Row 2, Hill 56
Russian River Brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating|
Score
7.67
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100% Simcoe hops make up this beer from start to finish! It is named for the location in the experimental hop yard in Yakima, WA, where it was first created. Simcoe is grown by 3 families in the Yakima area, from all of whom we buy this particular hop (and other hops) — Carpenter, Perrault, and Smith. This is one of several beers we plan to make in our NEW “Hop Grower’s Series” highlighting certain hops from our growers! It has that trademark Simcoe nose with citrus and pine, nice bitterness and tasty hop flavors round it out.
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8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aroma has notes of cantaloupe, peach, pine, cannabis, tangerine, orange creamsicle. Taste is moderately bitter with a crisp, fruity, piney hop flavor profile. All the hop character of an IPA while being much more crisp and quaffable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2025
at 02:24
8.4/10
Hoppy, smooth and piney
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Dec 2024
at 19:49
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On tap. Pours a dull pale amber with moderate head. Aromas of bright piney hops, citrus, grass and dry toasted malts. Flavors follow same. Dry and grassy. Clean but nothing really special. Overrated.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2024
at 03:18
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draught at Monk's: pours gold with white head. Pine and some citrus. Crisp and refreshing. Medium bitterness. Not too sweet.
Tried
on 22 Sep 2024
at 21:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at APEX. Cloudy golden with medim white head. Hoppy, grassy, citrus, some pine. Soft texture. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
APEX
on 17 Dec 2023
at 21:33
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2023
at 23:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Brass Tap in Vacaville. Pours clear light golden with a small off-white head, good lacing. Grapefruit, pine, citrus zest. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2023
at 03:42
7.6/10
Clean, piney. American pale. Smooth and
Straightforward, really well-made
Straightforward, really well-made
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jan 2023
at 21:11
8/10
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jan 2023
at 15:06
8/10
I get a lot of the lychee, love it.
Tried
on 06 Nov 2022
at 16:00