Edge Hoptimista IPA

A West Coast original, this IPA has bold levels of hop aroma, bitterness, and flavor. Dry hopped in two stages to give it a piney, citrusy and soft fruit flavor to satisfy your hop cravings.

3.5

289 reviews

Barcelona, Spain

Community reviews

1.7 Ipa de 6,6 % abv et 47 ebu (voilure réduite de moitié par rapport au site où on parle d'un ebu de 90 …). Mon exemplaire était à 5 mois avant sa date. Couleur doré soutenu, à la clarté nette. Bulles moyennes, en fontaine centrale, vives. Mousse blanche, à très gros flocons, informe. Arômes d'agrumes, surmontés de fleurs de jasmin. 1ère bouche souple, avec agrumes, groseilles rouges, fleurs blanches. Arrière-bouche avec amertume, mais au net désaccord des saveurs. 2ème bouche aux grands défauts d'harmonie. Arrière-bouche plus courte, sans vraie ligne. 3ème qui reste avec un manque de personnalité flagrant. Arrière-bouche imprécise, quasi fausse. Longueur résineuse, avec des bouches très mal construites. Jambes très collantes. Levure correcte. Alcool inférieur à son niveau, on dirait un petit 5 à Papy. Finale très faible. CONCLUSION : on ne peut vraiment pas être optimiste sur les ipa, avec ce genre de production faussement américaine … où seuls le nez et la 1ère bouche font un peu illusion. (6/2/3/2/4)

4.0 28.10.2018-- 0.33l bottle from qoqa, bb 09.11.2019. pours a hazy amber with a medium head and a nice lacing. aroma of spruce, caramel, marmalade. flavour of spruce, juniper, slight citrus marmalade. sweetish but not too sweet. chewy mouthfeel, long bitter finish. nice.

3.4 Aroma is sweaty hop some tasty lime and orange a bit dish water. Taste is rather fresh bitter hoppy with a little bite. Nice hoppy finish. Still a bit strange.

0.5 Terrible!!!

3.5 Bottle @ home Hazy with suspensions copper, almost no head Malts, caramel, tropical, exotic fruit Watery hoppy herbaceous, bitter,

3.7 Bottle 33 cl. Orange, hazy with a medium white head. Lots of hoppiness. Bitter with a good dry hop end.

3.6 Draught @ The Thirsty Heart. Clear golden to orange colour, medium head with good durability, fair lacing, soft carbonation. Some fruity and malty notes in the nose, whereas the flavour is explicit bitter, pine, only light sweetness. Bone dry and plain west coast IPA. Good!

3.5 Bottle. Orange color. Orange, white pepper, a hint of grass and marmelade in the aroma and flavor. Malty sweet. Nice.

3.4 33 cl, bottle conditioned, BB Nov 6th 2019. Amber, medium white head, low carbonation, loads of sediments. Aroma is American West Coast style even from a distance, but it seems a bit stale... Mouthfeel is semi-dry and bitter, 47 IBU is probably correct, low carbonation. Piny and citrusy it is, soft fruityness is harder to detect. Wished I had a fresher bottle, think I would love it.

3.2 23/VI/18 - 33cl bottle @ my godchild's birthday weekend, the Abeels' place - BB: 6/VII/19 (2018-788) Thanks to T. for sharing the bottle! Pretty cloudy orange beer, small creamy white head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of chlorine, bit fruity, caramel malts. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty fruity, some tropical fruits, bitter, bit watery, malty, soft bitterness, bit soapy. Aftertaste: soapy bitterness, little fruity, caramel malts, soma citrus, bit of grapefruit, not bad, but not a great ipa really.

3.4 33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Jumbo Wageningen. Hazy dark golden with a creamy white head. Malty aroma with orange and citrus hops and some pine. Bitter taste and a bitter finish. More than decent IPA.

3.7 Tap at Artut, Östersund. A decent enough IPA; fruity and bitter. Little to comment

4.1 Le nez de cette Hoptimiste était plein de promesse. Fruits exotiques, litchee, agrumes et résineux s'assemblait de très belle manière entourée d'une agréable amertume. La déception fut donc notable à la dégustation, où les arômes sont dissous dans l'amertume, un brin agressive. Dès l'attaque, l'amertume prédomine largement. Tout d'abord saillante pour devenir plus tranchante et agressive à compter de la seconde bouche. Les arômes de pamplemousse, d'épices et de résineux présents initialement déclinent de plus en seconde bouche. L'arrière bouche est de surcroît linéaire et la présence en bouche très moyenne. La troisième, la plus amère (IBU de 47) est sur le pamplemousse et les épices et précède un final d'une bonne longueur qui présente des arômes herbacés et résineux. En verre, on est sur du banal, un blond orangé surmonté d'une mousse blanc cassée nappant juste la surface. L'alcool, à 6,6 % est plutôt efficace avec également une faible présence de sucre. Nous sommes tout de même sur une bière appréciable, mais il ne faut jamais faire une promesse que l'on ne sait pas tenir...

