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I had it at the 3 Monkeys on George St, Sydney.
Found this from the brewer:


Hops are Citra, Simcoe and Stella/Steller (Tassis hop).

Only on tap, couldn't get enough Citra to do a bottle run.
 
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I had it at the 3 Monkeys on George St, Sydney.
Found this from the brewer:


Hops are Citra, Simcoe and Stella/Steller (Tassis hop).

Only on tap, couldn't get enough Citra to do a bottle run.



I had this on tap at the 3 Monkeys on George St, Sydney too. It's a well balanced beer with plenty of malt and hop flavour. If not a huge fan of this kind of hop flavour though - it's got a strong passionfruit / grapefruit taste about it.


James Squire Hop Thief IV
The Hop Thief, or should we say Hop Thieves, are a series of beers released sporadically by James Squire whenever they feel like going on a hop splurge. Each one has featured a different blend of hops, often newly released, and this is no different. Based around the American Pale Ale style, the hops are a blend of the powerful Aussie variety Stella and Americans Citra and Falconers Flight, itself a blend of several punchy hop varieties. The latter two are used for some serious dry-hopping action to impart plenty of citrus and grapefruit aromas over what the brewers tell us is a rich deep amber malt base. Delicious with a big steak too, apparently.

Available:

Portland Hotel
And at James Squire Brewhouses across the land (draught only)
Style: American Pale Ale
Strength: 5.0%
Bitterness: 35 IBU

http://craftypint.com/beer/beer/james-squire-hop-thief-iv/
 
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Omg!
After a day at the races drinking CUBs finest, I had two pints of hop theif and I was in heaven.
The best JS beer easily. Most of the blokes i was at the races with didnt agree! They were happy drinking mega swill!
 
wait wait, is hop thief still around? I would have thought that last years was out of date now..
 
Yeah, was drinking it at the 3 Monkeys in Sydney ( George Street ) last weekend.... Lovely drop...
 
Woohoo - Hop Thief's back! :p
This was my gateway beer - got me interested in craft brewing many years ago. Obviously it (& my tastebuds) changed since then, but i'd still be very keen to try this incarnation.
I'm actually currently brewing a replica of the one i most loved - a Simcoe+ Columbus combo. (I just cannot seem to get the hops impact in the flavour i recall from the original JSHT :( )
 
In 2009 I drank it in the JS pub at King St Wharf that used to be there, best beer of the session. Might see if it's in bottles anywhere.
 
Its on tap at The Warren View Hotel in Newtown, Sydney pretty much forever. Not sure why that is..... But its pretty nice from the tap!
 
Bribie G said:
In 2009 I drank it in the JS pub at King St Wharf that used to be there, best beer of the session. Might see if it's in bottles anywhere.
I believe from researching/snooping:
2009 was POR for bittering & Southern Hallertau (now Helga?) flowers for flavour/aroma, plus the SH flowers in a late-fermentation hopback process they devised. Little sharper on the bittering, i thought, but still a fantastic beer.

I just checked my notes - the one i loved was the 2006 batch (#2).

Unfortunately they supposedly couldn't get enough of the Citra this year for making a bottle release. Bugger!
 
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Just had my first taste of this beer at the Brisbane Casino Kitty bar a couple of days ago.
I was impressed, great hop punch. Best JS I have tasted by a fair way. Of course it helps that it was draught.
Looks like they have gone back to the Simcoe / Columbus blend again- unless they are recycling their tap heads.
 
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Anyone tried the new Hop Thief 7? That may explain where all the Galaxy and Mosaic have gone.
 
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Anyone tried the new Hop Thief 7? That may explain where all the Galaxy and Mosaic have gone.
Yeah, I gave it a run off tap with a glass of HT6 beside it. I was unable to pick the hops, but the HT7 had more body, smoother and more bitter than HT6. I was full of anticipation of their new creation, but was a bit deflated because it was as they say in Thailand, "same, same but different". In saying that, HT7 is a better drop than HT6.
 
I did a side by side 6 vs 7 the other week and thought that maybe 6 was better by a smidge. Thought it had a bit more too it and that 7 was slightly dumbed down.

Would love to taste it before it gets pasteurised too.

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Something about the new hop thief popped up on my Facebook today, looking forward to trying it however I think I'm starting to tire of galaxy.

Which might be a good thing as I don't have to stress about it being hard to obtain.
 
Will try and grab a 6 pack to compare to my Mosaic IPA. I am hoping I will finally have a brew I can honestly say is better than a commercial example). I haven't experienced this yet, although my Hop Thief 6 clone was close.
 
Today I bought a six of Hop Thief seven from The Northern Star Hotel on Beaumont Street Newcastle. They are a big JS pub with every single one of their beers on tap, not a VB in sight and they go through a swag of product. Got it home and it's bloody delicious, nicest bottled beer I've had for a while.
I don't find it dumbed down personally, unlike others such as Golden Ale or Amber. Long smooth sweetish finish, lovely aroma.

For a mere five percent beer it tastes more like a 6.5 percent AIPA.

Noice.
 
Bribie G said:
Today I bought a six of Hop Thief seven from The Northern Star Hotel on Beaumont Street Newcastle. They are a big JS pub with every single one of their beers on tap, not a VB in sight and they go through a swag of product. Got it home and it's bloody delicious, nicest bottled beer I've had for a while.
I don't find it dumbed down personally, unlike others such as Golden Ale or Amber. Long smooth sweetish finish, lovely aroma.

For a mere five percent beer it tastes more like a 6.5 percent AIPA.

Noice.
you could have visited Dan Murphy's and got them for $10 at the moment ;)
 
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