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
Lci
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jul 2020
at 12:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can, WW. Murky golden-orange with a small off-white head. Orange peel, orange juice, orange vitamins - lots of orange in the nose, as well as melon and green hops. Slick orange - again a mixture of the above, rye, green grasses... feels familiar, comforting. Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2020
at 02:36
7/10
Thick and quite dry, some citrus and other tropical stuff, very hoppy and a bit bitter. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2020
at 20:08
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Hazy yellow pour. Aroma of rye, white grape, oat, citrus and some grassy piney hop. Taste has bitter white grape, soft rye, citrus, bitter grassy hop and orange. Nice.
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2020
at 21:09
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Highland 10-18-15
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2019
at 01:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[On tap at Fullerton Brewing Co, Fullerton, CA.] A hazy amber pour with a thin white head; clean grape aroma; full bodied with a touch of spice from the rye and a clean crisp bitterness. The rye seems to mask some of the aromatics from the Nelson Sauvin hops, but otherwise this is a nicely balanced IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Oct 2019
at 05:56
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can from BevMo in Dana Point. Translucent yellow orange pour with fine dissipating white head. Aroma is grassy, some pine, some light citrus, malt is sort of straw/dusty, but in a good way. Nice. Taste is solid pine bitterness at the start, grassy hops, some citrus, slight spice from rye. Tasty very solid, straightforward IPA. Not super juicy, not super dank, not super Nelson-y, but the crisp white wine flavors are there. Smooth finely carbonated palate. Very good, though maybe not as good as I expected given ratings.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Oct 2019
at 01:43
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Tap at Wiz. Yummy. But exactly as expected. Initial tropical fruit burst, mango, pineapple, then nice bitterness. Pretty damn tasty. Recent Nelson beers I've had have been a bit disappointing, but this reminds me why I like it. Very easy drinking in spite of the %. Perfect balance between hoppy bitterness and sweet fruitiness. Like it a lot.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:03
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On a Flight at Stadium Brewing on 20th March 2019. Misty look to the light golden pour, white topping. The nose held a malty and citrus ester or two, oranges to the fore. The taste was a semi-sweet malty molasses affair with a semi-bitter citrus hop flavour and a sprinkling of pepper.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2019
at 16:57