First Cut IPA
Tröegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
6.81
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Each spring, hop growers dust off their pruning shears and trim the first shoots, bolstering the bines for a rich growing season. First Cut – a mouthful of silky Simcoe and a touch of mango – is a nod to this ritual, without which the world would be a less hoppy place.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is grapefruity and mellow. Crisp hoppy. Citrusy and slight peachy. Mellow fruity. Lingering hoppy and smooth fruity far finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Apr 2017
at 22:52
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Hazy golden color, white head. Mango aroma. Earthy mango taste. Not sure why you would highlight the hops then cover them with fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2017
at 08:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours an amber, almost copper from a bottle, medium white head dissipates with little lacing. Aroma is a strong juiciness, flavor starts off similarly, I suppose it’s mango, but it’s not terribly indicative of a particular fruit. Flavor then veers off toward resin. A little thin in the mouth. Good beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2017
at 22:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Aroma’s sweet, hops, wet grain and paper. Flavor’s slightly more sweet than bitter, resiny. Good and finish.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2017
at 22:16
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a very thin head and aromas of mango, honey and a little lemon and pine. Flavor starts pretty juicy and lush before going sweet and then resinous. It’s a pleasant transition and my only knock is the odd little aftertaste after the piney flavors pass... kind of a funky little afternoon that is kind of a funky grassy note that doesn’t sit quite right. It’s not always there, but if this ended with a bright burst of pine I would have a new staple IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Mar 2017
at 21:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, Wine Warehouse. Pours golden amber with an inch of beige head. Nice aroma of citrus juice and peel, pine, mango. Flavor not quite matching the nose: lemon and orange peel, watery orange juice, some mango. Flavor weak compared to the nose. The taste is good just watery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2017
at 21:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask @ Albion. Hazy orange with largish foamy off-white head, orange peel aroa, low carbonation, medium bitter juicy orange taste with mango flavor, smooth body, medium bitter flavorful finish. Very smooth and orangey.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Mar 2017
at 16:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
From cask at Crest Tavern in Wildwood Crest, NJ. Pours medium gold with a thick creamy beige head. Subtle tropical fruit nose with a touch of caramel malt. Subdued sweet fruity malt upfront. Soft, silky mouthfeel from cask pour. Tart, dank grapefruit and pine on back end. Overall, pretty good.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Mar 2017
at 21:10
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle from Whole Foods Market Fair Lakes Aroma: mango, citrus, resin, citrus, pine Appearance: dark golden with a white head Taste: medium sweetness, medium bitterness, Palate: medium body, sticky, soft carbonation, long finish, Tasty
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2017
at 12:26
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured from can best by 6/9/17 copper gold with nice lacing and a thin white head. Aroma of tropical fruit mango and hops. Taste is balanced between hop and fruit mango up front and nice hops in the finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of First Cut IPA on 05 Mar 2017 at 17:48 - Score: 7
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2017
at 16:25