2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20
Name: Steam Pumper IPA
Date: 07/03/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
gusher, cloudy orange, fine white head, streaks of drippy lace,
sweet caramel malt aroma with citrus hops,
creamy body,
overly astrengent bitter flavor, nice sweet malt offers no balance to the astrengency,
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 9/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(Bottle) Pours a clear orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of light grapefruit and orange. Flavor of mild hops and malt with a bit watery of a mouthfeel.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(12oz, thanks Bück Dich) Crystal clear light amber body, small white head. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, some grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, orange/floral, grapefruit, light bread/caramel. Light-medium body. Seems more like an APA.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
An IPA with a mysterious floral hop impact not noticeable at either beginning or end.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Poured hazy copper with an average frothy white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate sour citrus hoppy aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium bitter citrus flavor with a medium bitter smooth finish of moderate duration.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours a transparent golden orange with a stringy-lacing wispy white head. Aroma of fresh pine and grapefruity hops with a hint of sweet caramel. Body starts with pretty good fullness and a decent malty sweetness with some resiny bittering and flavor hops before a mild, bittersweet finish. A pretty smooth and drinkable IPA.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Clear, filtered amber orange colored body with a white and tan head. Very lively body, lots of bubbles. Oily hop cone scent, somewhat plasticy and moldy, but otherwise a solid and strong oily hop nose... sweaty and sweet. Tastewise it’s somewhat crisp, though bland, and thin in the body and lacking any depth of flavor. OK overall, lightly sweet, light honey and leafy flavors, but nothing remarkable.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Nice musky herbal hop aroma with an apparent malt background. A little less amber colored for an amber, light head and little lacing. Watered down IPA flavor with nothing redeeming but on the other hand not dissapointing. Not very dry or bitter like most IPAs, an almost tangy grapefruity finish. I was expecting much worse for a Fred Meyer IPA.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours light copper to gold with thin off white head. Light aroma that is vaguely sweet malts and hints of wet floral hops. It has a pale to nearly grainy malt taste initially. Along with the malts is a floral hoppiness that leads into some biscuit malts. Comes up a bit short on flavor and hops for an IPA.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Medium orange gold color. Small white head. Aroma is malty and slightly grapefruity. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are mild and grapefruity. Spritzy carbonation. A little watery and thin, it could use a little more flavor. Mouthfeel is thin. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
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