3.5 Tap at catraio. Hazy dark gold. Thin white head. Taste is medium bitter. Medium body. Aroma and flavour is orange, hops, pineapple, citrus.

4.0 Bottle from Carrefour, Barcelona, Spain. Hazy orange amber coloured with a massive white head of foam. It has an orange and pine flavour with citrus and peppery hops and more pine on the finish. Excellent!

3.8 Flot og velsmagende øl. Masser af velsmag og humle. Tilpas bitterhed. Smagt på Odense PA festival

4.0 33cl from bottle bought at La Beata (Barcelona). Hoppy, dry finish, sweet and malty

2.6 Deep golden colour, small head with short retention, tiny lace. Fantastic aroma of citrics, pineapple, resins. Medium body, thick palate, normal carbonation. Taste of oranges, resins, pineapple. Another Intrascendent IPA.

3.0 Draft. Half hazy body, big white head. The aroma has hops and berries. The taste is hoppy as well. Balanced.

3.7 330ml bottle. Hazy orange with a small white head. Fruity, piney aroma, lightly toasted grains. Taste of citrus fruit, orange, pine, light malts, bitter finish. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation.

3.4 Bottle at home bought from honestbrew.co.uk. has a biscuity malt to it but lacks the flavour of hops and flavour from them

3.6 Bpttle. Pours amber with some reddish hue, slight clouds and frothy white top that dissipates in short moment. Aroma has fruity-malty backbone with some grassy hops on top. Hops are somewhat gone though, mainly that hop marmalade feel to it. Taste has still lots of happiness, quite resiny - but not heavy nor sweet. Grassy, yes. Dry herbal grassy finish. Solid IPA, especially when to consider that my sample is not the freshest out there.

3.7 Murky dark golden to amber. Small, lasting off-white head. Medium to heavily hoppy, strong grapefruit and zest aromas, some vegetable or spice. Dry, light hoppy, nice balance. Medium body, chewy, full taste, moderate carbonation, moderately lasting dry finish. Really well done.

3.2 Copenhagen 19/11-2017. 33 cl bottle from Ørsted Vine. As Hoptimista American IPA. Quite strange drawing on the label with an Business Man with an Hop-flower head and a landscape with Hop-flower heads popping in. Pours hay amber wit a very big off-white head. Settles as 5 cm thick crown of foam. Aroma is intense. Exotic fruit and glue. citric notes. Low carbonation and slightly thick creamy palate. Flavor is medium sweet followed by strong bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter and finish semi-dry. A bit too sloppy - and I am not crazy about the glue odor. But certainly decent.

3.2 330 ml bottle. BB 13/Aug/18. At the Drink Bar, Tallinn, Estonia. Clear amber golden color with a small light tan head. Hops, bitterness and super strong caramel malt in the aroma. The flavor is resiny and piney hops, moderate bitter and way too strong caramel maltiness. Too sweet.

2.9 Øv. Smagte accidental jedy for et par måneder siden, og der var jeg helt oppe at ringe. Denne her er meget maltet og sød. Den mangler friskhed.

4.0 22-SEP-2017, bottle @Madrid appartment, from local supermarket, with Morten. Slightly hazy, dark golden with a lasting, tan head that laces. Very malty and hoppy fruity. Grape fruit, pine, over ripe fruit, caramel. Dry-hopped clearly. Very bitter but also sweet. A bit rough but tasty. Not a West Coast style? Too malty for that.

3.6 Bottle. Almost clear amber with on off-white head. Grapefruit, pine, resin, some malts, honey, herbs. Nice. Medium sweetness, lightly salty, medium bitterness. Medium, oily body with pearly carbonation. Well balanced, juicy, not overdone like some other West Coast IPAs.

3.8 On tap at Cocovail Beer Hall, Barcelona on 26-Aug-2017. Clear golden colour with a medium sized white head which settles down, leaving decent lacing down the glass. Aroma of tropical fruit, malt and pine. Medium body and carbonation. Taste of grapefruit, orange zest, peach, melon and floral hops. Medium bitterness. Pretty decent IPA.

3.6 Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth and grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine lingers.