Torpedo
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.35
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Sierra Nevada Torpedo Ale is a big American IPA; bold, assertive and full of flavor and aromas highlighting the complex citrus, pine and herbal character of whole-cone American hops. Our obsession with harnessing huge hop flavor led to the development of what we call the hop torpedo, a revolutionary method of dry-hopping designed, built, and debuted here at the brewery. Our torpedo is a sleek, stainless-steel piece of hardware that delivers more pure hop aroma than any method of dry-hopping we’ve ever seen.
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8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355 ml bottle. Pours unclear amber redish, big stable head. Caramel, grapefruit, pine, maple syrup, herbal notes, tangerine, spicy hops. Strong bitterness, some malty sweetness. Creamy oily texture, soft carbonated, medium to full bodied, long dry bitter finish. A classic and mature brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 May 2018
at 18:24
7/10
Aroma of bread, hay, little bit roasty. Grassy hops, light citrus, herbs. Taste is relatively sweet, but then dry bitterness comes forward.
Tried
on 13 Apr 2018
at 11:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flasche 0,355l: Bernstein, orange, deutliche Trübung, feinperlig, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; recht würzige + leicht fruchtige Nase, kräftige Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, getrocknete Früchte/Beeren, etwas Grapefruit, dezente Röstaromen, würziger Honig; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, würzige Süße, kräftige frische Hopfennoten, Malz, Getreide, dunkles Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, leichte Röstaromen, Pinienharz, angenehme würzige Bitterkeit; angenehmer würziger Nachgang mit kräftigen Hopfennoten
Tried
on 26 Mar 2018
at 08:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flasa z Tesca. Krasna sladka sladova vona. Jantarova farba, pena dlho nevydrzala. V chuti sladka medova horkost, ktore spolu ladia.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2018
at 17:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle, 0.355l. Hazy copper pour, minimal off-white head. Lasting thin layer, good lacing. Hops, herbs and grass on the nose. Malty background. Thin to medium body, lively carbonation. Regular texture. Moderately bitter taste, expected a bit more punch out of 65 IBU. Nicely drinkable and refreshing. Aroma of hops, pine, grassy and herbal. Slight spicy, peppery notes. A bit dusty. Touch of caramel malts in the background. Dry mouthfeel, medium finish, bitter. Overall, good one. Tasty and refreshing, quality brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2018
at 13:23
6/10
Tried
on 10 Nov 2017
at 15:51
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home. Nice orange/golden color. Thin beige head, nice aroma. In the taste and also in the aftertaste a lot of (good) bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2017
at 12:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Vona menej vyrazna. Farba pekna polotmava do oranzova. Chut prijemna na konci jemne horkasta.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2017
at 13:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle, from US. Backlog entry. Entering my historic scores for US beers whilst visiting New York. No tasting notes kept, just rating.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2017
at 17:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Strong fruity nose. Clear medium amber colour, mid-size frothy off-white head, good retention, good lacing. Aroma pale malts, grapefruit, pine. Smooth taste, medium sweet and bitter, malty, grapefruit, pine, spicy notes. Lingering bittersweet finish, orange peel, pine resin, medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very good IPA, well-balanced and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 14:41