Cheap Date
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.48
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If you're looking for uncomplicated fun, look no further, you've got a Cheap Date. A refreshingly hoppy and highly session-able pale ale that entices your palate with gorgeous aroma mirrored by its flavor, overloaded with tropical Citra hops, citrusy Simcoe hops, and the perfect malty balance.
1% of all Cheap Date sales are donated to the Kalamazoo Parks Foundation on behalf of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. For more info visit www.kalcounty.com/parks/krvt!
1% of all Cheap Date sales are donated to the Kalamazoo Parks Foundation on behalf of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. For more info visit www.kalcounty.com/parks/krvt!
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7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Slightly hazy gold with a foamy, off-white head. Grapefruit, lemon, pineapple aroma. Taste is crisp and clean grapefruit....very citric. Moderate peel bittering. Nice.....bright and refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2015
at 15:49
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a yellow-gold color with a large creamy yellow-white head that lingered and left great lacing. The aroma was dry, bitter and had a catbox presence. The flavor was dry, bitter, catbox and cactus. Long finsih. Medium body. Pretty awful.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jul 2015
at 08:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours a pale yellow with a white head. Aroma is a bunch of lemony citrus and some pine. Taste is much the same. Light bitterness. Light body without being watery.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2015
at 07:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours lightly hazy bright golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of lemon zest, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, orange peel, pine, cracker, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon zest, grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, orange peel, pine, cracker, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon/orange peel, grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, peach, pine, cracker, biscuit, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity and robustness of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; with a crisp malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, crisp, and moderately sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.5%. Overall this is a damn nice session IPA style. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of bright citrus/tropical/piney hops and light-moderate bready malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2015
at 20:52
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Slight smell of your mates bo right after sex. First taste has this quick citrus lemon blast but that fades quickly. On tap. Goes hoppy bitter during the session. Fruity backwash on each swig. Decent co2. Quite unique in its evolution. Bitter finish keeps poking thru, much more alky impact than listed here.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Sep 2013
at 09:38
7/10
Nice session
Tried
on 07 Jun 2013
at 16:18