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Flying Fish HopFish India Pale Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1933.36/5.03.34/5.0Summer6.2%52.8Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
At the request of you hopheads, we produced this I.P.A. with a deep golden color, plenty of hop bitterness balanced by malt sweetness. Because of the extensive dry hopping, there’s a floral and citrus hop finish. It’s then lightly filtered to maintain the appropriate body and flavor. The beer features a combination of American, English and German malts to balance the large amount of hops. The HopFish also uses three hop varieties at five different times and has been dry-hopped for two weeks with 22lbs of Nugget whole leaf hops.
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 T2Tool (352), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 31, 2007  
Beer was poured from a 12-oz bottle. Appearance was an amber color. Had a citrus aroma with the balanced smell of malts and hops also. Taste was of grassy hops with grapefruit and light pine with the malt body also coming through.


 dmtroyer (410), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2007  
12oz. Pours dark, clear amber. Some fruit and a touch of pine in the nose. Relatively light-bodied, I found this fairly lacking in malt. This resulted in a one-dimensional IPA with not much to talk about. Alcohol is fairly noticeable on the finish.


 TomDecapolis (3176), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 3, 2007  
On tap the the Good Dog 4th Anniversary Party (thanks for the heads up fcaseyf). Pours a translucent golden amber with a smaller off white bubbly head. Aroma of some tropical fruits, light citrus and bready malts. Flavor was all hop cones with a light hop bitterness, mixed citrus and fruity. Grains were more cereal/bready than some of the traditional caramel, but it worked nicely for this one.
Earlier Rating: 3/2/2006 Total Score: 3.7
On tap at the Flannigans Boathouse. Pours a translucent golden amber with a very fluffy off white lacing head. Aroma of oranges,pine, toffee and caramel. Flavor had a very citrus hop feel. Very nice hop/malt balance coming across in both aroma and flavor.


 Braudog (3767), Dayton, Ohio, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 26, 2007  
Bottle: Light amber, nicely carbonated with a thin, but firmly rocky top of foam. I swear, as hard as I inhale, there’s no aroma whatsoever. The flavor is vaguely delivered ... hint of smoke, bit of a hoppy curl and a decent malt pull on the palate. The more I drink the better it seems, worthy of a session or two. (#3222, 1/26/2007)


zethca (62), West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/513/20
Nov 16, 2007  
Pours amber gold with small head. Hop presence is very diluted (could be a freshness issue) with very little aftertaste at all. Very light in the mouth. Makes for a very drinkable and refreshing IPA but definitely not the finest.


 jeremytoni (1109), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Nov 14, 2007  
From tap poured amber with a fair amount of head. Hop flavor was weak with a quick finish.


 jcwattsrugger (5403), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Nov 1, 2007    Updated: Nov 14, 2009
12oz bottle-pours a rocky off white head that laces and gold color. Aroma is mild medium malt, biscuity, hops-citrus (Amarillo?) and English. Taste is medium malt-caramel, biscuity, hops-citrus (Amarillo?) and English/metallic, some bitterness. OK carbonation. Thanks jwc 215 for sharing.


phllybeer29 (20), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Aug 30, 2007  
This beer is nothing to rave about. Had it in draft, but not much head. Something I may try again if I find it in a bottle.



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