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Deschutes Armory XPA (Extra Pale Ale)

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RATINGS: 39   MEAN: 3.48/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.38   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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Brewed at their Portland location.The Extra Pale Ale has strong floral notes with a hoppy and flavorful aroma. Brewed with Cascade, Centennial, German Northern brewer, and experiential citrus hops. The XPA is a crowd favorite and with it marks our one year anniversary! IBU’s 58


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3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
UncleKorm (265) - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA - MAY 17, 2013
On tap, poured a reddish-orange hue w/ a medium head and some lacing. Very floral hop aromas. Initial flavor is a faint sweet with a bold bitter finish of long duration. Taste is pine, grapefruit, toast, and hay. Medium bodied. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Brewchacho4 (71) - Vancouver, WA, Washington, USA - MAY 13, 2013
On tap at Killer Burger and served in a pint glass. Pours a deep amber color with a thin off-white head and good lacing. Aroma is predominately citrus hops. Taste is the same, but with a nice malt backbone to balance it out. Nice mouthfeel, good carbonation. Overall, very well balanced and easy to drink

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
oRos (620) - sacramento, California, USA - MAY 11, 2013
On tap at boneshaker. Pours amber with white head. Taste is bitter hops with a nice malt backbone.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 17/20
berrya785 (401) - Kansas, USA - APR 26, 2013
On tap from the Deschutes Woody wagon and served in a pint glass. Pours an orangish amber with a small off-white head and excellent lacing. Aroma is citrus and piney. Taste is citrus hops with some malt backbone.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
BMan1113VR (7382) - Los Angeles, California, USA - APR 25, 2013
Pint. Pours with a clear golden orange hued body with a well retentive white head. Great (legit) great lace!. Aromas are bready, estery, grainy, straw, marmalade, grassy, grainy. Medium hop. Flavors are fruity, estery, berries, citrus, marmalade, jam. Low bitter, bready malt back bone. Lively carbonation. Medium dry finish. Medium bodied. Easy drinking.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
RedSox2004 (981) - Pacific Palisades, California, USA - APR 22, 2013
On tap at The Daily Oint. Hazy orange yellow with a two-finger bright white head and excellent lace. Floral hops aroma with generous citrus notes. Slight caramel sweetness offsets a strong floral/grassy hops bitterness. Medium body, lively carbonation, creamy smooth mouthfeel, and a crisp bitterness in the finish.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 8/20
onceblind (2536) - Denver, Colorado, USA - APR 22, 2013
Clear dark golden with a thin white head. Aroma is dank and piney with some slightly moldy lemon. Flavor has a bit more caramel malt, especially throughout, with some of that funky oily hop flavor that reminds me of hippie. Semi-bitter with some pine and leafy resin on the finish.

2.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
beersearcher (1956) - Glendale, California, USA - APR 8, 2013
Pours an orange hue. Aroma is fine. Hop notes are there but then the taste is a major letdown. Maybe a bad batch? Too much malt and the hop profile is nil. Had half a pint then let the rest go.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
maekchu (1093) - Hirakata, JAPAN - MAR 26, 2013
Draught at the Deschutes Brewery & Public House, Portland. From notes. Some harshness in initial flavor, but it mellows more or less. Okay. Not the best of Deschutes.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
baraciisch (904) - USA - MAR 5, 2013
Golden orange in color... Aroma of caramel, citrus hops... Flavor reminds me of an English bitter or pale, caramel toffee notes with citrus hop finish... California meets the UK, nice, but nothing too exciting if you are a hophead


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