Beer Camp: Tropical IPA
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Series Out of Production|
Score
7.19
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Fruit-forward hops take this IPA to the tropics.
Beer Camp is the ultimate brewing experience. We invite beer fans into our brewery nearly every week to design their own beer and then we bring it to life. Each spring, we’ll feature one of our favorite collaborations from the previous year. This year’s selection features intensely aromatic hop varietals rich with the flavors of the tropics. We use Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops to create bright fruit-forward flavors of mango, papaya and bitter orange.
Beer Camp is the ultimate brewing experience. We invite beer fans into our brewery nearly every week to design their own beer and then we bring it to life. Each spring, we’ll feature one of our favorite collaborations from the previous year. This year’s selection features intensely aromatic hop varietals rich with the flavors of the tropics. We use Citra, Mosaic and El Dorado hops to create bright fruit-forward flavors of mango, papaya and bitter orange.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Flaska från SB. Fin doft av tropisk frukt. Mango, papaya. Ren smak med gräs, mango, citrus, papaya. Lite oljig, måttlig sötma och beska. Snygg ren smakbild. Kanske väl polerad fast humlen har säkert mattas en del sen tappning. Snygg och god.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Apr 2016
at 10:59
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled, from Systembolaget. Hazy golden, rich firm head. Mango and papaya dominate the nose, just as promised on the back label. Mid sweet with medium body and clean mouthfeel. Grapefruit and mango keeps dominating into a log bitter finish. Basic, but functional malt backbone covered in a wealth of modern hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Mar 2016
at 15:42
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Another ipa at stags head with college friend this time his treat. golden amber pour. nose is you guessed it tropical fruits. tastes of mango, papaya, lime, very perfumey, some resin. nice semi sweet finish and crips palate
Tried
on 22 Mar 2016
at 12:18
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(355ml bottle from Systembolaget, bottled Dec 29/15) Pours clear pale orange with a moderate lasting white head and lace. Aroma has lots of bitter citrus peel, orange varietals and grapefruit, underripe mango, caramel malt and oxidation creeping in. Flavour is odd, sweet pale malt with a bit of caramel and bread, and overripe mango and papaya, something bitter and pine/herbal from the hops towards the back end. Abrupt fairly dry astringent finish, fairly bitter, tinny and a bit oxidized, grain touches. Medium bodied, average carb. Bit of a mess, unfortunately rather too old but the elements seem to clash, sweet and malty. Many a ’normal’ IPA feels more tropical.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2016
at 17:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
This is one of the first times I feel that SN has failed on a hoppy beer. Maybe fail is a strong word, but basically, the hop profile is a bit of a mess here. It doesn’t come through as cleanly tropical fruit, per their aims. It hits all the hop quadrants, variously piney, citrus (grapefruit and tangerine), spicy, herbal flavors in the finish, and just a little tropical fruit somewhere in there. Malts are dry, not doing much except supporting the hop aromatics. True golden color.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2016
at 07:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from Tanakaya. Pours a clear gold with a finger and half of white foam that lingers. Solid lacing as well. Papaya and mango really stand out on the nose with some grass. Above average carbonation with good malt-balance but feels light and refreshing on the palate. Some grapefruit like stickiness as well, but not syrupy at all. More papaya on the palate with some light pine resin on the finish. Good bitterness, but not overly so. Tasty. --- Beer merged from original tick of Beer Camp Tropical IPA (2016) on 12 Mar 2016 at 21:18 - Score: 7. Original review text: Papaya and mango on the nose. Scratchy bitterness. Great nose average taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2016
at 09:33