Helms Hop the RIPA

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Brewed by Helms Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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RATINGS: 4 MEAN: 3.22/5.0 WEIGHTED AVG: 2.94 IBU: 94 EST. CALORIES: 219 ABV: 7.3%

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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Our red India pale ale is a sterling example of excess. We use copious amounts of both malts and hops to create this decidedly bitter yet curiously balanced beer. As its namesake implies it is more than capable of overloading the unsuspecting pallet just with a lot less mutton chops and frock coats. Big caramel, big malts and even bigger resinous citrus hop flavor and aroma. This beer pairs well with BBQ, Curry, Spicy foods and pungent cheeses.

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3.7

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

dreadnord (1009) - San Diego, California, USA - MAY 10, 2013

Pours very dark brown with some red hues and a thin tan head. The nose is caramel, molasses, rye spice. The taste is high sweet and low bitter with a more sweet finish. The texture is creamy, body is heavy and the finish is long. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

3.2

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20

Hophead22 (2814) - Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA - APR 6, 2013

Tap at the brewery. Rating #3. I enjoyed this IPA, had a real nice spicy rye presence, good stuff. (2635)

2.6

AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20

BMan1113VR (7420) - Los Angeles, California, USA - DEC 22, 2012

On tap. Pours with a hazed deep amber hued body with next to no head. Aromas are sweet, a bit boozy for 7.3%, some marzipan, spicy, sweet peach and floral hops. Estery. Flavors are grainy, grassy and spicy with some malt tannic extracted astringent bitterness. Very little hop flavor, maybe a bit of resin. Lots of caramel sweetness. Despite the poor formation/retention, there was reasonably high carbonation (2.6+).

3.4

AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

womencantsail (7104) - Garbage Grove, California, USA - DEC 12, 2012

A somewhat dark amber colored beer with an off-white head. Sweet malt and toffee aromas, a decent amount of rye and some nice hops. Mostly floral aromas, but some mild grapefruit peel and pine. Nice balance of sweetness and bitterness to the flavor. Rye, toffee, and toasted bread up front with some grapefruit peel, floral hops, and pine on the finish.

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