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Alpine Beer Company Pure Hoppiness

Alpine Beer Company Pure Hoppiness

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Alpine Beer Company (CA)

Alpine, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

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3153.94/5.03.93/5.08%99Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This India Pale Ale is dominated by metric boatloads of immensely aromatic hops. Even if you're not really interested, we use Cascade, Hersbrucker, and Columbus with that cutting-edge hop "bite."

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 Beer_Hawk (767), Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/517/20

May 25, 2007  
Draft @ O’Brien’s. Found a lighter orange in the glass with an off-white head. The aroma puts out a nice IPA citrus backed with pine that makes it almost floral. Big grapefruit and pine punch in the flavor with a caramel background. Medium body and a crisp, dry texture. Moderate bitterness throughout. It’s hard to find a bad IPA in SO CAL.

 danielcurtis81 (116), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Bottle. Incredibly full floral hop nose! A slightly hazy amber with just a bit of fizz. Salty start quickly gives way for the hop bitterness. The bitters take you for a long finish with sweet tones lingering at the tip of the tongue too. The name says it all! Delicious!


explosivebeer (35), Washington, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 26, 2008  
First off, I didn’t take notes when I tasted this beer. But it is quite memorable so hopefully that’ll be sufficient. From what I remember it was a fine clear light amber color. What was most outstanding was the amazing aroma that simply exploded with hoppy goodness. The body was nicely balanced with sweet maltiness and it finished as spectacularly as it started. This is a beautiful beer.


Swolf3 (97), Elkton, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Bottle thanks to Hophead22, and shared with GMCC21821. Poured Clear gold in color. Aroma is very piney along with a floral scent. Taste is also lots of pine along with malt and slight bitterness. This was a very well balanced brew and finished clean.


 GMCC2181 (429), Bear, Delaware, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Sep 20, 2008  
Bottle shared by swolf3...Thanks wolf. Awesome aroma of piney hops. Color was a light yellow color, average head. Taste was a super smooth, well balanced IPA. Nice bitterness lots of pine flavor. Good west coast IPA. Good texture, average carbonation. thanks wolf.


 drfabulous (742), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 15, 2008  
Straight up West Coast hop monster. That’s why I bought it. Lots of citrus, very floral, probably better on tap than bottle, but what the hell. I live in Missouri. I have to rely on the bottle. Much smoother than some other West Coast IPAs, which is neither good nor bad. But a nice change of pace.



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