Rapunzel
Arcadia Brewing Co. in Elk Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Wheat / White Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.36
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Pour this White IPA in a tall glass to showcase its hazy, golden color and dense, creamy head. Rapunzel’s up-front blast of aromatic hops ushers your palate into a balance of crisp, sweet, malt character and lush, juicy hop flavors of pineapple, citrus, and lemongrass. The tart wheat character and effervescent carbonation accent Rapunzel’s light, elegant body while the waves of hop flavor ensure you that you’re drinking a well-crafted brew.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours lightly hazy bright gold color with a 2 finger dense and rocky white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of lemon zest, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, floral, grass, pine, wheat, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of bright citrus/floral hops and light-moderate pale malt balance; with solid strength. Taste of lemon zest, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus rind, floral, grass, pine, wheat, bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Good amount of pine/citrus rind bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon zest, lime, grapefruit, tangerine, citrus rind, floral, grass, pine, wheat, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity and balance of bright citrus/floral hops and light-moderate pale malt sweetness; with a nice malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium bodied; with a very smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky/bready mouthfeel that is nice, Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very good wheat IPA. All around nice balance and complexity of citrus/floral hops and light-moderate pale malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2014
at 18:37
7/10
Tried
on 02 Nov 2012
at 16:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft sample. Heavy white haze unlike any I have seen. Sweet wheaty taste like a wheat beer coupled with some hops and bitterness of an IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2012
at 15:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at the brewery. Poured gold with a white head that dissipated slowly and laced. Aroma had notes of pine with a bit of a light wheat and bread undertone. Flavor was similar with pine throughout with underlying wheat and sweet bread.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2010
at 18:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Crunchy’s, East Lansing, and Old Chicago, Okemos. Hazy straw body, medium clumping, creamy off-white head. Citrusy nose with pine and wet hay. Hoppy body, citrusy, floral, and grassy, backed by bready malts. Modest esters. Quite nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2010
at 17:52