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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At the brewery. This is an IPA that I’d match with food - too many brewers are now making "doubles" or beers with so much hop complexity they can’t match with anything else. Not so here, paired with a strong cheese, cheddar or brie even, this is the perfect appetizer beer. My next adventure, pairing this against something spicy, like Buffalo wings...

UPDATED: JUL 10, 2010 Cask @ Parkway Tavern & tap @ Top of Tacoma. Golden orange, slightly hazy pour. Short but enduring off-white head that leaves a dense lace. Grassy hop nose and middle fading to a citrus finish. Chewy medium to heavy body with low carbonation and a solid maltiness and strong rum flavor underlying the middle and finish. This ale develops as you drink it - what more could one ask for! A pint from a fresh keg at Top’s revealed the 3 Grid to be a solid, balanced IPA with scads of pleasant hop flavors.

Cask @ Parkway Tavern & tap @ SE Tasting Room, Top of Tacoma and Red Hot. Golden orange, slightly hazy pour. Short but enduring off-white head that leaves a dense lace. Grassy hop nose and middle fading to a shortish citrus finish. Chewy medium body with low carbonation and a solid maltiness and strong rum flavor underlying the middle and finish. Balanced towards bitter, but sweet and umami are not ignored, as it should be in an IPA. This ale develops as you drink it - what more could one ask for! A pint from a fresh keg at Top’s revealed the 3 Grid to be a solid, balanced IPA with scads of pleasant hop flavors. Very sessionable, unlike too many West Coast IPAs.

Swing-top liter bottle, five and a half bucks (not including deposit) is a great deal for this one. Poured and looked good. Smells great - floral and piney. Tastes even better - very resinous and "weedy". Just as bitter as could be expected from this stellar example of a Northwest IPA. My new favorite!

Nice fresh hop aroma. This is a pretty tasty IPA. Some good bittering hops, and a nice dry finish. Very crisp end. Good stuff.

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.

34 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark gold with medium fluffy white head. Aroma of citrus hops. Taste is wall-balanced between the hops and malts, lots of hop flavor, but not too bitter. Really good!

UPDATED: APR 5, 2012 Slightly hazy and amber-orange. Pleasant malt flavors with a toasty, toffee-like quality along with some earthy bread dough. Very floral and perfume-like hops. Bold bitterness, yet not overdone. Tasty IPA.

UPDATED: JUL 9, 2008 Ah yes, the "old style" IPA, where the brewers aren’t trying to outdo everyone else, say "My beer is bigger than your beer" Orange amber,small beige head.Clean citrus nose.Nice rich malt start with lasting citrus/bitter hop finish. Perfectly balanced A classic IPA, the way it should be

UPDATED: MAY 15, 2011 Schooner Exact Brewing Company--Three Grid India Pale Ale--Bottle #2100--Bottled 01/20/2011--2011 32 oz. Growler Bottle. 6.70% ABV. 62 IBU’s. (3.75 / 5.0) Very thin thin lace white head. Clear bright dark gold color. Aromatic grapefruit citrus mild pine floral hop front. Dry thin sweet rich grapefruit citrus crisp clean mild hop resin body. Dry clean citrus hop spice refreshing end. Light bodied & very aromatic.Sampled 1/22/2011. Purchased for $10.25 including $5.50 growler deposit at PCC--Fremont, Seattle on 1/22/2011. Schooner Exact Brewing Company Three Grid India Pale Ale--Graphic 3 Grid Label--2011-B 34 oz. Growler. 6.70% ABV. 62 IBU’s. (3.75 / 5.0) Half inch lasting lacy off orange white rocky dense head. Fizz hazed clear bright rich dark gold color. Rich floral grapefruit citrus hop front. Crisp mild light textured mild sweet rich citrus mild hop resin zesty pale pils malt slightly fruity Cascade hoppy body. Dry balanced clean hop spice citrus end. Very aromatic big Cascade hop refreshing tasty IPA. Sampled 4/30/2011. Purchased for $10.25 including $5.50 Growler Deposit at PCC--Fremont, Seattle on 4/30/2011.