Rico Sauvin
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.26
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An India Pale Ale featuring Nelson Sauvin hops. Named after the Sauvignon Blanc grape, is a variety of hop developed and grown in New Zealand. It has a strong fruity flavor and aroma that is described as resembling white wine, or fresh crushed grapes or gooseberries. Some reviewers of this hop perceive the fruitiness as being very tropical with deScriptions including passion fruit, tangerines, and grapefruit.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours orange Amber from can. Recently burst of tropical fruits. Juicy finish.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tangerine. Some marmalade. Golden pour with decent head. Bittersweet finish, some booze. Can.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2023
at 01:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Cans from Small Batch 11-16-15
Tried
from Can
on 01 Feb 2020
at 05:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
473 ml can. Pours a clear copper with light fluffy head. Aromas of soft muddled fruit and doughy malts. Flavors of flavors of kiwi, gooseberries, muddled fruit, grassy hops, and bready malts. Bitter finish. Nice
Tried
from Can
on 28 Sep 2019
at 21:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pint can from Wine Warehouse. Pours a pretty orange-amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of orange, melon, passion fruit... but it also smells old. Flavor is very melony as well, with hints of orange. Tastes old, like it's well past it's prime, but I'm sure that's just the way these hops taste (I don't know if I've specifically noticed this before, but a quick browse through other reviews says the same). Has a bitter white wine-like finish. I just don't like this.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2017
at 17:58
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
This brew is a clear dark gold color with a medium white head that recedes steadily to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of piney hops, fruit and malt. Medium body with flavors of resiny hops, tropical citrus and grainy malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a grapefruit and hops aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2017
at 13:23
7/10
LCI
Tried
on 26 Jun 2017
at 20:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Lata 50 cl en el Lúpulo Oviedo 17..06..2017. (r252). Color ámbar anaranjado turbio con espuma blanca persistente. Sabores I tensos afrutados tropicales con buenos tonos de uvas y vinos blancos frescos y ligeras maderas. Suaves especiados. Cuerpo medio algo espumoso fino y sensación alcohólica que se deja notar desde el principio. Amargo final dulce algo herbaceo. Bastante buena para repetir sin duda.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2017
at 05:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can picked up at Total Wine in LV
Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Aroma is fruity, bisquity, caramel and pine. Flavor is fruity, grapes, caramel and pine resin, dry finish
Good but I wouldn’t look for it again.
Pours clear dark golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Aroma is fruity, bisquity, caramel and pine. Flavor is fruity, grapes, caramel and pine resin, dry finish
Good but I wouldn’t look for it again.
Tried
from Can
on 18 May 2017
at 21:51
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
650ml bottle. Clear, orangey golden colour with small to average, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Piney and fruity, hoppy aroma, notes of white grapes, some gooseberry, a citrusy touch, caramel malty basis. Taste is dry, fruity hoppy, minimally citrusy, notes of white grapes, hints of gooseberry, a touch of eucalyptus, woodruff, caramel malty basis with low residual sweetness; super-smooth and soft palate. Very mild, integrated and harmonious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Feb 2017
at 17:56