Legacy Hoptimus Prime

Brewed by Legacy Brewing
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Reading, Pennsylvania USA

Great hoppy scent, pours nice and golden with a large head that is especially doughy after settling. Strong hop flavor that’s hampered by a bit of a watery texture. Really hoppy, but only hoppy. A lot of piney, grassy feeling. A little bit plain compared to other imperial IPAs such as Dogfish Head. This beer seems to rely on hops, whereas the DFH brew has plenty of complex, light fruits to balance out the hops. A bit of a letdown but still a must try for hopheads.

S Philly Taproom. A slightly off white cotton like head on a hazed golden yellow pool of hoppy redolence. The sweetness is less than expected from an IIPA. Highly pined. The bitter finish is long and dry. Look forward to trying again.

22oz bomber purchased at EZ Liquors drank out of a New Belgium glass at Jeff’s beach house. Aroma was pleasant enough with lots of fresh citrusy hops up front, slight caramel malt background and some detectable alcohol notes in the mix. The flavor isn’t quite as good as the aroma and needed more flavor/balance. Plenty of bitternress from the hops in the flavor and the palate but there was a wierd vegtable taste right in the middle of the taste. Not the best IIPA but still a solid beer.

650 ml bottle from coldbrewky. Pours a rich copper color with a big white clumpy head that has good retention. Aroma is loaded with biter hops, pine and a bit of tropical citrus. The flavor is simple and un-complex with lots of biter hops and pine. The mouthfeel is full and malty, The finish is long and biter. Overall: A fairly good IPA, very tasty, many thanks steve.

sturdy in flavor and character. perhaps overdone in alcohol. spicy and peppery with adequate notes of hops (mainly grapefruit) and an overbalanced, abundant malt character that pairs with the alcohol burn. a bit of tropical fruit in the midpalate of this slick feeling brew. slightly fragrant and on par with other good doubles. only mildly demonstrative.

Draft at Publick House, Brookline. Pours a lighter orange with decent cap and some detailed lacing. Nose is all pineapple and orange, very musky and mouthwatering. Sticky, intense, citrusy, bursting with flavor and resins, some bready malts down there somewhere. Not for the faint of palate, but quite enjoyable.

My 75th rating from Pennsy, a bomber from my hometown store across the way. Massive, massive, massive pine and pineapple nose, with lesser apricot, peach, grapefruit, light resin. Pale orange pour with a lacing, creamy yellow-tinged beige head. Brutally bitter (but delicious!) taste, bone-dry with a leafy sort of bread and a dark, chewy earthiness. Some muskmelon. Full malty body, a touch of sweetness suggested in the aftertaste, or perhaps my buds have become accustomed to the attack. Dirty, rough, but enjoyable - hugely hoppy, but if only some of the fruity aromatic notes could have made it into the liquid.

High quality IIPA. I’m a bit surprised by the lukewarm reception here. Legacy may not have the rep of some other PA brewers, but this is a class beer. Brewed to type and well executed.