APA
Nova Runda in Zabok, Krapina-Zagorje, Croatia 🇭🇷
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.05
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Croatian beer market used to be dominated by industrial lager-type beers, and some folks eagerly waited for hoppy nectar to finally enter the scene. Two guys managed to fix all the paperwork for opening their brewery and then launched a gipsy brewery in a rented facility of Kahli microbrewery in Kućan Marof. At the time, the market was not yet ready for IPA, but #FeelTheHops story could as well be introduced by a nice, hoppy ale.
And that's how our first beer was born - American pale ale, or simply APA, a beer style representative of the new wave of breweries in the USA during the '70s (the most significant representative of the style being Sierra Nevada Pale Ale). To keep things simple, we decided to combine the name of our company with the style of beer - Nova Runda APA. This is why people in pubs often just order Nova Runda. The main characteristic of this beer is Citra hop, which gives APA a nice, citrusy aroma, as well as pleasant bitterness and a fine dry taste. Since new consumers aren't familiar with the flavour of American hops, the specific citrus note often reminds them of elderflower. But it's just hops, trust us.
Style: American pale ale
Hops: Magnum, Cascade, Citra
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Cunningham (15598) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 4 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Funny thing to drink a beer from Croatia in Finland when Finland beat Serbia 92-86 in Basketball.
Tasty and pleasant apa. Quite typical.
Pale malt, herbal, fruity and citric
[On tap at Olutravintola Kukko in Kemi, Finland]
Brewery #3080
Fin (18365) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 5 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Can at Pivnica Pivac, Makarska, Croatia, Thursday 4th September 2025 after a short walk from our campsite on the edge of town. Pours warm orange, hazy, with a small/mid sized white head. Nice aroma, tropical with a malty background, nice mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Taste is leaning more towards tropical fruit, but also some overipe stone fruits like peaches. Like this, it takes a little time to assert itself but when it does, it's a pretty good beer.
Thomas_W1 (5738) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 5 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Dose 0,5l: Bernstein, leicht orange, deutliche Trübung, mäßig stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige malzig-fruchtige Süße, kräftige florale/blumige Hopfenaromen, kräutrig, leicht harzig, exotische Früchte, Mango, Papaya, kräftig Malz, Karamell, kräftige Hefearomen; sehr fruchtiger + kräftig würziger Körper, kräftige florale/kräutrige Hopfenaromen, leicht harzig, Zitrusnoten, exotische Früchte, Papaya, Mango, Grapefruit, Malz, Getreide, cremig, mittlere Kohlensäure, kräftige Hefearomen; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang
Botrytis (1180) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Kurzrezension vom Vienna Kraft Bier Fest:
Optisch bernsteinfarben und opaltrüb. Die feinporige Schaumkrone erscheint dabei in einem gebrochenem Weiß. Im Duft überzeugt eine schöne Karamellbasis und ein leichtes, reifes Fruchtspiel. Der Antrunk kommt frisch, angenehm rezent, leicht karamellig, reiffruchtig mit Noten von Zitrus, Ananas und Maracuja. Der Körper präsentiert sich mit einer mäßigen Fülle, feiner Rezenz, leichter Textur und schöner Trockenheit. Geschmacklich und aromatisch erwartet einem eine karamellige Malzbasis, über der sich ein zartes, reiffruchtiges Fruchtspiel mit Noten von Zitrus, Ananas und Maracuja ausbreitet. Die leichte Trockenheit sorgt dabei für ein ausgewogenes Biererlebnis.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can (from Zinc Craftbar). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some mild nectary tones. Flavour is floral, some mild nectary and mild cirusy tones too.
TBone (30139) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can 500ml (PET sessions)
Slightly hazy golden colour, small white head. Fruity, piney aroma. Light-bodied. Some fruityness, piney hops. Mellow, easy.
rumore (5447) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tap at Cafe Cajt, Zagreb, Croatia. Pours slightly orange gold, fairly transparent, with fine white foam. Aroma is weak citrus, a little spiced. Body is average, with good carbonation. Taste is medium bitter. Final is average.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at Cajt pours out hazy straw topped with a white head. Nose citrus hop forward a touch of malts. Taste is more of the nice sweet melons citrus hops some bread malts.
theplanck (7492) ticked APA from Nova Runda 2 years ago
Well rounded beer. Highly rated because it’s best around here but just honestly middling in the us. Valhalla Zagreb. Good beer