First Cast IPA
Elevation Beer Company in Poncha Springs, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.49
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint at Crave in Buena Vista. Pours a clear, golden color, with a medium, frothy, white head. The aroma is orange peel, cloves, caramel, dry grass, and light rose. Sweet and nicely malty, with a crisp, pleasant bitterness. Light, grainy, and crisp. Standard, easy IPA, but well done.
Tried
on 08 Aug 2023
at 16:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottles from Small Batch 7-13-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2021
at 17:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From a 12 oz. can. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aroma of grass and hay. Flavors are moderately bitter with some floral notes. Crisp, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2018
at 19:28
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Canned May 11th.
Hazy straw gold pour, large head of foam that shrinks quickly.
The smell is on the dank side. Bitter hops, some onion, light cracker.
Not as dank a taste as the smell implied. Grass and grapefruit bitterness, some mild sweetness from the malt, a bit rough around the edges.
Good enough mouthfeel. Decent IPA.
Hazy straw gold pour, large head of foam that shrinks quickly.
The smell is on the dank side. Bitter hops, some onion, light cracker.
Not as dank a taste as the smell implied. Grass and grapefruit bitterness, some mild sweetness from the malt, a bit rough around the edges.
Good enough mouthfeel. Decent IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jul 2018
at 21:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Golden body with a frothy white head, diminishing. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel, pine, resin, light ammonia. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/syrupy texture, lively carbonation. Initially sweet, but resin/pine and a slight onion taste finish it off.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2017
at 13:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at a friend’s wedding, pours an amber with some white head. Nose has orange, some soap, some pine, fairly mild, a little grass, some toffee and malt. Flavor has toffee and bread crust, malt, orange, pine. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jun 2015
at 22:13
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at several locations near Salida. Nice copper color, thick head. Mild hop aroma with pine and citrus. Flavor has some sugar, and also hops but is only moderately bitter. but it is good flavor and seems to be fresh. Retried several years later from a can. Substantially better this way, lots of fruit, some flowers. Sugar. Good ipa.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Sep 2014
at 14:29
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle @SBWF 2013
Clear amber color, small white head. Ryeish, resiny, hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied. Resiny, a bit musty, not so fresh perhaps. Lingering hoppyness in the aftertaste with some alcohol.
Clear amber color, small white head. Ryeish, resiny, hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied. Resiny, a bit musty, not so fresh perhaps. Lingering hoppyness in the aftertaste with some alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2013
at 00:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF2013. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, mildly apricotty along with some sweet maltiness to it. Flavour is quite fruity, some wooden notes with also mild grass, crisp maltiness as well as some mild floral notes. Balanced, and refreshing IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Oct 2013
at 21:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From bottle @ sbwf13. Poured golden with a lasting white head. Fruity, floral, perfumy notes in aroma. Flavor has cantaloupe, floral notes, hops. Bitter hoppy fruitiness in finish.
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Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2013
at 01:25