Lucky Bucket Brewing Company India Pale Ale (IPA)

India Pale Ale (IPA)

 

Lucky Bucket Brewing Company in La Vista, Nebraska, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.81
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 65 Ticks: 32
Lucky Bucket’s Original American IPA begins with a nice malt bill that lets the brew stand up to the mountain of hops added later. After the boil, the hot wort (the beer before it’s really beer) is fired through a hop back, a unique four-barrel stainless steel tank filled with a gratuitous amount of raw flower Amarillo, Centennial, and Cascade hops, extracting the aromatic oils and flavor of the hops. Followed with additional dry hopping in the fermenter, the end result is a big, well-balanced West Coast-style IPA with terrific hop flavor and aroma.
 

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8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap at the Aldgate. Golden amber colour, small gold head. Aroma, lots of bitter hops, citrus, ultra grapefruit. Taste very bitter, lots of grapefruit, something stronger even. Bit of biscuit malt but citrus dominated. Full on. Ok, but nothing really stood out for me. Second time, October 2014, same but with minerals, tropical fruit, much better. Sherbert. What went wrong last time?

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2019 at 15:54



6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Truck off and I heard crystal-clear golden color. Aroma of resin, citrus, Light pine. Flavor shows subtle fruits and a mild caramel malts. Doesn't become overly sweet. Medium - light bodied.

Tried on 05 Sep 2017 at 17:20


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Deep copper coloured copper coloured body that’s fully clear with a large, five centimetre tall slightly off-white head. Aroma of rye, malt, toasted malt, grain, alcohol and a bit of hay with some noticeable hop elements throughout. Medium-bodied; Assertive flavours of grain and rye, especially with some nuts, earth, caramelised sugars and malt noticeable coupled with the lighter alpha acid hops. Aftertaste shows some robust flavours with mostly malt flavours, a little sugars and a touch of hops. Overall, a nice IPA for Nebraska, and one to try if you can find it - a good East Coast IPA that’s from west of the Mississippi! I sampled this stubby twelve ounce bottle purchased from the Class VI Liqour Store on Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska on 26-October-2016 for US$8,99/six pack sampled at home in Washington on 01-September-2016 after working a long time at a big building in Arlington, Virginia.

Tried from Can on 02 Sep 2016 at 03:10


5.5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

12oz bottle thanks to HuskerTan
Pours clear dark golden with a small off-white head, light lacing. Aroma is fruity, caramel and grassy. Taste is grassy, caramel, dusty and piney
Decent, malty and pine resin

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2016 at 23:22


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at Watering Hole. Served in a shaker pint. Hazy amber color with a slight head. Big pine needle and citrus hops on the nose with aromas of toffee and caramel as well. Taste is more of the same although really well-balanced. Full-bodied with a slightly rich and creamy mouthfeel. A touch of caramel goodness on the palate with a nice dry hoppy finish. Solid IPA. --- Beer merged from original tick of IPA on 06 Aug 2015 at 19:41 - Score: 7

Tried from Draft on 07 Mar 2015 at 21:42


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

12 ounce bottle from Libation Station. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized fizzy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of resin, citrus, pine hops with some tart fruits and a moderate non-descript maltiness. The taste is citrus hops, stone fruits and caramel malts. Medium bodied.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2014 at 23:35


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Draft - Fresh sweet grapefruit. Pale gold with a nice beige head. Sweet citrus, well balanced with malt and a light bitterness. Very well balanced mild IPA.

Tried from Draft on 10 Dec 2013 at 02:00


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Given past experiences with this brewer, I was expecting this to be complete garbage juice - thankfully, I am pleasantly surprised - it is a bit overly sweet, but the sweetness is clean and does not keep the pine and citrus intensity of the hops from shining here - there is a light gingerbread note that also adds an interesting dimension - decent.

Tried on 16 Jul 2013 at 18:19


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, peach. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp hops, fruit, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20130406]

Tried from Bottle on 26 May 2013 at 08:22