Rico Sauvin
Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.27
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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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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting at Dancing Camel Florentin. Thanks Ariel. Hazy orange. Aroma of fruity hops, somewhat stale. Flavor has some malt sweetness, fruity hops, a bit stale, and a bitter finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2014
at 04:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bomber shared by Marcus. Pours brassy gold with a white head. Soft Nelson tropical aromas. Smooth, med body. Flavor starts tropical, goes to light stone fruit, then develops a pretty firm hop burn. Maybe citrus/pine as well. There’s a very light. hardly noticeable caramel backbone. Real IPA here.
Tried
on 08 Sep 2014
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in NYC - big thanks to Sander! Pours hazy gold with a frothy white head. Pleasant pissy Nelson on the nose, some grapefruit and tangerine. Medium sweet flavor with understated pale bread, slight pine, tangerine meringue, grapefruit. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with some grass and pine bitterness, dried berries, orange rind. Good start though the bitterness is a bit harsh on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 23:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 22 oz bottle from Hicksville Beer & Soda, 9/2/14
Aroma: The nose is heavy fruity and hoppy, nice tropical fruit and white wine
Appearance: It pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small head and average lacework
Flavor: The flavor is dry and fairly bitter, with a mid-to-late sweetness, and a dry finish
Palate: The body is medium, it has a smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: This is an interesting one. There's a more typical tropical fruit hop presence over an underlying white wine flavor. Overall, it's a pretty solid, enjoyable beer.
Aroma: The nose is heavy fruity and hoppy, nice tropical fruit and white wine
Appearance: It pours a cloudy golden-orange color with a small head and average lacework
Flavor: The flavor is dry and fairly bitter, with a mid-to-late sweetness, and a dry finish
Palate: The body is medium, it has a smooth mouthfeel, soft carbonation, and a dry finish
Overall Impression: This is an interesting one. There's a more typical tropical fruit hop presence over an underlying white wine flavor. Overall, it's a pretty solid, enjoyable beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2014
at 19:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber shared by jackl, 8/30/14. Pours a hazy peach with a thin creamy white head. Fair head retention. Aroma of tropical, earthy hops and caramel malt. The taste is bitter citrus, tropical, herbal hops, mild caramel malt. Medium bodied, lingering bitterness.
Tried
on 30 Aug 2014
at 21:08