Grid
Hop Butcher For the World in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Rotating|
Score
6.87
|
|
Citra & Mosaic-hopped American Pale Ale
Sign up to add a tick or review
7/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Aromas are malt, resin, caramel, citrus and wet grain. Flavors are similar to nose with good balance between bitter, sweet and carbonation. Add in a touch of MJ. Good but not remarkable.
Tried
from Can
at
Bodega Brew Pub, Inc.
on 18 May 2026
at 03:48
6.6/10
—
Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Gold pour. Thin foam around the rim. Scattered lace. Grapefruit and floral flavor. Light bodied and light carbonation
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville
on 09 Apr 2026
at 23:12
7.4/10
—
Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cherry gum drop and orange nose. Clear amber, thin head. Grapefruit. Lilly finish. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Warehouse - Charlottesville
on 09 Apr 2026
at 22:48
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
31st January 2026
Panda thanks to Wingman. Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a light sweetness. Citra and Mosaic? How adventurous! Soft ripe citrus, a little peel. Modern Mosaic candy fruits, a whisper of blueberry. Yeah, it hands together well enough but personally, I wouldn't care if I never tasted another Citra - Mosaic brew again.
Panda thanks to Wingman. Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a light sweetness. Citra and Mosaic? How adventurous! Soft ripe citrus, a little peel. Modern Mosaic candy fruits, a whisper of blueberry. Yeah, it hands together well enough but personally, I wouldn't care if I never tasted another Citra - Mosaic brew again.
Tried
on 31 Jan 2026
at 18:53
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can to becher pint glass.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with a sly transparency to it and a two finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace
Aroma: citrusy, floral and a light danky hop character, clean malts
Flavor: bittersweet blend through the prior noted aromas; aftertaste shyly has some bittersweet citrus tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, good carb, clean citrusy hoppy finish
Overall: nicely done APA worthy of more pours and might be a good one with it's respected food.
Appearance: glossy yellow color with a sly transparency to it and a two finger white foamy head which slid off at a nice pace
Aroma: citrusy, floral and a light danky hop character, clean malts
Flavor: bittersweet blend through the prior noted aromas; aftertaste shyly has some bittersweet citrus tones
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, good carb, clean citrusy hoppy finish
Overall: nicely done APA worthy of more pours and might be a good one with it's respected food.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2026
at 00:47
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Dave, 17/12/2025.
Almost clear golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, mandarin, papaya.
Taste comprises bitter orange, light chalky mineral bite, grass, papaya, passionfruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Solid pale.
Almost clear golden orange topped with an off white head.
Nose is orange zest, grass, melon, mandarin, papaya.
Taste comprises bitter orange, light chalky mineral bite, grass, papaya, passionfruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Solid pale.
Tried
on 17 Dec 2025
at 19:20
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
from Brew Export UK
on 09 Dec 2025
at 23:50
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint can from Ridgeview Liquors, 3/15/25. Slightly hazy yellow, medium white head, average retention. Aroma of grapefruit, mild dank. Taste is grapefruit, lemon, white grape, mild dank. Some green and almost herbaceous notes. Mild bitterness. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from
Ridgeview Liquor
on 16 Mar 2025
at 04:33
4.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 3.5
Texture 3
Overall 3.5
Big pounder can for a buck off the 'build yer own mixed six pack' rack at JR's. Pour is cloudy like a NE IPA. Nice head that takes a while to fade into a craggy pond skum. Friendly fruity perfume aroma, you'll almost wish yer favorite mate was wearing it. Taste is light IPA-ish, not session mind you. It don't have that veggie session IPA feel about it; it's mostly clean and fresh. After going over my federal IRS tax form, almost anything would taste pretty good in the beer arena! Otherwise, thru the middle this stuff does come across as a lighter IPA; it has the bitter hop beef to be one. It also has some decent co2 as well to make it palatable. One thing that stands out, that makes this a little different than an IPA, is that its not really mouth-coating like so many domestic attempts at IPA. And in the end, on the finish I can't find any hand soap attributes in it. There, you have it.
Tried
from Can
from
JR's Beer Warehouse
on 06 Mar 2025
at 19:32
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
on 11 Dec 2024
at 22:29