IPA
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Hermitage Brewing CompanyIPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.22
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Introducing our year-round Almanac IPA, a West Coast hop bomb overflowing with hop flavors and aromas. We start with a copper-hued malt base of California-grown two-row barley, German Vienna Malt, Crystal Malts and Biscuit Malt. Then we start layering on the hops—grown all along the west coast in California, Oregon and Washington. We combine Magnum, Chinook, Cascade, El Dorado and Simcoe to create our own unique twist on the IPA style with intense aromas of grapefruit and tangerine peel, pineapple and pine trees. The finish has a clean bitterness and light saltine cracker note.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bier:Thirty. Soft, mellow aroma leads into a more pungent taste. Hops blend well adding tons of citrus essence without overdoing the bite. Clear, medium golden body with small creamy off white head. Malt still present in the background, adding a hint of sweetness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 May 2015
at 21:46
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft 100, CBC Clapham, 02/04/15. Lightly hazed golden topped with a decent off white swirl. Nose is tropcial fruit, straw, melon, peach, bitter orange, trace of paper. Taste comprises punchy citrics, orange pith, pissy citrics, melon, dank hop notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with dank hop strokes. Decent dank hopped IPA.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2015
at 04:16
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Craft 100. It pours hazy gold with a small white head. The nose is soft, juicy, tropical citrus fruits, mango, pine and apricot. The taste is crisp, bitter, grainy, straw, pine, lemony sherbet, grapefruit, orange rind, grass, biscuit and light alcohol with a lingering dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Crisp and rather quaffable.
Tried
on 06 Apr 2015
at 04:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Craft 100 April 2015 - London. Pours lightly hazy gold with a tight, creamy white head. The nose holds marmalade, aged pine and pale, bready malts. Medium sweet flavor with biscuity pale malts, Earl Grey tea, pine, crackers. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Lightly resinous to finish with further pale bread, ripe citrus, pine. Not bad for an Atlantic-aged IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2015
at 02:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Hoppy Loft, 5th March 15. Lots of hops, well balanced and a very decent IPA. Taste is grapefruit and other citrus pith, marmalade. Fairly full bodied, easy to drink, long lingering bitter finish. nice stuff
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2015
at 00:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Fermentoren, Århus. Pours slightly hazy golden with a creamy white head. Aroma of light malt, grass, fruity hops, peach, sweet citrus, orangepeel. Flavor is rather sweet, malt, sweet fruity hops, peach, melon, citrus. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish. 030315
Tried
on 03 Mar 2015
at 14:56
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @ Fermentoren, Aarhus. Hazy golden with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity and oranges. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 010315
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Mar 2015
at 09:20
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle to tulip. Massive hop aroma of grapefruit, citrus with slight pine backing. Hazy sunned orange with an off-white head that leaves quickly but has slight patterns on the glass. Flavor is grapefruit, with more overt resins and pine floor than the aroma. Stone wheat malt leads to a medium-full mouthfeel. Dry-ish finish is pleasing. A very good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2014
at 19:50