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RATINGS: 48   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.06   IBU: 60   EST. CALORIES: 180   ABV: 6%
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A dry, refreshing IPA with agressive hop character. This beer is certainly a cousin of Prescription Pale but is straw-colored, lighter bodied, and has a decidedly English hop bill. Challenger, Northdown, Fuggles and Goldings are all used although a noticable addition of Cascades keeps this ale anchored in the U.S. style. With five hop varieties and five additions this IPA has the most complex hop character of any of our beers. Pale malt comprises most of the grist but some light crystal malt and a bit of malted wheat (for taste, body and head retention) round out this beer nicely. 60BUs


2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
duff (5483) - St, Margarets, Greater London, ENGLAND - MAY 25, 2004
Tap-Magnolia Pub and brewery, San Fransisco- didn’t have too many notes on this. Hops are lemony and tangy, bit grainy as a lot of the beers from Magnolia tended to be. Thin and not very interesting. Not too bad though.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
bb (4887) - Alamo, California, USA - APR 23, 2004
Draft. Deep red color with a big off-white head. Sweet malt aroma behin hops. Grapefruit flavor with a sweet backing. Clean finish with a lingering bitterness.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
dahatherley (35) - Los Angeles, California, USA - APR 3, 2004
On tap @ Barclay's. Slightly hazy burnt orange body. Medium hop bitterness with slight lemon flavor. Medium-high carbonation.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
stephen (308) - California, USA - DEC 1, 2002
Average. Hopping is a combination of English and PNW hops so it is somewhat interesting but the flavors are not blended. Cask.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
sarie99 (49) - San Francisco, USA - DEC 1, 2002
On cask. Floral and cascade mix - very good blend. Appearancea and aroma good.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 14/20
mwsf (360) - San Francisco, California, USA - OCT 2, 2002
On cask: Cloudy copper color. No head although it’s on cask so that’s somewhat to be expected. Malty aroma with some yeast, alcohol, cascade hops but not overwhelming. Well balanced malty flavor. Medium bitterness. Light caramel flavor. Some sourness. Medium body. Creamy. Pretty good British IPA although the sourness is a bit off-putting.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jazz88 (2396) - San Francisco, California, USA - AUG 10, 2002
Tap. A hop flavor that is crisp and dry, but hops alone does not make a great IPA.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
argo0 (9265) - Washington DC, USA - FEB 7, 2002
Tasting Notes from Fall 2000: Complex, well-rounded. Bitter, still needs a bit of improvement for its finish


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