BrewDog Hops Kill ?

Originally brewed as Hops Kill Nazis in 2011 at 7.8% and 80 IBUs. Name changed shortly after to Hops Kill ?. Re-brewed as part of Brewdog’s small batch series in 2017.
Imperial Red Ale brewed with Chinook and Centennial in the kettle, double dry hopped with Chinook.

3.6

232 reviews

Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Community reviews

3.6 Draught at MBCC 2017, green session. Clear, amber colour with a thin, off-white head. Sweet aroma with caramel malts, toasted notes, pines and fruits. Taste is light bitter. Full bodied. Finishes slightly dry and toasted bitter with a rich fruitiness.

3.7 Tap at mbcc17, copenhagen. Amber color, rich head. Aroma has some caramel notes, some burnt sugar and wood. Also some hoppy notes. Balanced sweet and hoppy taste, some wood.

3.6 Light floral hops, grain and cereal malts, caramel, light biscuit, lightly toasted malts., light alcohol. Clear, dark brown, small, creamy, beige head. Light sweet. More caramel, sweet grain and bread malts, dry grains, soft carbonation, medium bodied. Decent, yet doesn’t feel quite as well-balanced. Keg at BrewDog, Shepherds Bush.

3.4 Tap at MBCC 2017. Pours very clear amber with thick head. Aroma pf pine, mandarin, orange peel. Medium light body and bitterness.

3.6 Keg at Brewdog shepherds Bush. A nice clear ruby red brown coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is toasted malts, some alcohol, tangy red berry, little jammy fruits,. Flavour is composed of woody toasted malts, brown sugars, alcohol bite, some. Fruit cake. Palate is medium sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation. Bitter woody finish. Bitter. Liquorice.

3.4 Tap at MBCC, 2017, Green session. Poured a crystal clear copper colour with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is malt, red berry fruit, metallic hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light crisp woody resin metallic hop bitter, light fruit palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

3.2 Provsmak på MBCC 2017. Röd med beige skum. Doft av karamell och humle. Hyffsad smak.

3.5 Keg, Brewdog Leicester. Amber red with an off white head. Toffee malts with grapefruit and pine. Quite sweet. Floral. Spicy. Biscuity. Red berries. Earthy. Good.

3.7 May 2017 – Keg at Brewdog Shepherd’s Bush as ’BrewDog Hops Kill ?’, 7.8%. Used to be called ’Hops Kill Nazis’. Dark reddy, opaque, foamy light brown head, dotted lacing. Aroma is strawberry boiled sweets, general boiled sweets. Body is smooth and rounded with soft carbonation. Taste is medicinal dental rinse and washing up liquid, something like calpol, straw, lime, potent hops and some sweetness giving a sherbety vibe, some spearmint. The aroma is quite simple and syrupy but the flavour is all kinds of interesting. Pretty nice. (3.7)

3.8 Flaske 0.33L. (Gamle notater)Farge mørk rødbrun med lys beige skum. Lukt humle, malt. Smak humle, sitrus, frukt, malt. Balansert bitterhet, noe tørr i avslutningen

3.6 From old notes. From tap at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2012. Amber red color with beige head. Hoppy and malty aroma, citrus fruits, grapefruit, pine, caramel. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation

3.7 Bottle at home. Pours amber, nose and taste are sweet sticky toffee, dry bitterness.

3.9 When I had this back in 2011 I thought it was a IPA Red Ale. It was bitter and yet like caramelized brown sugar with a full on hop loveliness. Well, that’s what I said on Untappd way back then. Not sure if this has become some other beer since.

3.7 Bottles from Brewdog online shop. Memory banks rate. More brown than red. Big toffee malt character, big pine and resin hops. Taste brings citrus bitterness and nuts. Bitter finish. Good.

3.8 Dark plummy smell in the bottle and as it warms up it gains an appetising brown sugar quality. Deep Indian red in colour it initially forms a loose tan head when poured but this thins in time despite giving some consistent complex lacing. Pleasant dusty dusky elements leading to a dryness beyong anything even martini like. Could do with more refinement but real individuality and complexity and the elements have really be brought together with some skill. Very good. Would probably drink it even if it was dispensed from the mouth of a wall mounted stag’s head. I wouldn’t even ask for a glass.

