Southern Tier Hoppe
We craft this much like a sculptor who uses only a hammer and chisel to shape stone into a masterpiece. Hoppe is spawned of these few essentials: barley, wheat, hops, yeast and water. This limited palette is an exercise in minimalism, with refined elements which are deliberately selected. This simple combination creates a golden shimmering brew infused with delicate aromas. The artful nature of this beer is exposed with the first taste. As the malt and hops created a composition of flavors, and elegant finish leaves an impression that your tastes will not soon forget. Don’t be deceived by th innocence of Hoppe. Please enjoy in moderation.
3.7
698 reviews
Lakewood, United States
Community reviews
Pours hazy golden with long lasting head. Smells like wet grains, sweet hay, honey, flowers. Smooth palate. Sweet malts up front, grains and honey too, smooth and slightly bitter finish. Balanced perfectly. Really good.
Originally reviewed: 7/23/09. Pours a dark orange with a thin white head resting on top. Decent rings remain after each sip. Little lacing. Smells like faint grapefruit and toasted biscuits. The mouth is firm and crisp. Moderate amount of carbonation. Flavor is bitter with a decent citrusy bite. Hints of honey sweetness in the mouth as well. I wouldn’t classify this as a DIPA, but it’s pretty dang bitter and pretty dang good.
Pours a cloudy golden blonde with a generous head. Malt, caramel, and grassy hops in the aroma. Flavor starts sweet, with bread, caramel, and dark fruit, then finishes with some grassy hop bitterness. Carbonation gives this a creamy mouthfeel. Another great beer from a great brewery.
Pours a clear medium-gold with a white head and lacing. The aroma is mainly malty, with some hops and yeast too. The flavor is a balance of hops and malt, with a bit of wheat and a sweet, almost honey, aftertaste.
Pours hazy orange with a 1 finger, soapy white head that has good retention and leaves a little lacing. Aroma is caramel, biscuit, syrupy sweet malt, booze and citrus. Flavor is toast, bisguit, light nuttiness, syrupy sweetness, lots of alcohol, spicy and citrus hops. Palate is creamy and slightly syrupy on entry, has a light, but sharp carbonation and slick, but syrupy finish. The hop profile is pretty decent on this one, but it is far to sweet and syrupy and the booziness is way out of balance with the rest of the beer, it drinks more like 11-12% than 8%abv.
Bottle @ home, courtesy of Jetson! Thanks bro! Fairly hazy, golden orange appearance with a small, cream colored head. Tangy, orange citrusy, very rich malty albeit a bit boozy aroma. Very rich, sweet, somewhat toasty malty, somewhat bitter, tangy flavor. This one may have some age on it- who knows.
poured into snifter
a: light straw color, little head that reduces into lacing. Not much corbonation to speak of.
s: a nice floral hop aroma
t: malty buiscut front with slight hop bitterness on the finish, Alchohol is present and nicely warming.
m&d: An interesting beer, full bodied with light carbonation
Bottle at Håndverkerstuene in Oslo, Norway. Lovely hazy yellow colour with a white head. Alcohol are very rich, disturbing and unpleasant in both aroma and flavour.
Pours a light amber with a thin 1/4" head. Light aroma of floral hops. Medium bodied, with a smooth palate of hops, lychee fruit and some citrus. Well balance, but not all that interesting.
Bottle into snifter. Pour is golden orange with a fluffy white head. Nose is like orange cream soda and a sweet vanilla and caramel. Very floral and aromatic citrus hops. Nice. Taste is similar with a nice bitter finish. Very smooth vanilla undertones bring out and accent the citrusy hops. Good stuff yet again from Southern Tier.
Nice golden color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of floral/fruit hops, citrus, & spice. Flavor of slight sweet malt, spicy hops, citrus, and some caramel; Finish is slightly bitter; Nicely balanced; Overall, more of a strong pale ale - but very enjoyable.
Bomber. Pours a hazy orange with yellowish hues. Frothy off white head. Aroma is sweet citrus, caramel? with some hop bitterness for good measure. Taste is sweet, bready, slight vanilla and citrus notes. Mouthy on the tongue. Good extra IPA!!!
Whole Foods, P St, DC bomber ($7): Pours a golden colour with a white head. Aroma is rather malty, and pretty hoppy; much like an IIPA for the most part. Taste is a little bit sweet. The hops are somewhat bitter, but leave surprisingly little aftertaste. Some astringency. There is another taste there that I can’t quite place. Pretty good, but nothing excessively innovative or unique.
Shared 650 ml bottle at Melkebaren, Sandnes. Clear, deep golden with a creamy, light brown head. Fruity, malty, hoppy, floral nose. Sweet, bitter flavors with notes of hops, malts, alcohol, spruce and pine. Full body. Smooth and light syrupy. Light alco warmth. Dry tongue.
Pours a slightly cloudy light golden yellow with a thin frothy white top. Aroma is a pleasant pine hops and sweet malts. Taste is a great balance of sweet malt backbone and piney, slightly resinous hops. Nice beer.
