Gregarious Nature
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Stone BrewingIPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production
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Score
7.39
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Two of San Diego's most iconic breweries have joined forces to salute the classic San Diego-style IPA, a hoppy favorite that helped put both AleSmith and Stone Brewing on the map. This easy-drinking brew will put you in a friendly mood, with its assertive notes of citrus, pine, and grapefruit. You can't argue with the timeless hop character in this clean, flavorful IPA. Get Gregarious and share one with a worthy pal today!
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5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled on draft at 3 Rivers this beer poured a dark orange color with a medium sized foamy orange-white head that left good lacing. The aroma was tart, citric and perfumey. The flavor was very bitter, tart and somewhat dry with citrus, perfume and pine. Long hoppy finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Feb 2019
at 02:10
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A hazy amber beer with a lazing yellowish head. The aroma has notes of hops, spices, malt, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, spices, and fruits, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2019
at 13:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
On tap at PAMP. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma is pine forward with resin, a hint of onion and light grain backing. Flavor has bitter pine and a bit of resin with a bit of grain underlying.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2019
at 03:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Growler from Oakton Wine Shop in Oakton, VA Aroma: citrus, pine, caramel Appearance: clear gold with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness Palate: average carbonation, medium body, sticky feel, long finish Tasty
Tried
from Growler
on 21 Jan 2019
at 23:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can 12fl.oz. @ home. [ As AleSmith / Stone Gregarious Nature ].Light unclear medium yellow orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, tropical fruit, moderate citrus - grapefruit, light pine. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, tropical fruit, citrus - grapefruit, pine, sweet fruit, sweet hops, pale malt, hoppy, medium dry, rich malt and hops, old school IPA. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20190120] 7-3-8-3-16
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jan 2019
at 12:30
7/10
Tried
on 20 Jan 2019
at 18:39
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can picked up at Kihoskh, shared at home - pours a clear golden colour with a nice white head and lacing. Tropical citrus fruity with some notes of grapefruit, orange, some citrus rind, sweet caramel malty backbone, resinous piney hoppy bitter finish. Great solid old school IPA action.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2019
at 20:03
8/10
Tack Pontus J.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2019
at 18:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 11/14/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a large cap that lasts. Thick soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Fantastic appearance. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, blueberry, gooseberry, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, light honey, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no lingering hop astringency after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an awesome IPA! All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and moderate pale malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp/clean to drink with the moderately bitter/resin/drying finish, not overly aggressive. Feels like Columbus, Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra. Very vibrant, dank, earthy, and juicy balanced hop complexity; nice pale malt backbone, with no residual sweetness from crisp resin dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and spot on west coast style example as expected. Loved the hop profile.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2019
at 04:18
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce can. Pours a clear orange color with a small to medium white head. A big hop resin nose. Fresh, a sort of old school IPA which I love (by old school I mean pre-hazy, so not old at all). Big oranges, mild bitterness, deep resinous hops, oily. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2019
at 05:59