1500
Drake’s Brewing Company in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.11
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Generously dry-hopped with Amarillo and Simcoe for a bright, piney punch, 1500 brings together orange blossom and grapefruit notes with a touch of honey sweetness. We don’t like choosing favorites, but 1500 is our perfect everyday hoppy beer.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of flowers, lime, tangerine and elderflower, with a touch of bready malt. Dry and hoppy flavour with just a touch of malt. Nice pine and grapefruit finish with a firm bitterness
Tried
on 18 Aug 2011
at 11:07
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a rich amber with a big, slight off-white head. 1500 is described as a heavily dry-hopped APA, and it definitely tastes and smells like it. The hops smell like a combination of pineapple, tangerine rind and pine resin - quite delicious. The flavor starts with a bit of light caramel sweetness but quickly turns dry and bitter. I enjoy it, but I could see calling it over-hopped/bitter for the style. At any rate, it’s a refreshing beer, and I’d recommend it to anyone who doesn’t hate dry IPAs. It definitely packs a lot of hop flavor for a 5.5% abv beer. It might make a good entry point for anyone who wants to work up to hoppier beers, but if you’re looking for malt-forward pale ales, this is a beer that you should probably skip.
Tried
on 01 Aug 2011
at 23:05
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
@CBC Reception–on tap-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is citrus/resin. Taste is citrus/resin hops, some medium malt. 3.8 *12oz bottle-pours a rich light tan head with trailing lace and gold color. Aroma is resin/herbal, some medium malt. Taste is resin/herbal/then drying pine hops with some bite, some medium malt. Crisp. 4.2
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jun 2011
at 11:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On draught. Crystal clear copper with an off-white head of small bubbles that linger, but do not build over the beer. Crisp pine tree on the nose. Very subtle aroma. Mouthfeel is medium and dies quickly. Seems to be a bitter bite in the mid-palate that kills the rest of the taste. One spike and this beer is gone. I’m wondering if the line is not clean at this bar as I am not getting any of the citrus from the hops they used.
Tried
on 20 Oct 2010
at 13:57
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Pours a hazy yellowish amber color with a medium and frothy white head that dissipates steadily. Sliding sheet of lacing on the glass. Hoppy aroma that has notes of grapefruit as well as some malt. Medium and crisp body with flavors of citrusy hops, malt and a bit of apricot. The finish is hoppy with a lingering bitterness. Pretty good IPA overall.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2010
at 21:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the BN Brews Festival 1/30/10
Appearance: Golden with a small white head
Aroma: Citrus, sweet candy
Taste: Citrus, pine, sweet malts
This as a very good beer, I enjoyed it. Very drinkable and well balanced
Appearance: Golden with a small white head
Aroma: Citrus, sweet candy
Taste: Citrus, pine, sweet malts
This as a very good beer, I enjoyed it. Very drinkable and well balanced
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Jan 2010
at 20:38
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap. Clear amber golden with an off-white head. Fresh and somewhat peachy aroma hops in the nose. Medium body with light caramels but not much of a malty feel. The finish is dry and quite hoppy. Nice one. 110709
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Aug 2009
at 08:01
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap at Drakes, RBSG2009. Pours hazy dark orange with a small off-white head. Dense grapefruity and slight wooden hops aroma. Dry fruity, light spiced and crisp bitter. Light bodied. Bitter and dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jul 2009
at 02:59