22 oz bottle. Hazy amber/orange with a small off white head. Aroma of caramel, fresh sweet citrus, bread dough and some alcohol. Flavor is sweet caramel malt mixed with a firm hop bitterness that keeps the beer somewhat balanced, light alcohol warmth. Medium body with mild carbonation and a sticky mouth feel. Nice beer, lots of sweet malt and fresh hops, seems like an IIPA.
22 oz bottle. Misty olive yellow with a big bubbled white head. Nose is butterscotch pudding and faint spruce. Creamy medium body with an oily buzz. Taste is orange marmalade and melon; dry and pithy, then pine.
Pours gold with a thin bubbly head. Dank musty aroma and flavor. Citrus and grassy notes with a bitter finish. Medium body with a creamy mouthfeel.
Bomber. A big beer with a nice balance of sweet, bitter and citrus. A bit of stickyness to it. A strong bite on the finish that has some alcohol burn to it.
A good brew.
Pours golden with a fluffy white head. Smells bready and yeasty with some hop notes, floral. Tastes very bready and yeasty with what could be described as hop bitterness on the back end. Full-bodied with an oily texture and mild mouth-carbonation, Southern Tier Hoppe finishes like a loaf of white bread.
22 ounce bottle - $7.99 at Uncle Jack’s Spirits in Canton, Georgia.
Appearance: Pours a lightly hazed, orange-yellow body with a inch-plus head of white foam. Decent coating of sticky lace on the way down.
Smell: A simple, soft maltiness in the nose hinting at sliced white bread and biscuits with a small, small hint of caramelized sugars. Floral, zesty, citrusy, grassy hops; goodly aromatic, I must say and quite inviting.
Taste: Sugar encrusted, lightly bready, biscuity malts with a little tickle of wheat-like tanginess. Sweetness is eventually kicked aside as the resinous, grassy, fruity hops roll in. Tangerine and grapefruit citrus elements with an approved juiciness to it. Medium-high bitterness. The prodigal sweetness returns. Drying, bitterish finish with some lingering fruit juice flavors.
Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation.
Overall: A nice brew (a pleasant surprise, as I wasn’t really expecting much from it). It’s got a good blend of sweetness, bitterness, fruitiness, and while bigger, yes, I don’t ever find it to be maddeningly heavy and clumsy or grotesquely bitter.
A hazed dark amber ale with a thin lacing off white head. In aroma, sweet caramel malt with light skunky resinous dank hops, light tropical fruits, light sulfur. In mouth, sweet fruity caramel malt with herbal hops, dank notes, pleasant for a 10 year old beer.
A - Pours a clear golden-orange color with a frothy finger of slightly off-white head that lingers around for quite some time. The head eventually fades leaving behind some nice lacing.
S - Aroma is a mix of strong sweetness from some caramel malts and the residual sugars, some potent hops, and a bit of breadiness and booze in the background.
T - Starts off with some big rich sweetness from the residual sugars and the rich caramel malt. Right behind is some citrus/piney hops and a touch of bitterness. Through the middle, the bitterness grows quite a bit and the harshness of the sweetness fades. There is a bit of bready flavor and a touch of booze that come through as well. The finish is a mix of hops, rich sweetness, and some booze that linger.
M - Medium-full bodied with moderate carbonation. Feels smooth and quite syrupy, but still feels crisp and not too heavy.
D - Very drinkable. Through the booze and residual sugars do come through, this is still a very drinkable beer. The hops and the richness of the sugars are pretty well balanced and do seem to work well together in this case.
Super bright golden pour with a thick white head. Lots of lace on the glass. Aroma was a balanced mix of candy sweetness and citrus hops. Flavors were just the same. Fruity, decent bitterness throughout and a sweet malty finish. Actually quite smooth and drinkable. Mouthfeel was about medium, carbonation relaxed. A good hoppy ale with a sweetness that you come to expect from Southern Tier. Nice.
Bottle. Fluffy white head on a clearer light yellow marigold. Grapefruit rind, citrus, and earthy hoppiness. Not as assertive in the flavor with some slight candy and sweetness, but a grassy and slight citrus finish. Medium and a little slick.
Great use of hops in a smooth flow over the tongue. Not strong in alcohol, but a great lighter beer.
Aroma is fairly strong and hoppy with a grassy overtone and a faint fruity hint. It pours a clear amber with a very thick and fluffy white head. Richly hoppy flavor has a bit of a grapefruit tang and touches of both bitterness and sweetness. Edgy, tingly texture leaves a pleasant hoppy finish.
pours light orange, with a silent aroma. Bitter hops and slight floral taste. Opens and closes with a focused single-dimentional hop character. Tastes like a premature IPA, beer seems undecided, but still a good beer. The x2 IPA is the matured version of this beer.
650ml bottle bought at Vinmonopolet Vika in Oslo and stored in my cellar for about ten months. Chilled down a bit in the fridge before serving. The pour reveals a hazy, honey-gold body topped by a bubbly, off-white head with moderate duration. Bread and spiced citrus to the nose. A bit of everything in the flavour like pine, orange, wheat, sweet malts. mild peppery spices, and most of all apricots. Dry hopped bitterness to a long-lived and smooth ending. Good without reaching higher levels (Tromsø, 08.07.2011).
Pours a light color with almost no head. Aroma is sweet and hoppy. Flavor follows, very appealing.