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Tröegs HopBack Amber Ale

Percentile
93
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
6703.63/5.03.62/5.05.6%99.4English pint, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Troegs HopBack Amber gets its unique name and taste from the HopBack Vessel in our brewhouse. Packed full of whole flower hops, each batch circulates through the vessel, creating a fresh hoppy aroma, spicy taste and rich caramel note that defines this signature amber ale.
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 MrChopin (641), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Jun 29, 2008  
Pours brown-amber color with small near-white head. Clean hop aroma dominated by flowers. Taste is sweet with caramel but lasting bitterness. Very drinkable if simple.


 Drink4Satan (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Jun 25, 2008  
Pours a beautiful clear amber colour with a frothy beige head that leaves a thick coating of lacing as it fades. The aroma is rich with rich, earthy caramel, peppery spice, citric hops and hints of resin. The flavour is rich and chewy with a massive caramel malt backbone that balances out a very fresh tasting citric hop profile. The palate is full, moderately carbonated and a bit syrupy, with a long, sweet finish.


Elmowl (12), Annandale, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/515/20
Jun 21, 2008  
Deep amber color with decent head. moderate citris hoppy aroma. Resinous hops dominates a malty background. This is a gender confused beer that can’t decide if it wants to be a red ale or a pale ale. Almost like a watered down double pale ale.


 joeymacaroni (181), West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Jun 21, 2008  
pours deep amber. thin, dense tan head lingers for a while. lacing is thick at each level the beer sits at. kinda fun looking. aroma is heavy grapefruit, floral notes. caramel maltiness too. taste is rich-an onslaught of caramel maltiness followed by the floral citrus of the hops. nutty, spicy finish.


 BiddleBrau (326), Midland Park, New Jersey, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Dark amber with off-white head. Citrus floral hop aroma. Slightly malty with grapefruit/citrus hop flavor. On tap at The Shep.


 rocbyter (917), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jun 20, 2008  
Hoppy aroma with light hints of sweet malt. Red-orange color with s light amount of tan foam. Sweet malt beginning with a hoppy finish. Lightly creamy palate.


 kassner (455), Wexford, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Jun 19, 2008    Updated: Feb 6, 2009
Had this beer on draft at Magoo’s. What a great beer for hop heads. Big aroma and floral flavor, funncky, sweet sour and a nice though not too bitter finish. dark amber color and good levelof carbonation and head. again in 2009, still well balanced for a well hopped ale


 Butters (1652), Virginia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/103/512/20
Jun 17, 2008  
Pours a reddish brown with red highlights and a fair fading tan head. Smells fresh hoppy, very similar to their pale ale. Tastes is floral piney hop with a malty backbone. Medium body with a nutty finish. Pretty good



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