Juniper IPA
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.56
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For this special release, we wanted to brew a flavorful winter IPA that captured the aroma of the season. This brought us to juniper berries, which add a slightly sweet, piney character. Complemented by citrus notes from American hops, this balanced IPA will brighten the holidays. Cheers!
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
bottle - Clear amber-orange pour, small off-white head... it has a mild aroma with some citrus and a bit of pine. The flavor is moderately bitter with sweet caramel malt. It’s medium bodied and overall pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2014
at 11:21
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Poured a light amber color with a pretty large, fluffy white head. Aroma was some pine, juniper notes, citrus body. Flavor was pine, juniper, biscuit malt notes. Actually pretty refreshing for a standard SA beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2014
at 18:36
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance had a slightly clear copper/bronze colored body with a full two finger white foamy head that rises a bit above the glass and dies within two minutes leaving some decent speckled clingy lacing gracing the sides of the glass
The smell had piney hops, juniper with some toasted malt.
The taste was resinous sweetness that comes across with the juniper pretty well, sweet sticky aftertaste and finish.
The palate was about a light to medium, mostly sessionable, carbonation comes across smoother than most AIPA’s but still good for the most part, and for me.
Overall, this was a good AIPA that adds in a different element that I’m not used to having, way to go Sam Adams, I’d have this one again.
The appearance had a slightly clear copper/bronze colored body with a full two finger white foamy head that rises a bit above the glass and dies within two minutes leaving some decent speckled clingy lacing gracing the sides of the glass
The smell had piney hops, juniper with some toasted malt.
The taste was resinous sweetness that comes across with the juniper pretty well, sweet sticky aftertaste and finish.
The palate was about a light to medium, mostly sessionable, carbonation comes across smoother than most AIPA’s but still good for the most part, and for me.
Overall, this was a good AIPA that adds in a different element that I’m not used to having, way to go Sam Adams, I’d have this one again.
Tried
on 24 Mar 2014
at 19:22
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle @ home, picked up at Wilbur’s Fort Collins. Pours a burnt orange appearance with a cream colored head. Grapefruit / tangerine citrusy, mild caramel / toasted malty, kind of piney / herbal aroma. Chewy cracker / toasted malty, orange / tangerine, slight caramel, piney flavor. Fairly clean but not something I’d be inclined to drink again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2014
at 20:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. A- Hops, spruce, juniper, citrus. A- Orange color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Medium bitterness, mild citrus notes, piney. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, slight bitter finish. O- A quality IPA that I was unsure about going in to it. The citrus tones balance the hops well and provide a slightly sweet bitter taste to this IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2014
at 16:05