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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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aromas of orange and peach. Flavors are moderately bitter citrus. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2022
at 21:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Canned, enormous thanks Mowbeer! Hazy pale yellow-golden body. Citrus notes and candyish maltiness. Lean taste, light citric, light rubber touches. Sadly, not in 100% shape - wish I could've tried it fresh, but Ryan did his best to get it here, and didn't pick it without reason, so huge respect for that! Maybe it's the canning?
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2021
at 17:41
9/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2021
at 21:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Re-rating as this beer is much more vibrant on the second time. Maybe it is more fresh. Both the aroma, flavor and mouthfeel really jump out on this. Grapefruit and rind are HUGE! Rating from 10/31/20 - From bottle to glass. Grapefruit aroma and slight biscuit. Clear light gold with white head. Flavor is grapefruit and cracker malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2020
at 22:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Big grapefruit and some pine. Citrus is big here. Pours golden with good head and lacing. Bitter finish.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2020
at 15:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
500 mL bottle poured, shared by Tcon. Thanks! Quite the fun California haul! Soft cloudy golden pour, rocky foam head. Smooth taste, well balanced grains and grassy hops. Really flavorful hop linger. Excellent Simcoe showcase, and another solid hoppy Russian River offering. I miss traveling.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jun 2020
at 00:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours gold. Pine, orange, grapefruit, caramel, biscuit. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Nov 2018
at 22:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body to support a hop flavour that is fruity with some grassy herbal flavours with bitterness - The hop flavours with good bitterness goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 12 Sep 2018
at 15:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Russian River Brewpub, Santa Rosa. Pours light golden with a white head. Aroma of malt, fruity hops, citrus, light grapefruit. Flavor is light bitter, malt, fruity hops, citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 200718
Tried
on 20 Jul 2018
at 21:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Half pour at RR. Finishing the evening with a smooth pale. Bright golden small creamy head. Aroma is lively, fruity and sweet. Taste brings in more creamy smoothness, grainy, sweet and dry. Gentle and tasty. Full and rich. nice!
Tried
on 26 Jan 2018
at 03:51