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Acme California IPA

Acme California IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
North Coast Brewing Company

Fort Bragg, California USA

bottled
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on tap
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4613.22/5.03.22/5.06.5%25.3 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Acme IPA is profoundly hoppy, finished with over a pound of fresh whole hops per barrel. The result of this generous hopping is a beer that is deliciously dry, and eminently drinkable in spite of its apparent strength.

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 vyvvy (1689), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20

Jun 28, 2006  
This was quite a dissapointing beer from a brewery I hold in very high regard. Pours copper with a soapy head. Aroma is musty and floral with nothing coming of as clean. Medium body with soft carbonation. Very littel malt to be seen here, very hop heavy. Starts off with citrus and grapefruit that is sharp and dry, then it gets quite bitter with piney / paper hoppiness. An okay IPA, this should have been better.

 mjs (512), Helsinki, Finland
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 3, 2008  
(Bottle) Pale orange. Hazy. Medium sized quickly disappearing white head. Grassy nose. Medium bodied palate with lot of carbonation. Grass, grapefruit, bitterness, citric flavours in general and fruitiness in taste. Long fruity and bitter aftertaste.


 TBone (4975), Pori, Finland
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 2, 2008  
Bottled
Hazy orange color, decent off-white head. Rye-bready, honeyish hoppy aroma. Bready, hoppy, pale malty with crisp carbonation. Some sweetness in the aftertaste. Not really IPA, more like an APA. Quite similar to NC’s Red Seal Ale.


 bethmatt0421 (285), Covington, Kentucky, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/54/103/59/20
Sep 1, 2008  
I like Nik925 description, calling it an "India Pale Lager." Malts are thicker than you find in most IPA’s and the hops are barely noticeable hiding underneath the yeast. This is a lager with a fair hop bite, but thats just my opinion.


 Nik925 (127), California, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/103/58/20
Sep 1, 2008  
Poorly hopped, thin flavors. I would describe it as a India Pale Lager as there is the yeast notes are that of a lager. Metallic, thin, yet still too bitter at the same time. A average beer, but a poor IPA.


 SuperDave70 (765), Arizona, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 31, 2008  
Lightly hazy golden pour with a small foamy head that dissolved away. Aroma of light pine hops and toasted caramel malt. Flavor is much the same, with the hops barely beating out the malt. Nothing really amazing here, just a fairly standard 6 pack IPA.




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