India Pale Ale
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.12
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A hop lover’s delight! In the India pale ale tradition, this brew is very hoppy in both aroma and flavor from the generous amounts of Cascade hops used in brewing. Look for a medium to full body and golden straw color.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear copper with light tan head and spotty lacing. The aroma is full of mild caramel malts and sweet pale malts mixing with faint vague earthy to spicy hoppiness. I got almost zero hops in the nose for this IPA. Luckily the taste comes through with a pulse of modest tangelo, spice hops and earthy hoppiness before bolder notes of lightly roasted malts, mild caramel malts and general malty sweetness take over. Beyond midway is another tepid wave of hop bitterness. It ends with mild roasted malts and fading hop bitterness. Well, if I’m in the mood for an IPA I probably wouldn’t go with this one.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2009
at 21:54
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Pour is a copper with a small white head. Aroma is mostly bitter citrus with almost nothing in the way of hops. Flavor is some light caramel malts with a bit of citrus in there. Where are the hops? Not even close to what the style should be. A total crapfest!
Tried
on 31 Oct 2008
at 20:53
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle. Reddish amber pour with a 2-finger head. Good retention and lacing. Leafy, vegetal hop aroma. Bitter citrus hop taste turns more leafy in the finish. Some caramel malt is there. Watery in spots.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2008
at 18:05
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle. Clean, filtered golden color. Done in the English style as opposed to the West Coast version. Crisp and refreshing, with a solid hop aroma and taste presence. Nothing that’s gonna knock your socks off, but a pretty quality IPA from old Saranac.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2008
at 21:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Well, this was pretty much a standard and mediocre IPA. Completely uninteresting, but easy to drink. It isn’t like they did anything wrong with this beer, but they didn’t try really hard at all. Enough hops, not enough alcohol, not enough complexity. Looks pretty standard. Can’t complain about the head. Feels ok to drink.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2008
at 12:08