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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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Clear gold with a large white head. Aroma of green and just ripe mango, lime, mandarins. And with a bit of firm pale malt sitting behind, that’s how it tastes too. I like the way the tropical fruit is not allowed to become blousy or lush. Not too sweet - enough to fill it out a little, not enough to need higher bitterness. Clean with punchy hops but not otherwise distinctive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 06:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sierra Nevada Beer Camp: Tropical IPA 6.7% I picked this recent Japan release at Craft Beer Base yesterday as it was prominently labeled a Spring Seasonal. I’m a sucker for seasonals. Bottled on 1/13/2016 means it is almost two months old. It pours a nice glowing orange gold with a thick eggshell-white head of foam. The aroma lives up to the name, sweet malts and juicy mango/papaya tropical fruit notes. Medium bodied with a raspy carbonation. The flavor is pithy grapefruit rind & bitter before giving you a brief hit of residual sweetness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Mar 2016
at 03:52
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Three John’s. It pours clear golden - amber with a thick white head. The nose is fresh, juicy, fruity, papaya, dried apricot, dried mango, peach yoghurt, bread and cream. The taste is crisp, firm bitterness, piney hop bite, grapefruit, pineapple, burnt grass, resinous, light astringency, peppery spice and some alcohol with a firm, dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty decent gear.
Tried
on 01 Mar 2016
at 10:21
2.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Pale yellow. Weird initial bitter flavors that are so astringent and raw that its hard to take. Terrible rude bitter brew. So over the top it ruins my tasting ability for an hour. Somebody give me a lager as a chaser. What else can be said about this roto tiller brew except it is so impy ipa on style. My tongue cannot stand this. Mouth coating soapy oily BS. Cannot appreciate this style even after 15 years. This has go to be one of the most bitter IPAs I’ve tasted in quite a while. WHEW
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2016
at 07:09