Clover IPA
Big Ridge Brewing Co. in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
IPA - West Coast Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.75
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Note: When Big Ridge moved locations, the old golden/pale ale was scrapped. This entry is for the current Clover Ale, which is a hoppy PNW IPA.
If you are looking for a stronger, bitter ale, try this popular Northwestern style IPA. It’s generously dry hopped, full bodied with a pronounced hop aroma.
Editor’s note: new recipe of the Clover Ale as of 2010, at 6.3% ABV, subsequently renamed Clover IPA, and up to 6.5% ABV.
If you are looking for a stronger, bitter ale, try this popular Northwestern style IPA. It’s generously dry hopped, full bodied with a pronounced hop aroma.
Editor’s note: new recipe of the Clover Ale as of 2010, at 6.3% ABV, subsequently renamed Clover IPA, and up to 6.5% ABV.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and pine flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and pine lingers.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2016
at 16:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft - Nice piny grapefruit hops with a sweet caramel backbone. Clear gold with a rich beige head. Lots of pine, nice bitterness and caramel sweetness. Very solid with a good balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2014
at 11:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Amber, bright. The aroma is fruity hop...smells peachy, berryish, but also strong. Big palate, chewy and bitter, lots of alcohol, IIPA by any other name.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2014
at 14:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Big Ridge, pours a clear golden / copper with a small white head. Aroma brings out piney hops upfront, with secondary notes of floral hops and soft biscuity malt. Flavour is quite robustly hoppy, with lots of piney and floral hops. Just enough biscuity malt to back. This is really well-balanced, by clearly a hop bomb. One of the better Big Ridge beers.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Jul 2014
at 15:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Pours a dark copper with moderate head. Aromas of grapefruit, pine, and sweet malts. Flavors of pink grapefruit, toffee, and toasted malts. Nice fruity IPA that’s easy to drink. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2014
at 18:36
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Hazy deep gold,lasting white head.Piney citrus nose and palate. Needs more malt; one dimensional
Tried
on 16 Nov 2012
at 22:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
2015-11-16, draught at the brewpub, as Clover IPA, 6.5% ABV, 6-5-7-3-13=34
Hazy amber color with creamy head. The aroma is hoppy, but also buttery. Lean body, the malts are a bit chewy, the hopping is zesty, resiny; a bit grassy in the final; overall I like it, but the diacetyl is almost unbearable.
Controversial.
2011-03-14, draught at the brewpub, as Clover Ale, 6.3% ABV, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Hazy golden color; small creamy head. Nice aroma of fruity hops, mellow, with some late oranges and bubblegum. The malt/toffee flavor is reasonably good, the hopping is quite satisfactory too, although a bit rough (more bitter than aromatic); there are some decent fruity components from the hop. Strong and long final, a bit cheesy. Good beer, not exciting though.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2011
at 11:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Has plenty of hops on the nose but nothing else. Has an okay light brown body with minimal head. Flavour is very hoppy with just a hint of citrus. Bready finish. Like all Big Ridge stuff, it’s reasonably well crafted but hardly a standout.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2011
at 14:40