Stinky Hippie
North Country Brewing Company in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.53
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can into pint glass, canned on 4/19/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/amber/light copper color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, peach, pineapple, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, caramel, brown sugar, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and slightly resinous balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 5%. Overall this is a great amber ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and moderate dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the balanced bitter/drying finish. Really impressive juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank hops; with a nice complex balancing malt backbone. Almost IPA level hoppiness, but still feels like a true amber ale. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2017
at 19:01
3.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
On tap at hollywood. Slightly dark amber. Had a head with little aroma. Big dull hop thud on the taste intro. Little if any co2. Not sharp like fresh ipa hops, also not as clean. Not as stinky as the name would indicate. Probably a lighter IPA imho.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Jul 2015
at 08:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce can shared at a tasting, 6/8/15. Clear copper, large creamy tan head, good retention. Aroma of dank, herbal, grassy hops. The taste is piney, resin, tropical hops. Thin bodied, strong lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2015
at 18:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at the brewery this beer poured a caramel-brown color with a large white head. The aroma was moderately strong fruity hops. The flavor was sour and tangy with moderate grapefruit and pine elements. The finish was long, dryish and grapefruity. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 May 2009
at 11:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught. Stlightly hazy orange body with a minimal head. Aromas are heavy of pine resin and grapefruit peels. Mouthfeel and flavor come off as thin, especially when you take the massive hops dose into account. I liked it enough, but it needs a little more body up front to balance out. At least that’s my opinion. I confess I gave it an extra point on appearance just for the name... couldn’t resist.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2007
at 20:22