IPA
Smuttynose Brewing Company in Hampton, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.12
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Smuttynose IPA is a physical salute to the glory of the American hop grower. The citrusy hop flavor coming from a mixture of Simcoe and Santiams is pleasantly balanced by a smooth bitterness from the Amarillo hops. The beer itself is light bodied and crisp with a golden color that will throw a slight haze, as we bottle it unfiltered. At 65 IBU’s, this is definitely not a training-wheels IPA, but is meant for hop lovers looking to satisfy their craving in a way that’s not easy to find. We think they’ll be quite pleased.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught @ Churchkey, Wash., D.C. Pours slightly hazy light amber with stable off-white head. Cleara aroma of hops and citrus with notes of grass and a touch of malt and alcohol. Bitter, hoppy flavour with notes of malt and citrus. Bitter finish. A complex beer but a good one.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2013
at 19:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Juicy grapefruit, light piney hops, and biscuity caramel malt aroma. Hazy honey gold with a large off-white head. Grapefruit peel, weedy herbal hops, and light sweet malty flavor. Medium body, average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2013
at 15:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Blind Tiger Ale house
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of toast, caramel and fruity. Flavors are malts, grassy, caramel and citrus
Decent
Clear golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing. Aroma of toast, caramel and fruity. Flavors are malts, grassy, caramel and citrus
Decent
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Sep 2013
at 18:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a clear orange with a big soap white head. Aroma is citrus hops in a big way. Flavor is much the same. Just a nice citrus with almost no malt presence. A nice way hop forward IPA.
Tried
on 25 Sep 2013
at 15:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Glass, 4-ounce, from a bottle, draught, during the Mondial de la bière, savoured on May 29 2013; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, tiny ring of white head, light lacing; nose: citrusy hops, light grapefruit, malt, slight sulphur; mouth: citrusy hops, light grapefruit, malt, slight sulphur, light soap gum, dry finale in citrusy hops with presence of pine, medium-full body, good carbonation, quite bitter, slightly sweet, lightly harsh texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Verre, 4 onces, en fût, bue lors du Mondial de la bière, savourée le 29 mai 2013; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, petit anneau de mousse blanc, légère dentelle; nez : houblon citrique, léger pamplemousse, malt, très léger soufre; bouche : houblon citrique, léger pamplemousse, malt, très léger soufre, léger gomme-savon, finale sèche en houblon citrique avec présence de pin, corps moyen-corsé, bonne carbonatation, pas mal amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture légèrement rugueuse; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2013
at 14:18
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2013. Poured a slightly hazy orange colour with medium yellow head. Aroma of tropical fruit and grassy hops. Flavours of citrus, orange, candy sugar with a bitter pine hop palate balanced with juicy malt balance.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Sep 2013
at 12:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Gravity dispense at GBB ’13, 13/08/13, listed as ’Findest Kind IPA’. Lightly hazed golden amber with a thin off white head. Nose is bitter hops, pine resin, orange, grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, a nice grapefruit tang, light caramel malt, grass. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry finish with balanced hop bitterness. Nice stuff, worked well from the cask!
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Aug 2013
at 00:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle shared with Anndiesel. I’ve enjoyed this beer for years but now comes the time for my eternal rate. Not really that enjoyable of an aroma. Sweet orange bitterness. Really doesn’t strike me as the quality beer this was in the past, though it is quite bitter and hoppy in it’s way. Comes off outdated, not that quality, disappointing. Not the beer I remembered.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2013
at 21:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ gbbf. Hazy yellow color, short head. Aroma of tropical fruit, citrus, bit pine. Medium bitter, bit dry, bit crisp. Great stuff
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2013
at 11:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cask at gbbf 2013. Hazed yellow. straw white head. Sweet citrus aroma slight grapefruit and pineapple. Clean assertive bitter. Some resin. Fine IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Aug 2013
at 11:24