Samuel Adams I.P.A.

I.P.A.

 

Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.43
ABV: 5.9% IBU: - Ticks: 8
Hoppy, with a citrusy floral aroma. Malty caramel finish. Nice amber color.
 

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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Deep golden, orangey beer with a dense head. A pleasure to the eye. Well hopped as all traditional IPA’s with Fuggles and East Kent Goldings - classic English types. Bitterness is overwhelming to the point where this seems hard to drink. But the hops also adds beautiful aromas. 3.1

Tried from Bottle on 11 Jan 2025 at 16:41


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Clear amber pour in the glass. Nose and taste of slight floral spruce, some citrus. Rated 6/8/02

Tried on 12 May 2010 at 17:57


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

CBC @Sam Adams-on tap-pours a rich light tan head and yellow/gold color. Aroma is herbal/pine hops, light/medium malt. Taste is herbal/pine hops, light/medium malt with some caramel.

Tried from Draft on 18 May 2009 at 20:44


4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3

Draught samples at ABF on 6/16/07
Probably not the same exact beer as listed here, and I’m betting this was brewed on the pilot system in Boston, but the abv being the same is enough cause for me not to enter yet another one-off in to our database.
Dark, copper-mahogany, almost like their new albion ale. What’s up with these dark copper IPAs? I think I like every subsequent one I have less and less. Beige head laces lightly, showing moderate retention. Clarity is medium-high.
Smells like dirty, catty, vegetal hops, DMS(light) and some soap, with meaty yeast and bready caramel. Very sugary in the nose. Can’t imagine this is what they intended. Weird hop aromas. The cascades I get, and are your basic citrus notes, though more bitterness than aroma. But the spalter and northern brewer hops dont work and the hallertauer I cant even find. Just earthy and weird. Either make a PNW IPA or not, don’t half-ass it.
Flavor still shows of crystal 60 malt, sort of iced tea-like and sugary, with a weird chewiness from the wheat and more vegetal and dirty notes. All in all, I dont think I finished my sample and was less than impressed. One of the worst samples I had at the fest, which is strange, as the Jamaica Plain pilot brewery usually kicks out some really nice stuff. Underattenuated body, medium carbonation, no alcohol noted.

Tried from Can on 13 Jul 2007 at 15:20


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

Hazy amber color, poor head. Strange aroma, of bread. Some malt, sharp bitter character. Not impressive.

Tried on 01 Feb 2003 at 14:33


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A nice amber beer with a small beige head. It has a fruity ale type aroma combined with notes of grass and hops. And a typical ale fruity flavor with a fine bitterness. It’s not as bitter as other american IPA’s - I like IPA’s more bitter than this.

Tried from Can on 05 Nov 2002 at 13:36


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Copper-coloured, OK head. Full-bodied. Thick, oily hop-flavour. Very bitter. I like hoppy, bitter beers.

Tried on 04 Apr 2002 at 14:26


6.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Amber. Sweet, hop dominated, rather malty, bitter. A little one-dimensional perhaps.

Tried on 03 Mar 2002 at 13:30