Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 Review #63

Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3
Style: IPA
ABV: 7.25%
Part Of The Pyrate Fleet
12oz Bottle Poured Into A Sam Adams Perfect Pint

Malts: Crisp English Pale, Carapils, and Munich
Hops: Magnum, Centennial, Chinook, Amarillo and Palisade
Loose Cannon Hop3 Ale is a triple hopped IPA containing over 3 pounds of hops per barrel. Not for the faint of palate, it has an intensely floral, spicy, and citrusy hop aroma and flavor. Available year round.

Clipper City Brewing Company
Baltimore, Maryland
Hugh Sisson
1995

Appearance:
Lively Wooden Color That Shimmers Golden Maple In The Light
White Flat Webby Head
Procrastinating Head Retention
Hazy Clarity W/Some Floaties
Splotched Lacing
Carbonation Was A Usual Dichotomy Of Fluffy And Gritty

Aroma:
The Hop Oil Charge Climb Into The Olfactory Lobes And Scream Their Alpha
Birch wood
Citrusy Hop Notes
Christmas Trees
Sweet Nectar
Zesty Pink Grapefruit
Paraffin
Peach
Sour Grape
Pine Pine Pine
Caraway Seeds

Mouth Feel:
Strong Hop Charge On The Tongue, But Priority Is Aroma And Flavor Not Bitterness
Assertive Dry Crisp Attack Finish
Superb Balance: Perfect Blend Of Sweet, Bitter, Sour Balance
Sessionable Beer But The 7.25% ABV Will Sneak Up On You
Full Bodied Beer But Less Filling Than You Would Expect, Let's You Enjoy The Concoction
Untiring Cohesive Mouth Feel
Urbane Palate
Undiluted Condensed Texture
Thick And Creamy
Clean Smooth Herbal Aftertaste Tempered By Cool Ethanol
Cousin Of Dogfish Head's Little Cousin

Taster right up front there are nice sweet citrusy notes. Hops all over, the hop oils climb into the mouth and on the tongue, but not the least bit overwhelming. Grapefruit and sweet orange marmalade notes flow across the tongue and over a slight mild bready malt base. This all thins out towards the finish and there is a very mild citrusy/floral hop bitterness in the end. A IPA that is decent but not great, it's based more on aroma than flavor. It is like building a great house on a crappy piece of land.


21/2 Out Of 6
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