BrewDog Hoppy Xmas / Christmas
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Festive IPA
Launched 2019 as Hoppy Christmas. Name changed to Hoppy Xmas in 2020.
Buckle up for this seasonal Simcoe sled ride. A fruity festive fellow that delivers an all out Blitzen of citrus flavour by the sack load. Citrus and tropical fruits on the Red nose. Tangy citrus, papaya and pineapple Dancer across the palate. All resting on a firm malty under carriage. A happy but bitter end awaits. Vegan. Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops, yeast.
Festive IPA
Launched 2019 as Hoppy Christmas. Name changed to Hoppy Xmas in 2020.
Buckle up for this seasonal Simcoe sled ride. A fruity festive fellow that delivers an all out Blitzen of citrus flavour by the sack load. Citrus and tropical fruits on the Red nose. Tangy citrus, papaya and pineapple Dancer across the palate. All resting on a firm malty under carriage. A happy but bitter end awaits. Vegan. Ingredients: water, barley malt, hops, yeast.
3.3
164 reviews
Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Community reviews
Copenhagen 19/12 2022. 33 cl can from Meny, Borups Allé, Frb. F. Red can in BrewDog’s usual design with golden ice crystals and snow flakes.
Pours slightly unclear amber with a mid-sized white head. Stable. Settles as 0,3 cm thick layer of foam covering the surface of the beer. Moderate lacing.
Aroma is moderately intense with a sweet odor of stone fruit mingling oranges and citrus fruit. Peach and apricot. Tangerine and oranges. Citrus and lime.
Medium strong carbonation. Thin, oily, lively and tingling texture.
Flavor is medium intense with a medium strong sweetness followed and balanced by a medium strong bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Lingers for a while. Finish is rather dry.
Decent Indian Pale Ale if a somewhat subdued nose.
--Sample, thanks oh6gdx! -- Hazy pale amber, small head. Aroma of lychee and grapefruit. Mid sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Fruity with piney lychee. Bitter finish. Unpolished, but decent.
Amber, sort of a flabby, buttery thing that goes nowhere for me. I swear it was listed on the menu as 7.3% but either way, not my taste.
330 ml can, from Vinmonopolet Egersund. ABV is 6%. Golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate aroma of citric and spicy hops. The flavour has also notes of citric and spicy hops, hints of tropical fruits, resinous bitter finish.
On a flight in the new Brew Dog place in Las Vegas on 6th December 2022, fourth day of opening. Hope this is the correct beer? Golden/amber body, white crown. Spiced citrus IPA, not really my bag, grapefruit with a sprinkling of nutmeg.
Pours golden with white head. Flavour is tropical, with fresh pine and citrus, limonene and herbal notes, faint spices. Gives a Christmas themed flavour overall.
KKYGG 191122. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is fruit, malt, hop, citrus, spices. Flavor is fruit, malt, hop, citrus, spices, floral, grass. OK beer.
Can. A clear golden colored beer with a small white head. Nice lacing. The aroma is citrusy and flowery, with a touch of pale malts and grass. Quite candy-ish, with a light spiced hint. It's medium to thin bodied, semi-dry and with a decent carbonation. Piney, flowery flavor too, with some spiced hints. Medium length finish. A decent lightly spiced IPA. 221119
Drunk and reviewed May 2021
- Aroma: strong fresh hops, green, resin, as if you smell pellets of hops
- Taste: hops, green, normally better, minimal malt. Generally balanced without anything special. The greenness of the hops is not my favorite. Somewhat dry.
- Mouthfeel: nothing noteworthy.
Overall: No mistakes, somewhat indifferent, a good balance IPA.
Tasty Simcoe-heavy IPA, with a initial dose of mango, peach, passion fruit, and pineapple, followed up by notes of dank and resinous pine. Finishes a little too clean, but otherwise a perfectly drinkable IPA.
Can 330ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏡 💻👀
[ As Brewdog Hoppy Xmas ].
