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RATINGS: 894   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.3   EST. CALORIES: 156   ABV: 5.2%
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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


TomTron's rating

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
TomTron (299) - Aiken, South Carolina, USA - NOV 15, 2012
Pours a slightly hazy orange with a sudsy white head. Aromas of grassy hops and some yeast. Taste is a tad hoppy but the caramel malts are also there balancing it out. Seems the hops left on the tongue are more predominant in the aftertaste than in the initial sip. Not an outstanding representation of the style but a rather drinkable one that is widely available everywhere in my region.


most recent ratings

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Chudwick (1134) - Cincyucky, Kentucky, USA - JUN 18, 2013
12oz bottle - pours pale amber with off white froth. Nose is forest weeds. Flavor adds floral and herbal hops with a malty backbone. Moderately bitter and somewhat sweet.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
LiMuBai (97) - - JUN 14, 2013
Full foamy head, with a hint of hoppy aroma. A bit of a dry middle with a light bitter finish.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
solidfunk (1919) - Ontario, CANADA - JUN 13, 2013
A little bit of hops. Pours golden with good lacing and head. Finishes sour and a little bitter. Some pine and mint in hops, some malt. On tap at Tap42.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
deaconmike (118) - Roswell, Georgia, USA - JUN 12, 2013
420 is probably the most popular Atlanta beer; standard in most Atlanta restuarants and bars. This is just an overall drinkable beer - enough flavor and hops to be interesting, but not so robust and heavy that you can session it.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
1guywith_aboat (23) - phenix city, Alabama, USA - JUN 12, 2013
Bottle from tackle box to glass. Pours copper with small white head and minimal lacing. Aroma is bready and earthy. Taste is very mild hops with sweet malt in front. Very drinkable. Palate is medium thin with little carbonation. Great after a long overhead door kind of day. This is an excellent beer. Not exciting. But excellent.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jb (1821) - Rochester, New York, USA - JUN 12, 2013
Pretty good. At bully’s. Light hazy orange. Nose is nutty and yeasty. Palate is weighty. Hast the yeastiness. Also plenty of hops and a dry finish. Good.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
deadCATAtlanta (30) - Georgia, USA - JUN 8, 2013
Standard in ATL. Bro drink of choice. The new High Life. Good when it is the only option other then PBR.

4.5
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
bmet01 (5) - - MAY 31, 2013 does not count
I just drank a bottle of Sweetwater 420 in a glass from a bottle and I enjoyed this beer very much.From the aroma after I poured it to the taste which was I would say one of the best ive ever tasted.Highly recommended I think you will like this brew.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
AZBennett (112) - Chandler, Arizona, USA - MAY 29, 2013
Bottle courtesy of Biggsbowler. Pours a very dark gold with thin white fluffy head that fades and leaves minimal lace. Aromas are heavy on the caramel/sweet malt then a small dose of citrus and grass hops. Flavors are again sweeter than expected with the malts coming on strong and then fading into a bitter slightly citrus, grass and floral hop aftertaste. Palate is very thick for an Extra Pale Ale, its rather sticky and as heavy as some DIPAs. Overall, this is a barely above average Extra Pale Ale, lots of better examples out there IMO.

3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jonsin (22) - - MAY 27, 2013
Had it out of a bottle. Not much changed. A little flat, not hoppy enough for a pale ale. But even if it was hoppier, it would still taste funky. Bad combo of hops, and should have a little more body to support it. At least it’s clear.


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