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This is a highly-hopped lager from Sam Adams, and the main reason I bought the Hop Tour six-pack.

The color is a rich, clear amber, and the head is thick and snowy white, giving off an aroma of what I took to be Centennial hops; pungent, piney, strong, but not too strong. A forward, but well-balanced aroma. Very enticing.

It's got a good maltiness and mouthfeel, and it's smooth and mellow, as a lager should be. But the hops makes its presence known while not being intrusive or over-the-top. I'd like to say it's well-balanced, but it's really more hop-forward than that. Very pleasant as an after-dinner beer. The finish keeps the bitterness lingering, which invites another.

Love the Hop Tour six pack!!!

FedoraDave wrote:This is a highly-hopped lager from Sam Adams, and the main reason I bought the Hop Tour six-pack.

The color is a rich, clear amber, and the head is thick and snowy white, giving off an aroma of what I took to be Centennial hops; pungent, piney, strong, but not too strong. A forward, but well-balanced aroma. Very enticing.

It's got a good maltiness and mouthfeel, and it's smooth and mellow, as a lager should be. But the hops makes its presence known while not being intrusive or over-the-top. I'd like to say it's well-balanced, but it's really more hop-forward than that. Very pleasant as an after-dinner beer. The finish keeps the bitterness lingering, which invites another.

Lots of different hops in that one; from BYO magazine November 2013:


Double Agent IPL clone

(5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)
Hop ingredients:
6. 3 AAU Zeus pellet hops (60 min.)(0. 4 oz./11 g at 15.8% alpha acids)
1. 4 AAU Citra® pellet hops (15 min.)(0. 1 oz./3 g at 13.7% alpha acids)
1. 3 AAU Simcoe® pellet hops (15 min.)(0. 1 oz./3 g at 12.8% alpha acids)
1. 9 AAU Ahtanum™ pellet hops (15 min.) (0.4 oz./11 g at 4.7% alpha acids)
3. 8 AAU Simcoe® pellet hops (5 min.)(0. 3 oz./9 g at 12.8% alpha acids)
2. 5 AAU Cascade pellet hops (5 min.)(0. 4 oz./11 g at 6.3% alpha acids)
0. 5 oz. (14 g) Centennial pellet hops (dry hop)
0. 5 oz. (14 g) Simcoe® pellet hops (dry hop)
0. 5 oz. (14 g) Nelson Sauvin pellet hops (dry hop)
0. 5 oz. (14 g) Cascade pellet hops (dry hop)