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Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
7213.36/5.03.36/5.06.9%55.3Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Brewed using a blend of English malts. Magnum hops are used for the early hop addition, with Goldings for finishing and dry hopping. A very flavorful and hoppy ale.
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 hughie (3048), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Aug 6, 2007  
Golden amber with a large white head. Sweet spicy aroma. Sweet, fruity, slightly citric taste with melon. Pleasantly crisp bitter finish. Easy drinker.


 dornoy (680), Lyngby, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/515/20
Aug 4, 2007  
Thick off-white head on an amber body. Nice hoppy taste, strong flavour and altogether a good IPA, my favourite kind of beer.


 NosirIwont (1168), Aalborg Vestby, Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Aug 3, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a clear, golden amber with a big, lasting off-white/yellowish head. Nice lacing. Dryish hoppy aroma on a malty background. Flavour is sweet and hoppy with lots of malt. Wooden notes. Bitter licorice finish with lingering apple notes. Notes of alcohol. Faint milky notes appear as it warms. Fair, but I’ve had better IPA’s. 04-08-07.


 Furseth (1328), Kungälv, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/104/516/20
Aug 1, 2007  
Bottle: Clear red colour, with a nice creamy head. Aroma of hops, flowers and a nice citrus ending. Flavor is almost the same, werry nice hopy mouth feeling, medium body and a nice hopy,citric medium finish. Nice IPA


 nearbeer (1834), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Aug 1, 2007    Updated: Feb 15, 2008
Bottle, w/2007 on neck. New copper pipe and orange-colored, with a medium and lasting head. Grapefruit-pine and cereal nose. Flavors of citrus-resin balanced well by sweet barley-oat cereal, malted goodness. Mmmm, yummy. Palate is almost medium bodied and mostly smooth with a slight dry-bitter grass finish. Awesome. Much better than the APA. I could drink this stuff all day.


 TechMyst (166), Fox River Grove, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/514/20
Jul 31, 2007  
Was glad to see Sierra Nevada’s IPA in. I wanted to try this once before but the supplier ran out. Got a sixer. Murky orange with orange head. Medium mouthfeel leaving a slick palate. slight lacing. All bitter, very low malt profile. Conditioning was not harsh, but a little too "active." This’ll put a ding in the drinkability for me. Good beer, a little under what I expected; so I’ll have to be careful to not bias my rating. Easy to get buzzed on. After finishing the sixer over a few days, I do think this is very drinkable...


 jarspag (594), Los Angeles, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 30, 2007  
Let down. Period. The pale ale is better, how often do you see that happen? This beer is mess - bitter in all the wrong ways. Passssss


 FatPhil (3467), Espoo, Finland
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 30, 2007  
355ml bottle. Dark orange, thin fizzy head. Oak and apple and alittle whisky on the nose. Taste is very different - extremely hoppy, buttery malt, and some alcohol. Alas the hops dominate and the hops are drowned - unbalanced. I was hoping Sierra Nevada wouldn’t catch the US ’IPA’ disease, but alas they have.



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