Schooner Exact 3 Grid IPA

Brewed by Schooner Exact Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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From tap at Hales. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, citrusy and light mango. Bitter, crisp fruity and citrusy hoppy. Bitter and mango fruity lingering finish.

Draught @ WABF 2008. Pours a hazy orange color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy piney aroma with some hints of caramel. Sweetish malty hoppy piney and grapefruit flavor. Malty hoppy bitter finish with hints of citrus in the aftertaste.

UPDATED: JAN 15, 2012 Hazy amber with a thin head. Herbal, woody c-hop action on the nose with maybe some amarillo as well. A little bit watery but burly woody bitterness. Decent IPA.

UPDATED: JUN 26, 2011
Name: Exact 3-Grid
Brewery: Schooners Grille & Brewery
Date: September 04, 2009
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brouwer’s, Seattle
Appearance: opaque burnt orange, frothy off white head
Aroma: sweet caramel malt aroma, lots of earthy hops
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, caramel sweetness, well balanced earthy hops, touch of grassyness, nice bitterness leaves a long bitter finish
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

One liter bottle that suggests growler. This from Malt & Vine. Pours hazy light amber with a frothy 2 finger off-white head. We’re talking NW IPA here. Aroma of citrus over mild roast caramel. Med+ body. Flavor starts malty, but the hop (I think both citrus and resin) sort of knocks the malt out of consideration. It is marvelously bitter. It may not be the most bitter NW IPA ever, but if that’s what you want, well, this should be in the top ten(for now). Wow, but this is damn good ale.

1 litre swing top bottle poured a clear amber with a lasting creamy amber head. Aromas of biscuit, floral notes, earthiness, mint, light grapefruit and a hint of pine. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, earthiness, citrus and a hint of pine with a smooth dry earthy finish.

Sample at the brewpub. Pours a clear golden-amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, grapefruit and malt. Medium-bodied with a moderately bitter hops character and notes of citrus and sweet malt. The finish is hoppy with a citrus and pine aftertaste. Decent overall.

Dark gold/amber colored beer with a nice oily looking head. The aroma is of toasted caramel malts and very woody/floral/piney/citrus hops. The flavor is a grimy pine/citrus bitterness with some caramel malt and some butter which detracted a little because I really liked the hops. Seemed a little grainy and gritty and a touch rough around the edges. I did like it because of the hops.

Draft at Uber. Light burnished copper. Slightly hazy. Light creamy off-white head. Decent sheets of lace. Big buttery nose. Creamy medium body. Butter piney mango mid-palate. Resiny finish. Too bad. This beer could have been something, and I am definitely giving it potential points across the board for when he gets the DMS under control. But right now it should come with popcorn.

Draught at Brouwer’s Café: Amber, lively carbonation, large finely bubbled head, very nice lacing.   This beer looks great!   Citrus rind aroma that translates directly on the tongue.   Also fairly earthy.   A little astringent, but certainly more flavorful than many that I have tried lately.   Moderate malts, enough to carry this one through nut it could stand to be a bit heavier and sweeter.   Then you’d have something.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Lingering earthiness.   Decent, but wished it were a bit more floral and certainly a bit sweeter to counter act the astringency.