O'so Hopdinger Pale Ale
This pale ale is generously hopped yet balanced through the use of Munich and Crystal malts. Hops added after fermentation gives this American classic an intense aromatic bouquet. Enjoy!
3.1
176 reviews
Plover, United States
Community reviews
Bottle. Light amber with thin head. Aroma of citrus hops with a hint of pine. Light body, moderate citrus hop bitterness, and a very light malt backbone. A thinner body than I was expecting, but decent.
On Tap @Señor Lupulo, Gijon 30/09/17
Color ambarino espuma blanca aromas caramelo y toffe, sabor caramelo con notas cítricas.
Nice malty aroma with almost rotten fruit notes. The taste is jammy-malty with a pure bitterness. The hops may have lost their initial power.
Keg at bier templ... Amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft crystal toffee fruit nose.. Soft sweet toffee caramel fruits
Tap. Slightly hazy golden color with white head. Aroma is juicy fruits, some tropical fruits, spruce, crystal malts. Taste is the same. Oily mouthfeel, rather low carbonation. Not my thing.
Draught at Beer Temple shared with SinH4. Clear dark golden orange color, medium sized white to off-white head. Smell and taste malts, bitter hop, spruce, bitter. Decent to medium body, medium carbonation.
(Draught at Beer Temple, Amsterdam, 25 July 2017) Pale amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with orange peel, apricots and caramel. Malty, fruity taste with notes of apricots, orange, caramel and a balanced floral bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced. Quite nice.
Tap @ Taproom Malmö. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 020917
draught. amber with whie top. light hopy aroma with a sweet note. balanced taste with a sweet body abd hoppy finish.
A nice pretty basic APA. Notes of pine and resin. Somewhat bitter. Not too complex but tasty.
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Draft at Beer Temple, Amsterdam. Clear amber with an off white head. Aroma of light malt, fruity and earthy notes. Flavour is light moderate sweet and bitter with an increasingly bitter finish. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation
Draft @ Beer Temple, 5 oz sample. Hazy golden color. Big white head. Aroma’s: very faint, not much at all actually. Retronasal there is a bit - light fruit, light earthy and bitter. Flavor is moderate bitter, but faint, also light sweetness. Light bodied. Finishes with light bitterness. Not sure whether this wasn’t fresh anymore or just meh.
Tap@Dispensary Bar, Copenhagen - Amber pour with white head. Sweet and slightly toasted malty and fruity, some citrus fruity hits, some caramel, kind of twiggy herbal hoppy, dry bitter finish.
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small off white head. Aroma is fruity. Citrusy. Grapefruity. Peachy and mellow fruity. Mellow fruity, crisp hoppy. Lingering hoppy finish.
Draught at Brewdog Helsinki. Amber color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, resin, a bit of mango and grass. Bitter finish with citrus, hops, resin, pibe and grass. Good APA.
Negöigible smell. Cloudy amber colour, creamy head. Aroma of hops, spruce. Mildly bitter. Velvety palate.
Keg @ O’so. Deep gold with a small head. Some spring fruits and citrus. A bit of soap. Flavor has some unfortunate dms / cooked vegetable character. Light body, soft carb.
Bottle 0.33l at Tommyknockers, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some hops and malts. Quite boring.
Tap@muusa. Golden color with off-white head. Aroma has caramel, tropics fruits. Taste is malty sweet with quite long bitter aftertaste. Flavors of malt, bitter elements and grass.
12 oz bottle on 30th Sep 2016: The Crown Inn, Oakengates. Dull dark orange bodied brew with a thin head and collar. Piney and resiny hops rule both the nose and taste. My delicate English palate could just about manage the hops, I personally would have prefered a little more sweetness in the brew, but I did enjoy the experience of drinking this.
12 ounce bottle from Badger Spirits in Beloit, WI, drunk 5 minutes out of the fridge from a Fitger’s pint glass. As usual with this brewery, lovely to look at - a big stable creamy head that looks like odd-colored whipped cream, topping a bright, hazy, yeasty amber body...aromas fairly typical: cirtrus (orange, lime) and piney hops, light toasted malt hints...body is moderately sweet, lightly spicy - touches of things like cinnamon and ginger - and growing in bitterness towards a dry, woody finish...body is very full, more yeasty than typical with a pale ale, carbonation a bit on the low side. While this is not after one try one of my favorites from this brewery, I’m a bit surprised at the very low average rating, though it does seem like more recent ratings have been a bit higher than earlier ones; perhaps the recipe or bottling or something else has improved over time. At any rate for me another indicator of the quality of this brewery, and if I don’t end up buying this again anytime soon it’s more due to the insane numbers of better pale ales available these days around me.
330ml bottle @ Chez Sophie, Shrewsbury. Pours hazy amber, good white head. Aroma presents leafy pine hop with a citric nod. Taste is fruitier, but slick and rather tame with an unfortunately low bitterness. Sweet malt base takes president. Despite the criticisms it’s a nice sipper.
Bottle pour - slightly hazy orange pour with a frothy beige head that recedes slowly. Aroma is grassy and piney hops - splash of citrus, but that isn’t dominant - decent level of maltiness. Not bad, though trends more sweet than bitter oddly enough. Flavor is very odd - sweet up front, then an odd mix of sweet and bitter before a bitter ending. Somewhat vegetative...catch some ’tea’ notes in here...and maybe something like sweet peas? Definitely some piney hops, but some other odd flavors as well... Just not digging this. Heavily carbonated, but slightly thin. The percentile isn’t far off on my opinion of this one - meh...though I almost wonder if this is something of a QC issue, as some ratings are much higher, and there is just something ’off’ here
355ml bottle (Punavuoren Ahven, Helsinki)
Super fruity aroma - citrussy and piney. Rich orange, tight head. Very fizzy palate, needed loads of swirling to make it drinkable. Then it was malty and fruity. Very drinkable and refreshing, crisp even. Very nice fresh hoppy beer, shame it was so fizzy.
12 oz bottle. At the Konttori, Tampere, Finland.
Clear amber color with a small to midsize bubbly off-white head.
Candy and fruity hops, mild bitterness, sweetness, butterscotch and some maltiness in the aroma.
The flavor is tea, dry resiny hops, mild bitterness, mild buttery notes and malt. Decent pale ale. Not a typical American brew.
355 ml bottle @ Olutravintola Konttori. BBE 31.10.2016.
Pours clear copper color with a large white head. Malty aroma, piney, resinous aroma, some grain too. Flavor is also malty and slightly resinous, orange and subtle caramel notes. Decent.
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Tap@ccc. Coppery clear. Orange tangerenes, bit straw malty pale nose. Lightish bodied, quite fruity, pretty clean. Straw malty, orangy citrus, some nettles, green citrus. Finishes steep dry bitter. Ok flavours, bit of a harsh finish.. and bitter overall.
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Bottle at Ravintola Kirjakauppa, Pori. Dark amber color,good off-white head. Piney, fruity aroma with hints of caramel. Medium-bodied. Crisp, active carbonation. Quite dry flavor. Pine, pine needles, even wood. Light fruityness. Some caramalt. A bit too heavy carbonation.
.2dl @Halt. Pours pale. Literally with Kavu. Well made PA. Easy to drink, well balanced
0,3l on tap @ Vihreä Haltiatar. Pours clear golden with a huge head (something wrong with the keg). Aroma is malts with tropical fruits and some piney notes. Flavor is fruity malts with some pine and hops. A bit watery, but decent.