Point Whole Hog Six-Hop IPA

Brewed by Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Someone must have brought this to my house and left in fridge. Pretty OK. Starts ok, with the obligatory pine, citrus and some light malt. Just does not finish somehow. Not something I need to try again.

Caramel color with a smallish off white head that soon becomes blotchy. Aroma is sweet fruit, spice, and biscuit. The flavor hits harder than the nose would indicate. An assertive bitter hop profile. Fruit, spice, caramel, alcohol, thick sweetness. The hops remain aggressive but smooth out as the beer warms. Complex hop effects make for a tasty and interesting beer. Much better than the impy Pilsner.

Pours a hazy amber orange color with a very thin short lived head. Aroma is bread crumbs and lemon juice, some pine and citrus hop notes. Flavor is amber malt, just a touch of sweet and bitter. Malt is mellow hops are mellow alcohol is not to forward. Interesting but not great.

12 oz bottle from Archer Liquors. Llight rye spicyness and hints of alcohol. light hop flavor up front, lightly bitter from start to finish, low medium rye flavor, medium caramel, and light toasted malt. The finish is semi dry & lightly bitter, and aftertaste has a pronounced rye malt flavor and pineapple hop. Lighter medium body, medium carbonation, well hidden alcohol, and smooth body. A good, but not great IIPA.

Mildly hazed, amber/orange appearance with a medium size head and good lacing. Bready malts come through in the aroma at first, backed up with floral hops. The large mix of hops adds a modest amount of depth to the taste, with resin and soft fruit among the flavors. Cracker-like maltiness adds some balance. Bitterness returns in the aftertaste. Long lasting finish is where the higher abv is most noticable. Think of this as more of an IPA than an IIPA, despite that higher abv. The best (so far) that I’ve had from this brewery.

12 oz bottle from the Four Firkins. Nice dark golden color, thin white head, no lacing. Aroma is pungent, sweet, piney, malty. Sharp bitter hoppy flavor with the bitterness lingering on the palate. Not a bad beer but I like more of the hoppy/citrus notes in my IPA’s.

Sextuple hopped brewed, take that Swiller. Oh wait, I just gave horny goat an idea. Clear amber with a two finger fluffy tan head that leaves a solid ring of lace around the glass. Aroma of citrus, pine, grapefruit, peaches, pineapple along with pale and sweet malt. Taste of resin, citrus, light fruit, crystal malt and mild sulfur. Moderate lasting bitterness and mildly sticky in body, it’s a touch too abrasive. It’s okay but it seems to miss the mark after the promising start.

Hazy pour, copper to amber, flourishes up a yellowish head, generous lace on the glass. Hops aroma, but not really a strong one, piney, then floral. Hops bitterness balanced with the sweet, cidery malt body of an amber ale, a bit of cream soda on the end. Wet, and cellary throughout, bit of tobacco smoke on the finish. Medium bodied, somewhat oily.