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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Kita (5313) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can, 0.50l. Aroma of melon, mango, orange and caramel. Pours cloudy golden color with medium sized creamy off-white head, good lacing and average appearance. Taste starts juicy tropical and stone fruity, following is caramelly, citrusy and floral, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is moderate grassy bitter. Medium body, creamy texture and average carbonation in palate. Well done…
nathanvc (6963) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Can from Deconinck. Clear golden, thin, frothy, white head. Aroma of mango, tangerine peel, grapefruit, melon, lime, pine, vague physalis. Taste has sweetish pineapple, mango & tangerine, zesty accent, softly bitter grapefruit & pine over honey-like, biscuity maltiness. PIney hoppy finish, bitter grapefruit juice aspect as well as unripe stonefruit, resinous hint too. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very enjoyable and a great example of the style.
Ritzbertator (4719) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Hazy golden. Aroma is lime some lime biscuit cake some orange flesh and grassy hops. Taste is sweet orange with some bitter hops. Easy to drink. Simple but just the right hop profile for making a very refreshing beer. I like.
Kermis (23416) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 4 years ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of stone fruit, citrus, tropical fruits and orange. Flavour is moderate sweet and above moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
peki (354) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 5 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Wonderful balanced. Pours orange, small head and low retention. Aroma citrus and pine, some tropical fruit. Flavor bitter enough, malty background. Again citrus (orange, grepfruit) and pine and tropical fruit. Citrus forward. Medium bodied and medium to moderate carbonation. Dry finish, not too bitter aftertaste. Cool APA by the book!!!!
Nisse666 (17733) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Keg Rover 2020-09-05 Göteborg AR: dried tropical fruity AP: milky coppery, white head F: dried tropical fruity
ShivanDragon (10851) ticked APA from Nova Runda 5 years ago
After soccer training, Soft malty biscuity base, a bit dry, straw/hay notes, grassy and citrus hops, moderate hop aroma, moderate carbo, slightly dry and chalky/mineral finish, clean, ok apa.
Ken1 (6087) reviewed APA from Nova Runda 5 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Aroma: Dusty fruity hops with ripe berries. Flavour: Fruity sweet with dry bitterness. Aftertaste is dry bitter. Colour: Amber with a white head.