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Pyramid Thunderhead India Pale Ale

Pyramid Thunderhead India Pale Ale

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66
overall
An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Pyramid Breweries Inc.

Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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5533.25/5.03.25/5.06.7%30Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Pyramid India Pale Ale has the distinctively hoppy flavor and aroma craft beer enthusiasts demand. Abundant helpings of Columbus hops gives this ale an astonishing 67 IBU's.

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 Hawksfan17 (657), Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20

Jul 15, 2008  
Caramel malt and hop aroma. Pours amber with a white head. It is bitter and hoppy all the way through. It has a slight metallic flavor.

tarheels86 (44), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Pours almost yellow with little head and low carbonation. Very bitter and unbalanced from the hops. But the hops is not smooth or citrusy or enjoyable. It is almost like chewing on raw hops buds. Aftertaste is similarly raw hops and very bitter and lingering. I would say too low gravity and too many IBUs.


Edgekrusher (58), , Alabama, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Light amber color with no head. Aroma of hops and citrus, but minimal. Taste of citrus and malts. Again, weak for an IPA. Refreshing, but seems macrobrew in effort.


 dp (488), uniontown, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/56/104/515/20
Sep 27, 2008  
bitter, hops make this very bitter, yet a sense a hint of malt, not certain how to explain the aroma other than a malty IPA? a good effort


 stchloe (197), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/102/511/20
Sep 27, 2008  
Very bitter IBU, but the hop profile is simplistic and could be improved. Otherwise tasty IPA.


 Delirium (433), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 21, 2008  
Bottle. Pours clear golden-amber with a moderate white head. Aroma is grassy and grainy, with some pine and citrus hops, and a bit of sweet malt. Flavor is an odd combination of sweet caramel malt, vegetal character, pine and citrus hops, and in the finish, quite bitter, woody hops. Hint of alcohol. Not bad.



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