Savant IPA
Elysian Brewing in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.21
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Without knowing quite why, Savant IPA knows a lot. It knows that it’s built on Northwest 2-row malt, with touches of Munich, Cara-red and C-120 Crystal. It knows that it weighs in at around 6.3% alcohol by volume, that it’s bittered with Northwest Chinook and finished with fruit-juicy New Zealand Nelson Sauvin hops. It knows that it’ll be back as the first Manic IPA from Elysian Brewing in the new year of 2014, available in 22-ounce bottles and on draft. It knows that 22 ounces is the same as a touch over 650 milliliters (and 13012 drops for anyone who’s counting), but what it mainly knows is that it’s a great beer.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Hazy copper coloured body with an orange glow and a thick, two centimetre tall off-white head - nice. Aroma of peaches, bright grapefruity hops and yes, the best smell of all, passionfruit. Medium-bodied; Strong herbal and slightly grapefruity hops at first gives way to a good malt backbone showing some depth and then a mild hop bitterness at the end. Aftertaste isn’t too complex with only a handful of light fruit flavours capturing anything more from the light herbal hop notes and the mild malt. Overall, a good IPA, but nothing more and nothing less - doesn’t really compare to some of the best IPAs, but its definitely drinkable. Whether or not its worth searching out for, is up to you, but I wouldn’t really look for this one at all if I knew better - there are far too many IPAs better than this one. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from New Beer Distributors in New York, New York on 09-June-2012 for US$7.25 sampled at home in Washington on 01-September-2012.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2012
at 22:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Blind Tiger, Manhattan - 01/03/12. Hazy orange colour with a frothy finger of off-white head. Hoppy citrus nose, orange predominates and a touch of lemon. Taste as nose with a certain amount of malts in the body and a tangy finish. Medium bodied/carbonation. OK - not as bitter as I’d expected from a west coast IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Aug 2012
at 01:55
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear deep amber, faint head. Floral nose with grapefruit, pear and mint. Sweet, medium bodied, rounded mouthfeel. Salty bitterish finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2012
at 13:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
650 ml bottle. Pours a copper orange with medium head which dissipates but leaves heavy lacing. Aromas of grapefruit and pitted fruit. Very fruity taste, citrus, yep passionfruit, and peach. Light bitter finish. A very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 12:59
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear copper. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, citrus, resin, and a bit of malt. Medium bodied. Flavor is much the same. Sweet malts, pine, citrus, light grapefruit. Enjoyable. My first go around With the Nelson Sauvin hop. Quite nice.
Tried
on 28 Apr 2012
at 15:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bomber bought at Super 1 in Rathdrum, ID. Aroma is grapefruit citrusy hops, peaches, cat box. Pours hazy orange with a thick orange-beige lacy head with great retention. Taste starts out lightly sweet with a touch of sour before quickly turning bitter and remaining that way through the long finish. Carbonation is average, texture is a tad watery. Solid.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2012
at 20:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Location: 22 oz bottle from State Line, 4/10/12
Aroma: The nose is fairly hoppy, with a good amount of citrus and tropical fruit notes
Appearance: It pours a cloudy caramel color with a nice sized white head and good lacing
Flavor: Tastes light-mid sweet and fairly heavy bitter, similar to the nose plus a nice pine presence too
Palate: The body is medium, it has a creamy feel, some smoothness, and a rather dry finish as well
Overall Impression: I was fairly impressed by this one. It is a nice IPA with a good hoppy presence to it. Those who like their IPAs to have a nice citrus and tropical fruit presence should enjoy this one for sure. I know I did.
Aroma: The nose is fairly hoppy, with a good amount of citrus and tropical fruit notes
Appearance: It pours a cloudy caramel color with a nice sized white head and good lacing
Flavor: Tastes light-mid sweet and fairly heavy bitter, similar to the nose plus a nice pine presence too
Palate: The body is medium, it has a creamy feel, some smoothness, and a rather dry finish as well
Overall Impression: I was fairly impressed by this one. It is a nice IPA with a good hoppy presence to it. Those who like their IPAs to have a nice citrus and tropical fruit presence should enjoy this one for sure. I know I did.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2012
at 17:23
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
22oz bottle pours a hazy, dark orange with some cloudy white head. Nose is sweet, garlicky, onion, lime, orange, a little caramel. Flavor of oranges, sweet, bitter grapefruit, a little white grape juice. Full bodied, sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2012
at 15:48
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Draught. Rather ordinary looking IPA. Wonderful floral aroma, with some forest-y tunes. Full bodied, well balanced the brewer allowed the malt its song. Lingering hop finish.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2012
at 14:48
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bomber from Malt & Vine. Pours clear copper with a creamy/bubbly beige head. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruit. Seems guava to me. Near full bodied. Lots of floral and fruit. Not exactly guava but close. Also grapefruit rind. There’s some light caramel for backbone. It’s marvelously hoppy and bitter.
Tried
on 13 Mar 2012
at 17:21