Dribble Belt
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Rotating|
Score
7.33
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HOPPY SESSION ALE
What the heck is a Dribble Belt? Aside from being a hoppy, tasty low-gravity session beer, a dribble belt is a very important component of a hop picking machine. The dribble belts separate the hop cones from the rest of the plant material- the vines, stems, and leaves. Multiple conveyors beneath the dribble belts collect the lightweight hop cones and carry them along through the machine to the kiln where they are dried. The vines, stems, and leaves are then transported to become compost. Interestingly, the hop picking machine was invented right here in Santa Rosa, California, by Florian Dauenhauer in the early 1940’s. This invention changed the hop farming industry forever. The dribble belt is the machine component that literally separated the hops used to make this beer!
Hops: Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado, Nectaron
What the heck is a Dribble Belt? Aside from being a hoppy, tasty low-gravity session beer, a dribble belt is a very important component of a hop picking machine. The dribble belts separate the hop cones from the rest of the plant material- the vines, stems, and leaves. Multiple conveyors beneath the dribble belts collect the lightweight hop cones and carry them along through the machine to the kiln where they are dried. The vines, stems, and leaves are then transported to become compost. Interestingly, the hop picking machine was invented right here in Santa Rosa, California, by Florian Dauenhauer in the early 1940’s. This invention changed the hop farming industry forever. The dribble belt is the machine component that literally separated the hops used to make this beer!
Hops: Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado, Nectaron
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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with medium white head that lasts leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is tropical fruit, dank, pine. Thin mouth, juicy, pineapple, dank, light bitter finish, very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 23:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft - Woody pine and peel. Clear gold with a decent white head. Woody, citrus peel and a nice bitter finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 23:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at the brewery In Santa Rosa. Clear mid orange golden coloured pour with a loose off white head. Aroma is composed of orange rind, little floral, honey. Flavour is composed of light pale grains, orange rind, mineral, crisp grains. Palate is crisp, moderate to high carbonation. Little resin. Solid session. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2016
at 23:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler from Russian River. Nose is grapefruit with light pine resin and a hint of orange. Lightly hazy orange yellow with a big off white head. Flavor is moderately bitter and citrusy. Good session IPA.
Tried
from Growler
on 18 Jan 2016
at 17:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Growler share at Capitol Beer. Pours lite brite gold with a white head. Aroma seems citrus. Med body, nearly. Flavor is hoppy and citrus. Malt supports in an unobtrusive manner. Finishes very hoppy in a very fresh way, and quite bitter. Over the top session ale.
Tried
from Growler
on 20 Sep 2015
at 18:47
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[2/12/15] Draught at Russian River in Santa Rosa. Clear golden. Hoppy aroma, quite citric. Dry flavor of citric and “green” hops and nice bitterness. Quite light-bodied. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 15 Mar 2015
at 20:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
on tap chiara limpida nota agrumata con una punta resinosa buona beva buon amaro finale
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Nov 2014
at 04:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at RR brewpub Santa Rosa, 27/04/14. Clear light golden with a moderate off white covering that dissipates to a swirl and edgework. Nose is juicy hops, citric sherbets, orange pith, light pine. Taste comprises orange pith, tangerine, straw, pine in abundence for the ABV, grapefruit tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good lick of hop bitterness. Solid session IPA - one of the best out there!
Tried
on 11 May 2014
at 08:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Clear orange appearance nose is lemon and hay taste is sweet , dry finish cloves and oranges. I’m really enjoying the citrus elements to this one. Maybe a wheat backbone. solidly drinkable and delicious.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2014
at 22:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap at the Brewery in February 2014. Clear golden with a small white head. Aroma and taste of citrus, hops, some herbal notes and light malt. Also notes of soap. Soft and easy to drink. An ok one.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2014
at 14:03