this beer is superb. My one gripe, if you will, is that the "triple hopped IPA" seems to be hopped to the equivalent of several regularly hopped IPAs I enjoy. That shouldn’t detract from this beer, but it is a bit odd. Thanks a bunch Ken: quite the treat!



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