Bison IPA Single Hop Series - Simcoe
Bison IPA Single Hop Series - Simcoe
Rated 3.100 by BeerPals
Brewed by Bison Brewing Company
Berkeley, CA, United States
Style: IPA
6.8% Alcohol by Volume
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For our 22-ounce IPA bottling, we play around a bit. We use the exact same malt profile in each brew, but experiment with different hop varieties. Common flavor descriptors of this hop include: tangerine, pine needle, citrus peel, and earthy. Although its low co-humulone content supposedly makes a smoother bittering, we find it a bit rough. Let us know what you think at www.bisonbrew.com Cheers!
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| Overall Rank | 36774 |
| Overall Percentile | 33.8 |
| Style Rank | 5017 of 6163 |
| Style Percentile | 18.6 |
| Lowest Score | 3.4 |
| Highest Score | 3.4 |
| Average Score | 3.400 |
| Weighted Score | 3.100 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
A vigorous pour produces a fat finger-thick, light tan colored head that sits atop a brilliantly clear, cranberry tinged, copper colored beer. The aroma is sharply aromatic with hop notes even at a distance of a couple feet. As I go in for a closer smell sharply herbal notes, pungent pine and dank hemp-like notes greet my nose. It almost starts to pick up a garlic / green onion like note as well. There are some typical hop fruit notes here, but not nearly what one would expect from Simcoe hops; muted candied orange peel, faint lychee and touches of tangelo are found if you really dig for it.
The beer is fairly light on the tongue; it is quaffable like a good IPA should be. The hop character is predominantly sharp & herbal, but there is some soft fruitiness that helps to provide a hint of balance. The malt here plays a completely supporting role with just a touch of toasty grain, and perhaps a hint of caramelized malt sugars. The finish is dominated by the hop character which is bitingly bitter, green, astringent and with a menthol-like like note that is almost minty. The expected, and more typically Simcoe associated flavors of fruit are more noticeable in the flavor than they were in the aroma, but still they are awfully muted from what one would expect from an all Simcoe hopped beer. Notes of lychee, ruby-red-grapefruit and tangelo are at a level above a hint, but not nearly as in your face and expressive as I was expecting.
I really am starting to be confused by Bison’s hop series of IPAs. Both the Amarillo and the Simcoe have been completely counter to all other encounters / brewing experience with either of these hops. I wonder if there is something in there brewing technique that is creating / accentuating the harsher components of these hops (my guess, it is their water chemistry). This is a decent IPA, and in fact I would be enjoying it a lot more if I did not know that hop variety used in it.
Purchased: Bevmo, Pasadena CA
