Lancaster Hop Hog IPA

Brewed by Lancaster Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA

Darker amber in color with off-white head. Nose of pine and roasted malt. Flavor much the same, body was rather thin. Finish was hoppy, yet lacking.

Bottle. Golden amber color. White, frothy head that sticks around. Floral aromas. Good mouthfeel. Nice, very hoppy finish that lingers, but not in a bad way. Good IPA.

Surprisingly dark colour. Good Aroma. Bitter taste with good hop character. This IPA is different that most, not bad different, just different.

This beer pours a very dark amber color, very murky with a thin white head. I was surprised at the color of this beer, I haven’t seen another IPA pour this color before...almost like a triple color. The smell is no doubt hops and citrus. The citrus really dominates the smell. The taste is a mix of sweet and bitter, as the hops make their presence known. The hops don’t really bite you all that hard, as I was expecting...I would have like a little more hop kick from a beer with 7.9% alcohol. The finish isn’t bad, but doesn’t hang around long enough for me.

Bouteille de 12 oz obtenue via un échange avec Dmac61. Arôme: Odeur de pamplemousse et d’orange avec une pointe de pin. Apparence: La couleur est ambrée voilée avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût d’agrumes avec une pointe de caramel. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence d’amertume légèrement pétillante en arrière goût. (Rating #955)

Burnt copper orange color, very faint white head. Smelly sweaty metallic hops and old oranges, not a pleasing aroma, there’s quite bit wrong with it. It’s unrefined metallic scents and buttery infection offends the nose. Flavor is no better, with a watery palate, distance fruit flavors and an overpowering diacetyl infection. Bad stuff.

Draft it’s much better: resinous, fruity hops, sharp, bitter, wet texture. Much better.

12 oz bottle. Pours clear amber color with full foam off white head. Aroma of floral hops. Malty and very little hoppy taste with bitter after taste.

THOUGHTS: Nice balance in flavor, but a little watery in flavor and palat. The aroma is way more hoppy than the flavor. The flavor is well balanced but weaker tha I would have expected. A little too dry It makes me want to keep drinking more but I don’t like it enought to have another one. Maybe I’ll have a different beer next. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, medium orange with an average, white head that lasted a while and didn’t leave much lacing. The aroma was light malt and some citrus hops (mostly orange but also grapefruit and lime). The initial flavoer was light to moderate sweetness and light bitterness, while the finish was moderate sweetness and bitterness with short duration for an IPA but an average duration overall. The body was light to medium and both dry and watery with fizzy carbonation and an ever so slightly chalky finish that was otherwise watery.