Napa Smith Hopageddon Imperial IPA
Napa Smith Hopageddon Imperial IPA
Rated 3.490 by BeerPals
Brewed by Napa Smith Brewery
Napa, CA, United States
Style: Imperial IPA
9.2% Alcohol by Volume
144 International Bittering Units
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Back Label: Hopageddon is an end-of-the-world Imperial IPA with an intensely aromatic hop profile that defies expectations and will leave you wondering, "What just happened?" at 144 IBUs, Hopageddon flows with a gorgeous fiery orange color and showcases a distinct, full white head. The unique flavors from our obscenely extend dry-hopping and shockwave of bitterness lingers on the palate and leaves hopheads with a Post-ahopalyptic yearning for more. IMPERIAL BARREL-AGED IPA aged and excessively wet-hopped in Chardonnay & Cabernet barrels. Hops: Chinook, Cascade, Warrior, Columbus, Mt. Hood, and Centennial You can pray to the Hop Gods all you want… You’ll never find another beer like this one. Hopageddon is an end-of-the-world Imperial IPA that defies expectations and induces an intense hop-stupor that will leave you wondering what just happened. At 144 IBUs, Hopageddon glows with a gorgeous fiery orange color and showcases a distinct, full white head. The added character given by the Chardonnay and Cabernet barrels accentuates explosive papaya and lychee flavors along with herbaceous aromas. Chewy, grassy wet-hop flavors, hints of dried apricot, and impressions of barrel tannins are evident in multiple layers. The distinct Barrel- Hopped flavors and shockwave of bitterness lingers on the palate and leaves hopheads with a Post-ahopalypticTM yearning for more. Can you survive the Hopageddon?
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| Overall Rank | 3401 |
| Overall Percentile | 93.9 |
| Style Rank | 250 of 2645 |
| Style Percentile | 90.5 |
| Lowest Score | 3.1 |
| Highest Score | 4.1 |
| Average Score | 3.700 |
| Weighted Score | 3.490 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.424 |
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7 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
From Total Wine (Scottsdale, AZ). Pours a clear dark orange, 'neath a creamy ivory head of no great size. Second pour picked up the sediment, and was rather cloudy. Aroma was malty and boozy, maybe some hop. Full-bodied mouthfeel, which improved as things warmed. Bitter enough, yet I think this was closer to a barleywine than a DIPA, as the flavour was mostly that of a boozy maltiness, yet not really any citrus to speak of. Still, I liked it.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
A copper colored beer with a three fingered off white head. There’s some hang time on the head. It settles into an impressively thick lacing of film and a ringlet. The nose is sweet and slightly hoppy. The tasting is more citric-some pine and a hint of grassy hops. It is light-medium bodied, effervescent and resfreshingly crisp.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Reminded me more of a sticky barleywine than an imperial ipa, lots of caramel and butterscotch mixed in with a fairly weak hop aroma. No style points for this one, can't hang with the big dogs.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Not sure of the age on this one...in hindsight, I'm guessing somewhere in the not so fresh range. Ample bitterness, but lacking any floral or citrus quality in the aroma, just some back of the mouth tropical fruitiness and a ton o bitters. Malt heavy in a way that suggests age. Not a fan for the coin.
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Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Strong aroma is quite hoppy, grassy and hay-ish rather than evergreen, with hints of malt and grapefruit. It pours a slightly hazy dark copper with a fairly thick light light yellowish tan head. Mouth-filling, lip-smacking flavor has a strong, somewhat bitter hoppy core and notes of grapefruit, malt and caramel. Smooth texture is rough around the edges, and firm tingle leaves a hoppy, bitter finish with a caramel hint.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Bomber - shared on a dinner cruise. Amber orange pour with an ample head and some lacing. Hopped aroma, earthy, slight piney and woodsy, some tropical fruits, a touch of the wine from the barrels, some sweet malty toffee. Taste is earthy and grapefruit hoppy, nice bitter, then some of the wine and grapes slightly shine through, fruity, lightly sweet, still big on the hops. Interesting and very tasty beer - Glad to now get Napa Smith in Tennessee. A big beer with a pleasant bitter and nice twist with the wine aging.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Sampled on 4/20/2012. This Imperial India Pale Ale pours a medium to dark orange/copper gold color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is caramel and sweet, touch of wood and chardonnay. A medium to full bodied Imperial India Pale Ale. The malts are fruity, caramel and sweet. The hops are herbal, citrusy and floral. Decent carbonation. Touch of wood, some chardonnay and cabernet. An interesting blend of flavors, nice malts and good hop flavor. Nice smooth taste. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
