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Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale

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75
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5723.31/5.03.3/5.05.2%75.4Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Our most popular beer. 420 Extra Pale Ale is a tasty West Coast Style Pale Ale with a good hop feel to it and a crisp finish. First brewed on April 20th, 1997 this beer has developed quite the following in the Southeast. Drink em if you got em

Medals: 2002 Silver Medal - Great American Beer Festival; 1997-2003 Creative Loafing - Readers and Critic’s Choice - Best Local Beer; Silver Medal winner at the 1998 World Beer Cup; Voted top ten beers in Atlanta by the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Malts: 2 Row, Munich, Carastan 30-37

Hops: Centenial, Cascade
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nicaboy (11), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2009  
I’m actually surprised this beer is as highly rated as it is. I have nothing against Sweetwater nor the style, but this one was just off somehow. the hop profile is very upfront, but it tasted like cheap, old hops that do little more than bitter the brew. There is a bit of honey in the nose and on the tongue. This beer really is extra pale...super clear and clears the palate a few seconds after swallowing. My bottle tasted a little overcarbed? There are other beers in the style I’ll go back to.


 beernovice39 (256), South Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Nov 2, 2009  
Light, crisp. Refreshing beer that is very drinkable, yet not outstanding. I suggest this as a vehicle beer to move your macro buds to the good stuff.


 cbeers21 (564), Miami, Florida, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/55/102/511/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Hmmmm, I might have been expecting something "extra" with this brew. I guess my preconceptions had clouded my impartiality to this brew because I found it pretty disappointing. I thought it was a little flat and fizzy with a slight cereal herby aftertaste. An earthy feel for sure, but I just dont think it jives well together. The sweetened honey grass didnt seem to work well together. I will try this again but maybe under different circumstances


 pineypower (1090), Pine Barrens, New Jersey, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Oct 26, 2009  
Tap at Paddy’s pub. Pours out a slightly hazy light orangy golden color with a moderate slightly off white head. Aroma is of some citrus, slight sweet fruity malts and a little bit of grain. Taste is of some grassy and citrus hops, light fruit and some bread notes. Finishes dry with some citrus notes.


 fata2683 (862), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/513/20
Oct 24, 2009  
bottle, pours hazy copper with a tall frothy off white head. Nice toasted nuts and hop aroma. Very sweet and bready malt almost rye flavors with a nicely balanced arangement of hop bitterness. Some piney and resin notes of hops with lemon peel and grapefruit lingering in the finish.


 FlssmrBrewAlum (1116), Lisle, Illinois, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 22, 2009  
12 oz bottle courtesy of GAManiac. Thanks, Grant! Pours a nice dark muted gold, a touch of haziness, a bit of orange, a moderate bright white cakey head that laces well. Aromas are lemony citrus, fresh cut grass, pale malts, a touch of bread. Nice. Initial is light bodied, lemon and lemonheads, grass, pale malts, bread, a bit of flowers. Light, lemon is the dominant factor, a touch of lemonhead or lemonade. Quenching, not too hoppy for a highly sessionable beer. A pretty good beer.


 GJF (498), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Very drinkable but a bit boring for an APA. Medium body, bit of grapefruit hop in the finish. Yea, yea, it’s OK.


 Jukkabro (3008), Tampere, Finland
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Oct 7, 2009  
(BBE 10/08) Orange colored with cloudy appearance. Little yellow head. Sweet and tangy aroma with honey and riped fruit lemony notes, some cardboard also present. Flavor is even more cardboardy with lemony and honeyish notes, definitely something to do with one year after BBE.



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