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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7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
cloudy to clear golden, smooth white head. nice hoppy aroma, dry, caramelly, flowery. a little spicy and citrussy. flavor is refreshing, good hoppy bitterness and good aromatic flowery hoppy flavor too. very nice.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2010
at 08:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of daknole. Pours a deep golden with a slight haze and an off-white head. Very fruity hop nose. Medium body, dry fruitiness, a little peachy. Hoppy finish. There’s a slight underlying residual sweetness in there, but the overall feel is dry. 090710
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2010
at 07:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a nice sunset orange with a chunky white head that falls away slowly to a fluffy pillow. Hops jump off the nose, mostly earth and wet stone. Hops are more muted on the palette, with the malt overly pronounced. Lots of earthy dirt and some grass on the finish. Sweet malt lingers on the lips. Not what I expected.
Tried
on 11 May 2010
at 22:18
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3
Does not really smell like its gonna be an IPA. Just slightly metallic to the olfactory. Slight haze in an otherwise almost pale yellow liquid. Some signs of carbonation within, no head. First taste; OOOOh, taste is flat and bitter, like chewing on a green grapefruit rind or somethin. Taste is on style and quite bitter. Some pine tree sap bitterness is there too and it sticks like handsoap on the tasetbud. I’m very surprized cause this is a pretty cheap beer. Most high class beers with this level of micro IPA intensity are much more expensive round here. Cheap flat and bitterly intense, what else could a ratebeerian want? Not pleasing to a typical lager lover, eh?
Tried
on 11 Jan 2010
at 13:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Draught) Golden colour and lightly hazy. Head is quite small and white. There are hops and fruitiness in aroma. Palate is medium bodied with medium carbonation. I found malts, grass, lots of hops, fruitiness, bitterness and grainy flavours in taste. Aftertaste was mostly bitter.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2009
at 09:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Low, rocky head, copper color. Medium flavor, citrus hop aroma with backing caramel malt and grain. Light to medium caramel malt flavor with very strong bitterness at the finish. Rather wacked balance--too bitter without enough to compensate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Sep 2009
at 21:48
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 9
When I drink IPAs in my dreams - which is often - I envision the beers tasting something like this. Delicious, strong and solid, the Smuttynose IPA is everything I think an IPA should be. Pours a dark orange color with some mild haze and a slight head. Strong aroma of pine and grapefruit. Taste is a little bitter with citrus notes. Very smooth for an IPA. I like what another rater wrote: you do smack your lips after swallowing this brew. The flavor lingers on the tongue and you can savor this beer more than most. I loved it.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Aug 2009
at 10:29