Salad Bowl
Alvarado Street Brewery in Monterey, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.00
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A fresh, juicy ode to the Salad Bowl of the World...aka Salinas, CA. Peach & apricot forward ester profile from a colorful yeast strain, further augmented by a dry hop round of El Dorado, Amarillo, Citra & Nugget.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Slight haze, fairly tropical, light bitterness. Apricotty, orangey, fruity. Decent hazy.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2025
at 00:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL can on my 39th bday. Hazed blonde with small white head. Citra hops forward, mild biscuit malt, light oiliness, decent. Courtesy of bolavens.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2025
at 03:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz (thx, Josh) @ Ryan's on his 39th celebration.
Aroma: daaank (Farees' positive approval level).
Taste: along the same lines with noticeable bitterness, grassy, a bit flowery, some cat pees.
Overall: meh.
Aroma: daaank (Farees' positive approval level).
Taste: along the same lines with noticeable bitterness, grassy, a bit flowery, some cat pees.
Overall: meh.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2025
at 03:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can pour. Pours hazy pale yellow with a white head. Super dank nose with lots of juicy tropical fruits. Flavour is juicy and dank with notes of tropical fruit, some pine, dank oils. Nice, I really like the hop expression.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2025
at 23:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. tropical fruit and light lemon flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light lemon linger with light grapefruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of Salad Bowl Session on 14 Jun 2017 at 17:54 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Draft. Murky yellow beer with a cream head. Light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and tropical fruit flavor. Medium bodied. Grapefruit and tropical fruit lingers.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2021
at 21:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap at Gourmet Haus in Redwood City. Pours slightly hazed and yellow with moderate white head. Tropics on both the aroma and flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2021
at 00:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From tap at Original Gravity, San Jose. Hazy golden orange color with white head. Hoppy and malty aroma, citrus, stone and tropical fruits, light pine, caramel. Sweet and bitter fruity taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2018
at 13:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can pours out a hazy straw color topped with a white head. Nose is nice sweet tropical fruit hops and sweet candy. Taste is more of the nice sweet tropical fruit hops lots of over ripe notes.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2018
at 01:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can from share. Hazy golden small head subsides. Aroma is citrus, sharp, tropical. Taste is pineapple, grapefruit, tart, slightly tropical. Light bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jun 2018
at 01:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap. Pours cloudy yellow, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is pine, grapefruit, Vermont yeast. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, a tad sharp. Medium body. Xolid.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jun 2018
at 22:56