Hoppy Birthday
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Special|
Score
7.38
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Hoppy Birthday is known as “The world’s most celebrated beer.” A Pale Ale, it benefits from a heavy dose of dry-hopping and is truly a gift to the senses. This bold brew has an intense hop-bitterness, but the pine aroma is the star of the show.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Golden colour with thin head. Aroma and flavour are certainly in the category of earthy, resinous, piney hop.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2016
at 16:42
6/10
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Tried
on 23 Mar 2016
at 20:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Watering Hole. Clear, deep gold with a thin white head that lingers. Juicy grapefruit, orange and pine on the nose with some biscuity malts. Beautifully balanced on the palate. Quite bitter, but so well-balanced for a session IPA. Above average carbonation with a medium body. Bitter finish with lots of lingering citrus juiciness. Fantastic. --- Beer merged from original tick of Alpine Beer Company Hoppy Birthday on 20 Mar 2016 at 16:53 - Score: 8. Original review text: Perfectly Bakanced. Good citrus and pint glass ors. Pithy bitter finish. Fantastic IPA
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Mar 2016
at 07:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Nearly clear, orange-gold with a thin white head. BIG pine and grapefruit-peel aroma..... Orange malt, more pine and grapefruit taste. Strongly hopped and well carbonated. Loaded with aromas and flavour.....really nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2016
at 20:43
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy golden color with white head. Aromas of pine and citrus with a hint of malt. Similar flavors with a touch of sweetness and a dry finish. Medium body with average carbonation.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2016
at 13:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12 fl oz bottle brought back across the pond from sunny California by Colin, my thanks to him. A golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Superb hoppy, peach, caramel aroma. Tastes the same, hoppy, peach, caramel, a little pine and slightly bitter. I could drink this all evening, lovely SIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2016
at 10:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Earthy/catty pine/grapefruit peel and orange caramel malt aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet orange-caramel malt and moderately bitter earthy/cattty pine/grapefruit peel flavor. Decent body. A great SIPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2016
at 21:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
(On tap @ VilleValla Pub, Linköping, Feb 16 2016) Pours clear pale orange with a small white head and lace. Grapefruit, orange, pineapple, pine, slightly oniony, grass, light grain and caramel. Palate is pretty dry and moderately bitter with grapefruit peel and grass to the fore, some pine needles. Rather mineral and crisp. Finish is moderately bitter, pith and grapefruit zest and grass. Fairly light body, above average carb. This is a pretty nice as a session IPA, very drinkable but nothing very exciting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Feb 2016
at 15:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Keg at BrewDog Kungsholmen, Stockholm. Clear deep golden, small head. Generous aroma of pears, pink grapefruit and lychee. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Somewhat caramelly with a wealth of pears, passionfruit and resin. Very bitter resiny finish. Quite attractive hops, but quite simplistic and edgy underneath.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2016
at 11:01
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught at Brill/Folkis. Hoppy zest and passion fruit. Bitter and drinkable.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2016
at 14:06