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Great Waters Slapshot IPA

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RATINGS: 4   MEAN: 3.7/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.42   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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This beer is made with 90% Vienna malt. This malt has a bisquet toasty malt flavor. Simcoe hops were used for the bittering, Horizon and Amarillo for flavor, and Amarillo and Cascade for aroma. The Vienna and great hop varieties make a nice balanced ale. See if you can taste both toasty maltness then the slightly grapefruity bitterness from the Simcoe hops. When you can taste both qualities together you have a beer that is balanced. Careful with the hat trick though, this beer is nearly 6.0%.


3.9
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
beermatrix (1497) - Twin Cities, USA - NOV 3, 2005
On cask at the brewpub: Clouded gold at the pour but clears up nicely and becomes one of the clearest beers I’ve ever seen from the cask. Clear straw gold with a nicely fluffed off-whitish cap of medium height. Lacing is minimal with some spotty messyness. Aroma is all orange. Quite fresh and zippy with a tartly dark setting of blood and manderine orange peels. Citrusy and warm with a light bready malt backing. Taste is intially crisp and clean with an intense little zip right in front with some highly toned citrus orange peel bite. Tapers off to reveal a bit more complexity with bits of lemon peel and grapefruity zestings. All the while keeps a simple sweet malt tone of bread dough and lightly toasted malt. Bitterness is essentually quick and eager with orange peels up front then fades quickly to reveal its other qualities. Good citrusy hop flavors without a whole lot of bittering bite. Balance is toned well, but could use a boost of bite for the hop fans out there. Feel is crisp and quick with a lighter cask-conditioned body then what you might find. Simple, clean, and light. As fore mentioned, bitterness is low, hop flavors are orange-a-refically solid and present. A easy goin’ IPA, seemingly simple with a clean bold crunch of orange toned hop action thats juicy, not pulpy, and drinks down easy enough and could possibly set the stage for sessioning a couple glass fulls.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
robertsreality (2460) - Minnesota, USA - DEC 12, 2005
CASK: Amber Coloring with Offwhite Head. Hoppy Aroma...Wet Hops on the Tongue..Lemony Citrus Background, With a Dry Hop Finish. Lemon Notes Make it a Pretty Alluring IPA.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
badgerben (4116) - Blaine, Minnesota, USA - NOV 30, 2005
Gold color with a thin head. Dusty hop aroma with a little grapefruit. The flavor is mostly piney. Very dry finish. Nicely drinkable.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
MilkmanDan (1943) - Eagan, Minnesota, USA - NOV 14, 2005
Cider gold, very citric nose, lots of hoppiness, good pine notes as well. Flavor has a considerable bite of hops, lots of pine again, minty spiciness. Lovely smoothness.


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