Crooked Tree
Dark Horse Brewing Co. in Marshall, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.16
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Inspired by West Coast IPAs, but brewed with Michigan style. The Crooked Tree is heavily dry hopped to give it a big aroma of pine and citrus. The flavors are big, yet very balanced between fresh hops and malt. Often described as "grapefruit" our hops give this beer an excellent fruit flavor that finishes dry.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at Stags Head on the 1/1 pours golden with white head. Nose of tropical fruits and pine. Tastes of grapefruits citrus, peaches, floral, pine, vanilla, and resin. pretty light and not all the malty but well balanced and refreshing. drying finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jan 2013
at 07:45
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
16th December 2010
Cloudy amber beer, small white head. Crisp palate, dry and turning softer. Nice malt base but the hops are very mild. Mild minerals. Finishes crisp and dry. A bit hop starved!
Cloudy amber beer, small white head. Crisp palate, dry and turning softer. Nice malt base but the hops are very mild. Mild minerals. Finishes crisp and dry. A bit hop starved!
Tried
on 17 Nov 2012
at 06:17
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. I can only assume this one has sat for a while. Pours cloudy amber with floaties and a small creamy off white head with great staying power and great lacing. Aroma is caramel, bread, pine, floral. Flavor is about the same, malt forward, medium sweet and lightly bitter. Medium body and lightly creamy in the mouth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2012
at 18:31
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Small to medium, lightly cream-coloured stable head over dirty orange beer, full of mini UFO’s. (Muscat)grapey and citrussy hops, fragrant, lupuline galore. Not much else; Bitter, even metallic, with fruity main flavour; lychee, rosewater, passion fruit. Finish is harsher, bitter and even soapy and resiny... but rather empty. Light body, tad watery; aftertaste consisting of the slowly dwindling hopoils only. The umpteenth IPA, and of thirteen to the dozen, I’m afraid.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2012
at 10:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Dark Horse Crooked Tree IPA (by Dark Horse Brewing Company):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
13/VIII/2012 12Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2012-929) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear light orange beer, small aery off-white head, unsable, little adhesive. Aroma: citrus, piny hops, pineapple, some passion fruit, bit sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, citrus, some pineapple, bit of grapefruit, white grapes, piny bitterness. Aftertaste: citrus, some grapefruit, little bitter, mainly fruits.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
13/VIII/2012 12Fl. Oz. bottle from De Hopduvel (Gent) @ Klaas' place - BB: n/a (2012-929) Thanks to Klaas for sharing the bottle!
Clear light orange beer, small aery off-white head, unsable, little adhesive. Aroma: citrus, piny hops, pineapple, some passion fruit, bit sweet. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity start, citrus, some pineapple, bit of grapefruit, white grapes, piny bitterness. Aftertaste: citrus, some grapefruit, little bitter, mainly fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2012
at 10:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
355ml Bottle (O’Connor’s, Uppsala) - Gold/amber in colour. Passion fruit, pine, grapefruit and toffee in the aroma. Tangy and hoppy taste with a fair amount of bitterness and notes of lemon, grapefruit, peach and toffee.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jul 2012
at 10:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at O’Connor’s, Uppsala July 2012. (thanks konstifik) A bit hazy golden/orange with a medium white head. Fresh aroma and taste of hops, grape, some caramel and marmelade. Also some light notes of yeast. Rather sweet with a descent body. A good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jul 2012
at 02:48
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at Schouskjelleren. Clear golden with a nice white head. Aroma of citrus, fruits, caramel and malt. Sweet and lightly fruity with a citrusy and bitter finish. Fairly light body for an IPA, more like an APA. Refreshing and nice and goes down quite easy. Fruity aftertaste with some grapefruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2012
at 14:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ The Rover. Pours hazy brownish golden with a small fluffy white head that slowly dissipates while leaving some trace and lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet and hoppy with grapefruit juice, green grapes, pine, bread, silage, caramel, orange peal, lemon zest and wet leaves. Taste is sweet and bitter with fresh grass, grapefruit juice, orange peal, bread, lemon zest, pine, grapefruit peal, wood, earthy tobacco, resin and hints of lychee and alcohol. Mouthfeel is tiny sticky sweet, slightly oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with fresh grass, grapefruit juice, orange peal, wet leaves and grape zest.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2012
at 09:19
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Rovers 2012-07-10 Göteborg AR: apricots wee fruity AP: hazy amber wee frothy creme beige head F: apricot, citrus marmelade, grape fruit bitterness, wee carbonation
Tried
on 10 Jul 2012
at 09:33