3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/2012 oz bottle. Pours a translucent copper color with a small off-white head that slowly recedes to a fine film. The nose is spicy with salty herbs, rosemary, pepper and some light citrus. The flavor has bitter hops in the forefront, with spicy grains following. The palate is medium with lively carbonation. Finishes clean and dry with a bit of spicy hops. Overall: A very tasty ale, very sessionable. This went down way to fast.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours a light copper color. Moderate off-white head with good retention and moderate lacing. Medium rye and herbal hops in the aroma. Flavor is mild caramel malt, grassy and piney hops and a moderate dose of rye. The spiciness of the rye and bitterness of the hops predominate--I would have liked a bit more malt for some sweetness and balance. This is a beer that couldn’t really decide what it wants to be--it needs more hops and rye to be a really aggressive rye IPA. Or it needs more caramel sweetness to be a more "mainstream" beer. Instead, they split the difference and the result, while good, is not as good as it could have been.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a beautiful golden amber with a huge white head. Nose is citrus and hops. Very creamy on the palate, the taste is full of a fruity hops bouquet with a veiled malt backbone. Nice dry finish. This full bodied beer is best enjoyed with a deli sandwich, a dill pickle and chips.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Another winner from Chico! Brisk aromas abound, complex hops, rye and light caramel malts. Tart, peppery, bitter,sweet and earthy, they’re all in there. The rye is glorious in the finish especially, but hops are resinous and leathery throughout. Grapefruit and pine it does go on..yeah I liked it! How this delight would pair with a variety of foods adds to it’s overall score! Buy a 12 at the nice price enjoy now and make sure you fridge a few for that perfectly tasty cookout this summer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pour hazy copper full tan head. Aroma of rye bread, citrus. Mild sweet taste. Medium-full body, ave carbonation, thicker texture, finishes medium bitter and spice. This was a nice take on the IPA category, would drink again.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Bottle (2013). Browny red coloured body, thin dissipating head, very sweet and spicy aroma, quite a peaty rye taste up front, a little hop on the tongue followed by a really surprisingly smooth malty finish. Awesome little beer, Sierra Nevada never disappoints!
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours dark amber with a tan foam head. Smells of hops, spice, and malts. Tastes of citrus, hops, bitter, and grass. Finishes clean. Delicious RyePA. Yumm..
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
12 fl. oz. bottle. Orange-brown amber colour, foamy off-white head and aroma of bread & fruity mango resin hop. Taste is rye with a peppery, earthy, citrus, pine hop bitterness. Slightly oily spicy mouth feel, medium bodied, medium carbonation, nutty dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable IPA.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at the Hangover. Amber coloured with small white head. Aroma is funky, bit weird, wasabi or mustard or something, citrus bitterness. Taste is different, slight citrus bitterness, golden ale-like, citrus, malty, chewy. Slightly floral. Pretty nice.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Decent with fragrance. The taste is really good and tasty. Good aftertaste. Perfectly okay to drink beer anyway. Recommend it gladly.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nice amount of bitterness on top of a enjoyable malt base with the rye coming through well. Not the most aromatic of IPA’s.
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