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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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rich light copper coloured body with a thinnish tan head, about a centimetre tall. Aroma of pure new world hops with some passionfruit, orange zest, citrus, perfume and a bunch of light malt noticeable as well - fairly balanced. Medium-bodied; Strong assertive hops up front but not terribly bitter, but still packing the tropical fruit flavour, with some noticeable malt and earth showing as well near the end. Aftertaste shows some bitterness from the hops, but also a lot of perfume and some grass as well. Overall, a pretty well-balanced IPA, but nothing exceptional or really worth searching out - this was fine, but I was expecting a better West Coast IPA from this brewery. I sampled this 65 cL Green Flash-styled tall bottle purchased from Costco in Arlington (Pentagon City), Virginia on 17-January-2016 for US$7,69 sampled at home in Washington after just returning from Europe a few minutes earlier on 27-March-2016. Best By Date on Bottle: 21-March-2016
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2016
at 14:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle hauled back from California by Colin, many thanks to him for that. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, dank, citrus, grapefruit on the nose. Taste is much the same hoppy, dank, slightly malty, citrus, grapefruit and a little rye. Quite bitter but in a good way. A quality IPA from California.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2016
at 16:39
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a cloudy, white-yellow (like a wit), with minimal head. Aroma is full of a very strong grapefruit, with other florals and some grassiness. Flavor is big and bold--citrus/grapefruit, with loads of hop bite in the finish. Very bitter beer with a pretty dry finish. Top-notch.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2016
at 14:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to coat surface. Tropical fruit and onion aromas. Soft with sweet and sour caramel upfront turning to earthly pumpernickel in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2016
at 17:16
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle from The Beer Junction, Seattle; bb 16 Jun 2016
This is Nelson Sauvin juice, very pungent aroma, citrusy flavor; tropical, passion fruit, cat piss; a bit resiny in the finish; and because those guys at Alpine know their business, the body is dry, the malt flavor is very delicate, a bit crackery, so to not cover the hop.
Fantastic.
This is Nelson Sauvin juice, very pungent aroma, citrusy flavor; tropical, passion fruit, cat piss; a bit resiny in the finish; and because those guys at Alpine know their business, the body is dry, the malt flavor is very delicate, a bit crackery, so to not cover the hop.
Fantastic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 05:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught at RateBeer Best festival. Light hazy orange liquid with medium off-white head. Aroma of citrus, tangerine, light blackberries, light grain and mango. Taste is dry and medium bitter with notes of citrus, tangerine, blackberries and light grain. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Great stuff.
Tried
on 01 Feb 2016
at 10:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at city beer store. Translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a sticky white head. Aroma is big nelson Hoo, tropical fruit, grapes and burnt clutch. Flavour is composed of burnt grass, zesty lemon, burnt pineapple, light grape, resin. Big nelson character. Palate is medium bodied. Highish carbonation. Solid. IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2016
at 23:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy lemon yellow pour ith a big frothy white head. looks like a witbier. Hop aroma that has light pine and some lemony citrus. The flavor has light bitterness on the front and some malt sweetness coming in to join the bitterness in the finish. Very drinkable, well balanced IPA.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2016
at 17:06