Overrated
Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating|
Score
7.39
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It’s been said, “It’s easier to brew an extremely hoppy beer than an extremely balanced beer.” And you know us, we are always looking for the easy way out, so we jumped on the West Coast IPA Bandwagon and brewed this dry and hoppy ale. “Surly’s a little bit of a one-trick pony, they just brew gimmick beers,” and maybe we are OVERRATED, but at the end of the day, it’s just a beer. If you like it, great, so do we. If you only liked us when we were small, then leave this one on the shelf. Let one of the fanboys grab it.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can at Bruce’s in London during Jack’s farewell tasting. Pours clear gold with a light, creamy white head. Some drying citrus in the nose, hints of anise, tangerine. Medium sweet flavor, some dry pale malts, tangerine, grapefruit, general pithy citrus. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Mild resinous pine to finish, dry pine needles too, decent bitterness, grapefruit peel, tangerine. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2013
at 11:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grapefruit hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jul 2013
at 10:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz can purchased at Princeton’s Liquors in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Canned on 7/2/13. The pour is a hazed golden copper with a smallish off white head. The aroma is floral resin, leafy hops with some caramel malt. The taste is a nice balance between the resin floral and the lightly sweet caramel, cracker, malt. Quite fresh and tasty. The palate is medium bodied, soft carbonation, and a dry resin mineral finish. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2013
at 12:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at OBF. Pours dark gold with a creamy white head. Aroma is hops over cooked malt. Med body. Flavor is quite hoppy - leading to a burn. Not harsh. Smooth compared to many NW IPAs. Seems primarily citrus. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jul 2013
at 22:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
can at ungstrup. clear yellow, small white head. aroma is bitter hops, slighlty malty. flavor is quite bitter hoppy, good malty balance, faint flowery notes.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jul 2013
at 14:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Casey very kindly brought this along, thanks Casey. Sat drinking this sat at home with Casey, Traci & Loz 08.07.13 Pours golden in fact it might be a little more edging towards straw coloured, slight haze and a white head. Good punchy bitterness, but this is tempered by a malty base. This is reasonabley bitter with a little grapefruit pithiness, but aligned with a good sweetness also, fruity, decent, IPA. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9
Tried
on 09 Jul 2013
at 01:48
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, rich hops, flowers, pine, citrus and apricot. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2013
at 07:31
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, Amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, peach and grapefruit, Flavour is malt, fruit, citrus, grapefruit, pine, hops, little sweet and bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2013
at 07:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can @ fonefan tasting. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 290613
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jun 2013
at 07:31
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
16 oz can from De Bierkoning. Clear golden to orange color. Uneven, off white head with good retention & lacing. Aroma’s: piney hops, some malty sweetness. Retronasal there’s some earthiness, but also bready malts, slightly roasted even. Flavor is rather bitter, slightly fruity. Mouthfeel is a bit thin (for the 7.3% ABV that it has). Finish is still bitter, a bit roasted, a bit herbal. Not the best IPA ever, but definitely decent.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2013
at 12:45