Bethlehem Brew Works HopSolutely

Brewed by Bethlehem Brew Works
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle purchased from the Allentown brewpub. Pours a hazy orange brown with a thick white head. Aroma of sweet caramel malt, raisins, oatmeal, light citrus, and some booze. Flavor is heavily malt-dominated with some sweet citrus and a touch of fruits including apricot and tropical fruits. More like a hoppy barleywine than a IIPA. Still, it’s quite tasty and it really grew on me. 7/4/8/4/14 [3.7/5]

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, resin, caramel malt, light Earth, and a hint of tropical fruit. Poured amber in color with a huge, foamy, rocky, creamy, beige/tan head that diminished a bit but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of tiny and small particles throughout. Very good lacing. Flavor is lightly sweet and heavily bitter. Tastes of hops, caramel malt, pine, resin, slight wood, light Earth, slight tropical fruit, spicy hops, and some citrus. Medium body. Oily, then dry texture. Average carbonation. Hops, pine, resin, caramel malt, and slight tropical fruit finish is very dry. 11.5%ABV is completely hidden throughout.

22oz bottle. Poured a deeper and hazy amber color with a huge sized, frothy, off white head. Lacing left on the glass. Aromas of pine, floral hops, some earthiness, and some tropical fruitiness. Tastes of the same tropical fruits, citrus, floral hops, and some caramel. Chewy body with light to medium alcohol in the finish (but I would not have guessed 11%+).

Bottle Pous a hazy copper with a good off white head. The head is froathy and lasting. The big head only makes for some spotty lacing. Has a hoppy aroma of grapefruit citrus, malts, and some earthiness to it. Has a good carbonation. The flavor is decent. Alcohol is well hidden. Hoppy without being real bitter. Has a spiciness to it. Not as hoppy as I would perfer but still tasty. Has a medium body. The texture is resiny. The finish is okay and a plesent aftertaste. Not a bad beer and it feels good going down. Not overly hoppy but very drinkable.

Pours a clear copper color with no head. Mild aroma of grapefruit, and pine. Nicely balanced taste of grapefruit, hops, malts, and a touch of pine.

Poured from a tap at ABW. Copper/red clear with nice carbonation. Lingering white head and lacing. Smells og pine, citrus and malt. Tastes of sweet malt, pine and grapefruit. Occasional hints of melon. Some alcohol but not overpowering. Medium mouthfeel. Surprisingly very smooth. Bitter sweetness with a smooth middle, followed with a bitter finish.

decaturstevo’s Febmergency Tasting. Sample from a growler thanks to decaturstevo. Clear solid red, thin white head. Sweet caramel aroma, citrus, floral, spicy hops. Taste is solid caramel body with a big spicy and citrus hop finish.

on tap-pours a rich light tan head that laces and copper color. Aroma is mild pine hops, secondary medium malt which becomes more noticeable as it warms. Taste is resin/citrus-orange hops, sweet medium malt-roasty/brown sugar, alcohol comes through but not over powering.