Lower Falls
Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.55
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4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can, slight haze on light pale. Bubbly white head. Mild citrus nose of light hop perfume. OK, an IPA at 3.9%? Hey, need some beef to make me forget its an IPA, this ought to be interesting to say the least. First taste is yes, very light, more like a mild APA if you ask me. Sometimes there is this intersecting gray area between APA and session IPA, especially if the session lacks any kind of IPA bitter bite that a well made APA would easily have. I guess the APA should have a bit more malt presence, no? Under 5% and good hop character seems to describe both styles to me, I'm guessing this one may be a little more watery compared to an APA. Goes down pretty easy for me, as an IPA despiser, so we all know this really lacks many of the good characteristics of a decent session IPA. I guess you could call this a refreshing beer, considering its lack of IPA hop flavor and good level of cutting co2 throughout the session.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2024
at 19:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at their downtown tap room. Sort of jellied & not exactly clear honey gold pour. Good froth. Solid orange and dank nose. Taste is half-sour, twangy earth, slight onion, apple, prickly acid, fresh grass. Potent for a 3% beer. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jul 2023
at 21:02
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
6 week old can A: Clear pale yellow with a tall tight head that held a pad. Clumpy lace. S: Floral and citrus notes and sweet bread dough or cake. T: Tart and lightly bitter with florals and citrus from the nose. Tonic-y toward the finish, which is better than seltzery. M: Thin bodied and spritzy finishing very clean. O: Expectedly not bad but lacking in body and malt presence. OK for 3.9%.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2022
at 23:54