Nelson
Alpine Beer Company in Alpine, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Rye Regular|
Score
7.78
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Named after Nelson Sauvin, an outstanding hop varietal from New Zealand. The hop is introduced through the brewing and dry-hopping of this complex and well-balanced IPA. A hazy straw hued ale, Nelson is topped by bright white beer foam and offers a tropical hop aroma. The pine and fruity hop notes linger, but are well-balanced by the smooth, malty addition of European rye malts. Enjoy this stunning and multifaceted, yet mellow IPA.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Can from the Brewdog online shop. Pours clear golden with a thick white head. Aromas of melon rind and biscuit, faint spice. Taste adds white grape and resin. Light bitter finish.
Tried
on 07 Aug 2026
at 12:28
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bomber. Slight cloudy gold with nice white head. Grapefruit and mango and such. Dry finish. Pretty good.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:10
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 10 Aug 2024
at 14:28
7.4/10
Some nice clear Nelson and a bit of rye spice, but an odd roundness that seems a bit out of place here. Maybe just a bit past its prime
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2024
at 20:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce can from Tavour. Hazy pale gold color. Fluffy white head. Nice lacing. Fragrant aroma of white grape and passion fruit on a biscuit malt base. Flavor mirrors nose. Added notes of lemon, lime and pineapple. Sharp citrus is the order of the day here. Dry and bitter on the backend. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2023
at 04:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A golden and murky beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has mandarin, grapefruit, also some other tropical fruits. Taste has mandarin, grapefruit, some mango, medium bitterness. Medium bodied. Very good and balanced beer.
Tried
on 26 Jun 2023
at 14:21
9.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Blik 35,5cl thuis. Tropisch fruit, rogge, volle smaak, hoppig, bitter, juicy, fruitig, mango, citrus, witte druif, mandarijn, witte peper. Goede balans. Goed. (14-8-2022).
Tried
on 14 Aug 2022
at 16:09
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
My first rye IPA, might as well be top of the list. A 12 oz can coming from the city’s only craft beer store. I have chilled a thick beer glass for this one. 98 degrees currently, seems appropriate. The delivery is a semi-transparent yellow-gold and some white, floating particulate topped by a frosty head of alpine white foam. I smell pine, grass and good possibilities. I have a drink, well, it all comes together. Cedar, pine needles, yellow fruit, some earthiness, bread, a just-right sweetness and a moderate bitterness concluding. Rather tasty and likewise refreshing in my current circumstance. A total throwback, thank God they still are around.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2022
at 22:15
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can Pours gold with white head. Seriously hoppy feel. Slightly earthy with leather bit. Nice one. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2022
at 20:02
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Bottle Baron. Hazy golden body with a few flecks floating beneath a white head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of earth, mango and black pepper. Flavour of orange, honey and grapefruit. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. Bright and tongue-tinglingly hoppy. The rye is expertly used and lends a nice spicy, biscuity edge, especially on the aroma.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Feb 2022
at 23:30