The Apprentice
Societe Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.40
|
|
This burly West Coast IPA is the result of long hours in the hop shop. The Apprentice is back overhauled and rebuilt with a nod to the past and an eye on the road ahead. Chrome hubs and candy paint might turn heads, but this beast is built for speed, barreling through the finish line with potent hop power.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at City Beer. Bright straw gold with some hazy and a lacy head with legs. Dry citrus nose, straw, light malt. Nice bit of sweetness, good malt flavor, lovely fruit. Rounded, peaches, oranges, some tropical fruit. Dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Feb 2016
at 02:44
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured a clear golden color with a small white head. Aroma was light tropical fruit notes with some light citrus and some light malts. Flavor was hops, light bitter notes, touch of fruity character to it. Pretty tasty.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2015
at 12:43
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Clear pale golden color. Frothy white head with tropical fruity nose. A bit more malty character than other beers, a bit of buscuit and I wonder about crystal malts (?), meaning a bit of sharpness than other beers. Lots of tropical fruit and less bitter than the pupil. Very nice.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2014
at 23:31
8.1/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Toronado, SD, 12/11/14. Clear golden blonde with a moderate off white covering. Nose is skunked hops, pine, bitter citric peel, orange pith, tangy grapefruit. Taste comprises a nice level of skunkage, pine needles, light floral notes, grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with hop bitterness well represented. Kin Solid IPA !
Tried
on 19 Nov 2014
at 15:15
9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Poured up on tap at the brewery where it exhibits a clear pale gold body that supports a near white head that leaves behind some spotty lacing. The aroma is a juicy mix of mango, cantaloupe and lime as well as having a thin onion spicy hop edge to it. This smells Nelson-ish as it gets slightly white wine like at the end of the draw. The taste is thick rich Nelson goodness supported by sweet clean thin maltiness where notes of tangelo, mango and cantaloupe fruitiness bubbling up along with just a sliver of sweet white wine grape sensation to midway. Toward the finish it picks up resiny almost onion like earthy hoppy notes that inject short spikes of bitterness into the involved juiciness that’s going on here. This is every bit Alpine Nelson that I have ever had. Is it better . . .
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Oct 2014
at 21:56