ABV: 6.0%. Hazy medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, marzipan malt, pale malt, light caramel, moderate hoppy, orange, fruity hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration, sweet malt, pale malt, orange - citrus, fruity hops. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20221111]
6-3-7-3-13
12 oz can from Total Wine and More in Short Pump, VA The ale poured a clear gold with a white foamy head and lacing. The aroma of tropical fruit and floral hops greets you. Some grapefruit and pine also. The taste is basic old-school IPA: Lots of grapefruit and hints of pine. The ale has a medium body and average carbonation. Excellent!
Smells more like a red ale than an IPA. Nice copper body with an off-white head. Earthy hops, short finish. Meh.
Can. Pours a clear dark gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of fruit especially orange in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Enjoyed: Poured from a can into shaker/tulip glass.
Appearance: Blurry orange colour, medium head which soon gets smaller.
Aroma: Malt, fruits (citrus, grapefruit), pine, herbs, hint of caramel, hint of alcohol, hops.
Palate: Medium body, soft to moderate carbonation.
Taste: Malt, fruits (citrus, grapefruit), pine, herbs, hint of caramel, hops, bittersweet with nice bitter aftertaste.
Overall impression: Nice, tasty, drinkable.
Can, 6%. Clear golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, citrus and a little stone fruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop little citrus, little sweet dry and bitter.
I wouldn't really buy anything brewdog make but got a xmas gift set. lets just say its lucky this beer only comes once a year. As with all other brewdog - tastes of earwax.
Grassy aroma with citrus notes. Golden, a bit haze with small white head. Citrusy, bitter in aftertaste. Medium body, high carbonation.
12 ounce can from Total Wine Gainesville, 6/3/22/ Hazy orange, large frothy tan head, good retention. Aroma of tropical fruit, pale malt, melon. Taste is grape, citrus, tropical fruit. Juicy, low bitterness. Decent.
Ipa bonne amertume, arôme léger exotique au nez, herbacée en bouche
Can, 6.0%. Good hoppy aroma, fruit and mild citrus. Cloudy golden colour. Good stable white head. The flavour starts off malty with a distinct bitterness, clean but rough. Later there is a mild citrussy hop note. Clean finish. 737315
Aroma; herbs, spices, spruces, leaves, modest malts. Look; off white head, veiled golden body. Taste; herbs, spices, spruces, pines, citrus, leaves, modest malts, leading to a sappy resiny short finish. Feel; normal body n okay co². Overall; clean ipa. [poured from 33cl abv6% can B@Toft Vin CPH] ..
Aroma is medium musty, citrus, pine.
Appearance is clear amber gold with a white head.
Taste is medium, bitter orange rind, grapefruit and pine.
Finish is bitter.
Palate is medium carbonation, with very fine bubbles.
Overall bitter orange rind, grapefruit and pine 2.5/5.
Pours clear darker amber, white lacing foam head. Aroma is tropical fruits and hoppy. Taste is modest bitter with strong fruit tones. (Rotterdam 2202)
Can, TWSP from mix pack. Gold, hint of haze, large off-white head. Tropical fruit, slightly rotting, citrus peel nose. Flavor is tropical fruit, white grape, citrus, stone fruit skin. Fine, but not really holiday-like.
Bière orangée avec une fine mousse blanche. Au nez, c’est citronné et porté sur les fruits tropicaux, tout en semblant assez doux. Au passage en bouche, c’est bien le citron qui prend le dessus. Les notes d’ananas et de pin adoucissent clairement l’ensemble, finalement assez peu amer.
Une IPA somme toute très classique pour Brewdog, bonne mais sans le petit plus lui permettant de s’élever au dessus de la concurrence.
Okay beer. Has no xmas feel. It’s just another ipa like the rest of theirs. It’s fine but a repeat for brewdog. Brewdog adventkal 2021
Quite nice, but there is no Christmas taste - golden, clear pour. Aromas of grain, yellow/citrus fruits, light pine. Tastes: fruit citrus, lemon, hoppy - well carbonated. Bitter, but pleasant finish.
Draft. Slightly hazy light golden. Medium head. Nice tropical aroma. Medium bitterness. Pretty smooth IPA. Nice tropical notes.
Can. Hazy golden body with a large, frothy white head, slowly diminishing. Aroma of toasted grain, citrus, pineapple, grapefruit, light pine. Starts moderately sweet and finishes lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation. A sweeter IPA. Nothing to disappoint, nothing to get excited about.