Tropical Summer Ale
Pivovar Národní in Prague, Prague, Czechia 🇨🇿
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.50
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at the brewery. Moderate body with bready grainy maltiness, even light caramel. Moderate carbonation. Med-med-high bitterness, the overall balance is not bad, but what it lacks is crisp hoppy flavour - instead seems grassy, vegetal. A touch of diacetyl as it warms up too. Average.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2019
at 09:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewpub. Almost clear, deep gold colored. AROMA- butterscotch, fruity, fruit pie, maracuja, tropical fruit, plums. FLAVOR- neutral, bitter, tropical fruit, pie, spicy and woody hops. Medium to fuller bodied. Good.
Tried
on 04 Jun 2019
at 12:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Národní, absolutely no info about it (yet) around, guess they ran out of Frog Prince 11° sooner than expected... damn. Anyway, amber body with a lasting off white head. Fruity, flowery, herbal hoppiness, slightly soapy notes create the aroma. Okay really. Taste... starts off with a touch of tropical fruit juice and then the huge herbal hoppy bitterness strikes and wipes it out, while traces of white bread crust emerge from the maltiness for a second. The bitterness subsides as the palate gets used to it and then a flowery, vaguely tropical maybe hoppy combo comes up front. Quite daring I guess, but the malty backbone doesn't contain the hoppiness well, and it ended up unbalanced
Tried
from Draft
on 29 May 2019
at 11:54