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Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Triple Rotating|
Score
7.38
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Double India Pale Ale brewed with Golden Promise malt, hopped with Mosaic, Simcoe, Citra and CTZ.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught, sample. Tasted on the 11/05/2018 at "Mikkeller Beer Celebration 2018", Copenhagen. Slightly cloudy golden colour with a decent off-white head. Aroma is citrics, candy, grassy hops and grapefruit. Taste is medium hoppy and citrusy leading to a extreme hoppy bitter finish. Next one please!!!!
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2018
at 08:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Can. Pours slightly hazy butterscotch, medium fluffy off-white head, dissipates slowly, good lacing. Aroma is oranges, grapefruit, caramel, dankness. Flavor is meidum sweet, medium bitter, juicy and dank. Medium body. Not bad. A bit hot.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jun 2018
at 04:07
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Canned January 2018, drunk 2/3/18.
Lightly hazy, copper-golden with a medium-sized, off-white head showing moderate retention.
Mega pineapple nose slowly divulges orange and grapefruit, as well. Kind of Trillium-like with bare, crackery malts and moderately sharp esters. Or maybe more like Trillium's less juicy IPAs, as this thing, like a lot of Half Acre, shows much more green hop, citrus and pine and very low juiciness.
Green, hoppy, zesty, spicy notes fill the mouth with nectarine skin, dry pineapple and somewhat scratchy at times malts. The attenuation and carbonation are both on point and the beer is clean, but for sharp esters and light alcohol and resin. I can respect Half Acre, but I really don't like the stark dryness of their hoppy beers. While there's a bit of depth to the malt, there's just no sweetness anywhere nor much juiciness to speak of. They're like old school West Coast IPAs.
Lightly hazy, copper-golden with a medium-sized, off-white head showing moderate retention.
Mega pineapple nose slowly divulges orange and grapefruit, as well. Kind of Trillium-like with bare, crackery malts and moderately sharp esters. Or maybe more like Trillium's less juicy IPAs, as this thing, like a lot of Half Acre, shows much more green hop, citrus and pine and very low juiciness.
Green, hoppy, zesty, spicy notes fill the mouth with nectarine skin, dry pineapple and somewhat scratchy at times malts. The attenuation and carbonation are both on point and the beer is clean, but for sharp esters and light alcohol and resin. I can respect Half Acre, but I really don't like the stark dryness of their hoppy beers. While there's a bit of depth to the malt, there's just no sweetness anywhere nor much juiciness to speak of. They're like old school West Coast IPAs.
Tried
from Can
on 31 May 2018
at 19:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap @Luppolo Station in Rome. Golden-amber semi clear, foam is medium white and leaving drafts. Nose: oniony sonehow, vegetables, hops fighting with maltiness. Mouth: medium sweet mouthfeel, sweet and warming alcohol and malts going fine along imo.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 May 2018
at 19:26
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
0,05l from tap at Mbcc Blue Session. smells musty, citric, peppery, spices, some candy notes. nice smell. full body, light carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes citric, earthy spices, candy, peppery. finishes light to medium bitter with notes of earth, citrus and some spices. nice one but not overly special. 7, 4, 7, 3, 15
Tried
from Draft
on 13 May 2018
at 20:31
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2018
at 19:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at MBCC2018, Copenhagen. Color is slightly cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some sweetness, hops and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 May 2018
at 15:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ mbcc 2018. Clear golden color. Fruity hops, grapefruit and green hops. Juicy with nice bitterness. Grassy.
Tried
on 11 May 2018
at 14:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft @ MBCC 2017. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy grapefruit aroma. Fruity malty piney hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty piney hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2018
at 09:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Got in a trade with The-Adjunct-Hippie. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 1/29/2018. Pours lightly hazy deep golden amber/light orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, bread dough, light honey/caramel/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, bread dough, light honey/caramel/toast, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, citrus peel/zest, light pepper/pine, bread dough, light caramel/toast, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 10%. Overall this is a fantastic DIPA! All around outstanding complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and bready malt flavors; very smooth and dangerously easy to drink for the big ABV; with the modestly bitter/drying finish, never aggressive. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, not overly sweet/heavy for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering, loved the hop profile as expected. Apparently Citra, Mosaic, Columbus hops; and Golden Promise malt.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Mar 2018
at 00:57