When my kids were little one of their favorite books was But Not The Hippopotamus.
How could I not pick up a beer called “Hop-A-Lot-Amus”?
(Did you know that hippos kill hundreds of people each year? Many more than sharks, but we don’t get a “Hippo Week” do we?)
They say:
Continual hopping during boil gives our Double IPA tons of hop flavor and aroma. Pine and citrus notes are backed by rich malt base.
It’s the color of caramel, cloudy (it is unfiltered after all) with virtually no head. Definitely citrus in the aroma, but not as much pine as I expected. Maybe bit of vanilla. The pine really comes through in the flavor, along with a lot of alcohol heat. There’s a bit of a burnt biscuit flavor in the aftertaste. I think the jury is still out on this one. As we like to say: Requires more research.
