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Papago Hop Dog IPA


 Percentile 
93
overall
Brewed by Oak Creek Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)

Sedona, Arizona USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
173.76/5.03.67/5.0Summer7%89.2Shaker, Tulip

Commercial Description:
7%, 70 IBU IPA.
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 BOLTZ7555 (1053), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 2, 2008  
On tap @ Papago. A nice light orange with foamy yellow head. This beer exhibits traditional IPA aroma and flavors: citrus, pine, sharp bitterness. There truly isn’t anything that separates it from the 100’s of other IPA’s on the market...good, not great.


 DenverLogan (421), MileHi, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/517/20
May 24, 2008  
Light gold, small head. Decent aroma and really nice flavor. Really good for a regular IPA, easy, big floral hops, sweet malts, bite at the end but quite flavorful...I might get a growler of this to go! On tap at brewery.


 Taverner (825), San Ramon, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 14, 2008    Updated: Jun 4, 2008
Had this cask conditioned with hops. That influences this A LOT. I have since had it non-cask conditioned and its pretty pedestrian CASK CONDITIONED:. This was the perfect IPA, with full hop flavoring, yet with a creamy smoothness that I’ve never seen in an IPA. The stuff was a nice warm pint, that laced like a doily. Golden Amber - I think they really hit paydirt with this cask conditioning. The staff told me they dry hopped the hell out of this stuff, with a bunch of hops sitting in the cask. NORMAL: Pretty boring IPA. It’s in the WC IPA tradition, so its pretty hop forward, which I like. But nothing really striking about the hop profile.


 turbo (1254), Arizona, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 19, 2007  
Cloudy orange with a nice white head and thick lacing. Srong aroma and flavor of citrus, pine, oranges and grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good,easy drinking I.P.A.


 Skyview (4007), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 11, 2007  
Sampled on draught at the Papago Brewing Company tavern in Phoenix, AZ. Pours a clear orange amber brew with a fast dissolving off-white head that has some good lacing. Aroma of light roasted caramel malt, some apricots orange and grapefruit zest and plenty of citrusy/pine hop character. Taste is medium bodied, lightly carbonated with a clean IPA hob bitterness. Finish is more dry and bitter than Papago’s Imperial stout but this IPA is quite drinkable.


 Gusler (2655), Tucson, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Oct 28, 2007  
The beer fresh from the tap, pours a slightly hazy golden amber color with a splendiferous creamy white head that lingers long, finally after its demise, the lacing provides a concealing sheet upon the glass. Schnozzle is greeted by sweet malt, then “BLAM”, Hops all flowery and spicy, citrus like in its crispness, clean, a bodement of things to come. Start has a delightful malt presence, the hops big and spicy at the back, top is moderate in feel. Finish has a sturdy acidity, the hops omnipotent, with the sweetness continued to the somewhat dry aftertaste, a fine representative to the style.


 egajdzis (3598), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Poured a lightly hazy, amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of skunk, floral hops, toasty malts, with a bit of toffee as well. Taste of pine, caramel malts, grapefruit, with a moderate, bitter, dry finish.


 TomDecapolis (3127), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 25, 2007  
Thanks to hopdog for sharing this growler. Pours a lightly hazy golden orange with a medium creamy off white head that left some lacing. Aroma of lots of pine, citrus a bunch of floral notes and caramel. Flavor was a bit earthy, hops, pine, citrus, cereal grains and some malt to balance. Nice bitterness level for an IPA.



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