text: Big Shoulders Hopapalooza IPA
  Brewed at Church Street Brewing Company
  RATINGS: 18 MEAN: 3.11/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 3.07/5 IBU: 76 EST. CALORIES: 180 ABV: 6%
  They say most of your taste comes from your nose. Hopapalooza IPA, has a unique combination of aromatic hops that fill your senses with citrus, grapefruit, and pine, and enough bittering hops to get your mouth watering. A clean finish leaves you ready for the next sip. Malt: 2-Row, Maris Otter, Vienna, Crystal Hops: Columbus, Cascade, Glacier, Mt. Hood
  edwardbass (865) - Illinois, USA - DEC 13, 2015
  Perhaps this beer doesn't like being in a bottle for a while or mine is old. Massive head on this thing that's usually a sign of a beer that's gone bad. But it doesn't taste as astringent as other beers I've had with abnormally high carbonation. Lots of pine and citrus rind, super-dry with almost no malt sweetness. Not horrible, but definitely not good.
  csaso (2361) - Missouri, USA - OCT 1, 2015
  Bottle - good size foamy head, dark straw color, big citrus and pine hop aroma and flavor, mild malt backbone, mild bitter finish, not a bad IPA overall ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
  deyholla (12582) - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA - SEP 9, 2015
  Bottle. Pours a clear amber gold with a HUGE foamy white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has lots of musty grass with a bit of pine and earthy grains backing. Flavor has lots of grains and bread with a bit of grass and an earthy pine note.
  Finhead (1843) - OFallon, Illinois, USA - AUG 18, 2015
  Clear golden pour with a n offwhite head. The aroma has citrus and pine hops. It has a medium body with average carbonation. The taste is mildly bitter with a quick finish.
  Frank (4255) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUL 31, 2015
  This was nearly a gusher for me so, you know, if it's close to August 2015 and you get a bottle of this, open it over the sink. It pours very cloudy orange w/ a huge rocky head that fills the hole glass and necessitates some patience to get the full bottle in the glass. It smells nice. It's mildly piney w/ some softer citrus tones and a bit of pineapple It's dry and bitter and seems like it's full bodied aside from being way over-carbonated. I am not sure if this picked up a bit of an infection or what but I have to assume something is off here. Still, I have to give it a lot of credit for still being a decent beer despite this.
  cagou007 (1236) - FRANCE - JUL 16, 2015
  Bottle in Chicago-- Pours hazy pale amber with thin white head. Nose is grassy hop and honey. Aromas are skunk, citrus, pine and honey. Oily texture, average carbonation. Nice bitterness. Long bitter finish. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
  Christpuncher (3215) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - MAY 1, 2015
  Horrible ipa. Should be classified as a Belgium Ipa. Has that banana fruity flavor with an unbalanced malt backbone. Finishes fruity and sweet. Pours a nice cloudy orange color. Had at home out of a bottle ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
  andyhwcinc (1886) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - APR 26, 2015
  Purchased at Bottles and Cans in Chicago, IL; enjoyed at home watching playoff basketball on the last Sunday of April. Appearance is a cloudy golden brown with a thin white head. Aroma is malt and spice, rye, doesn't smell like an IPA. Taste is strange, lots of off flavors going on and this doesn't taste much like an IPA. Not a fan.
  prandlesc (1) - - OCT 20, 2014 does not count
  Rather disappointing. I think this is Big Shoulders' flagship brew. It smells good, and looks okay - but that's where it ends. The flavor is just okay, and the mouthfeel is poor - really watery. I'll avoid this one going forward.