3.4 Brewdog. hops kill. Imrerial red ale. 7,8%. fin humle duft. smager en smule af karamel. har en fin bitterhed nok det folk vil men ipa. fin lang eftersmag. smager meget af det man kender fra brewdog ikke noget helt vild nyt

3.4 Kopparfärgad med ljusbrunt skum! Massor med humle men även lite sötma av malten! En bra öl!

3.9 330 ml bottle, rated from backlog. Aroma with loads of hops, malt and caramel. Tastes of bread, pine and biscuits, strong flavor profile.

3.0 Bottle. Nice dark red body. Very fine large pale brown head. Sweet malty aroma. Quite heavy malty flavour, with some bitterness. A tad alcohol flavour. A little too sweet. (At home, 22.03.2013)

4.0 prima nota: sono vivo! del resto non sono un nazi. la prima cosa che mi ha colpito e’ il colore. mi aspettavo una bionda, invece trovo una rossastra ramata. una bella schiuma e un profumone da ipa d’assalto. poi il sapore: credo che il luppolo abbia sverniciato le pentole... beh... forza luppolo! buonissima! stanotte sognero’ foteste antinazi luppolate.!

3.8 Bottle. Amber colour with a beige head. Aroma is hop, peach, malt, caramel, grapefruit, pine, citrus. Flavour is hop, peaches, alcohol, pine, malt, caramel, grapefruit, citrus. Full body. Nice beer.

4.0 Aroma incrível, sabor agradável. Vale a pena experimentar. uma cerveja para relaxar.

3.5 330ml bottle from Brewdog online store. Reddish dark brown amber colour, thin off-white foam head and hoppy pine orangey caramel malt aroma. Initial taste is caramel, biscuit with some bitterness and a hit of resiny pine, orange rind, grapefruit hop flavour, then a warming lingering deep malty (sweetish) bitter finish. Medium body and carbonation. Quite drinkable.

3.9 Kaatuu lasiin punaruskeana ja sameana, vaahto on keskikokoinen ja isokuplainen. Haju on hedelmäisen maltainen, ruohoinen, leipäinen ja jopa hieman suklainen. Maku on suklainen, limppuisen maltainen, hieman kahvinen, ruohoinen sekä hieman makea ja puinen. Kypsää hedelmäisyyttäkin löytyi. Lämmetessä tuli vahva toffeen maku suuhun, joka oli läsnä lievänä viileämpänä. Suutuntuma on tahmainen ja katkera. Kokonaisuutena jännä olut, jossa hajun vahva hedelmäisyys taittuu maun leipäisyydeksi ja makeudeksi ryyditettynä tukevalla humaloinnilla.

3.6 0,33 l bottle, Bierbeer, Bp. Bought two month ago. Poured deep amber with a creamy tan head. Smells of cocoa, resiny hop, overriped cheese, some honey and caramel. Oily mouthfeel, cocoa and caramel in the flavor, honey and resin, pepper and herbs, hop cones.

4.3 Bottle from BrewDog website. A dark red-brown beer with sweet red fruity and caramel flavours, almond spicy floral hoppy notes and a creamy slight liquorice finish. Superb!

2.9 0.33 bottle at Underbar. Brown with a red tone, medium offwhite head. Aroma of wet hay, perfume and hops. Caramel, hops and slighty roasted falvours. Medium body.

3.8 Bottle shared by ygtbsm94. Thanks Brad. The beer appears dark ruby hued with an inch of soapy beige head. The aroma brings a big bouquet of hops among a robust malt profile. Malt emerges more as the beer warms. Bread, pine, toast, biscuits. One of the tastier beers I have had from BrewDog. Medium bodied with solid carbonation. I would definitely have this again. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 11-20-2011

3.5 330ml bottle. Nice malty and hoppy aromas. Pours reddish-amber, with nice white head, vanishing, some lacework. Medium body, average carbonation, oily texture. Taste is malty, sweet, with mild bitterness. Nice aftertaste. Quaffable and nice.

4.0 Postupně sem budu doplňopvat piva, co jsem vypil a zapsal si, chvilku to asi bude trvat a proto k těm dříve vypitým pivům nebudou žádné "dojmy"