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General Lafayette When In Doubt IPA

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RATINGS: 6   MEAN: 3.4/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.26   SEASONAL: Spring   EST. CALORIES: 219   ABV: 7.3%
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Can’t go wrong by pleasin’ the hop-heads! Dry-hopped with two English hop varieties, this brew has less caramel sweetness with more hop flavor than our usual IPA’s. Possibly our favorite IPA that we’ve made, this baby packs a punch in a tasty, balanced package. 75 IBU


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
hopdog (7052) - Lansdale, USA - APR 21, 2005
On tap at General Lafayette. Poured a medium and slightly hazy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Hoppy/citric aroma (oranges) with grapefruits in the taste. Has a nice bitter bite to it.

4
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
DocLock (5971) - Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 2, 2005
Pours hazy deep coppery with aroma of floral esters, resiny hops, citrus. Tastes hoppy, with citrus, caramel malt, fruit. I have yet to taste a subpar GLI beer. This one is a very good IPA.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
JFGrind (1593) - Glenside, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 2, 2005
Maybe the hophead in me is waning. Lots of hop flavor, I agree with Shag this IPA is one dimensional.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Shag (2283) - Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA - APR 22, 2005
UPDATED: APR 26, 2005 A dark yellow appearance. A very strong lemon and hop presence. This one is extremely bitter but its a little one dimensional. Good one for the hopheads like me.

3.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
egajdzis (4587) - Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 22, 2005
Poured a hazy brownish orange color with a thin, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, grass, and faint citrus. Taste was sweet, lightly buttery, toffee, and a strong hop bitterness, dry finish.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
chronictonic (437) - Oreland, Pennsylvania, USA - APR 20, 2005
UPDATED: APR 22, 2005 Revised 4/22. I’ve been told that the saltiness / bite comes from the english hops (target, ekg, fuggles). I had erroneously read the board as it being a west coast IPA - it’s not - it’s English. That being said, my original, overly salty review is now revised. This should be compared to english IPAs, not West Coast Americans and my ratings are totally off on it.
I will be going back to the general shortly to re-taste one with the correct frame of mind.


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