Humulus Lupulus, wolf vine, or more commonly, the hop plant, shares with its namesake a rather interesting trait: after a decidedly unthreatening beginning to life, upon maturity each species stakes their claim. And with neither mercy nor conscience, will tirelessly strive for, and usually achieve, total territorial domination.
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Gordzilla
@ Liquor Plus8 years ago
4.0
I've been passing this by for a little while now but finally going to give it a go.
Beautiful copper color with a nice lacey head.
The malt aromas this is giving off have me almost drooling. Caramel, bread, and cracker. The hops are definitely smelling fresh with an excellent restrained pine.
The hops do lend that nice grassy freshness with only a mild bitterness, but the malt flavours don't come out as strong on the tongue as they do in the nose. That's okay though, it a is very nice mild refreshing pale ale.
Mr. T
9 years ago
4.0
Fantastic fresh wet hopped pale..light copper colour..solid lacing..mild IBU..sessional
Magskall
9 years ago
This one is hard to rate as many wet/fresh hopped beers are hard to evaluate year to year, which is part of the fun of the style. In 2013 Hoyne's Wolf Vine would have been 5 stars, 2014 3 stars and 2015's a half a star. Even Driftwood's over lauded Sartori suffers from this problem with 2015 being the year it's fans finally had to admit was sub par.
By all means, buy up your local fresh hopped ale. It's a gamble but one worth taking.