IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.94
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New look, same fresh taste. One of the all-time highest rated IPAs on RateBeer, AleSmith IPA is a west coast-style India pale ale icon. Bursting with massive hop aromas of grapefruit, pine, and tropical fruits from huge additions of Columbus and Citra, this classic IPA is perfectly balanced by a healthy malt backbone and smooth, bitter finish.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Canned 355 ml, from Pivoljub. One yr old. Shared with JFK10000. Pours hazy yellow, white head. Fruity jammy aroma. Citrus, oranges, grapefruit, smooth, lasting bitter finish. Medium bodied. Not bad, have to try the fresh one.
Tried
from Can
from
Pivoljub - The First Beer Shop in Slovenia
on 04 May 2017
at 11:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Kroger (Rio Hill), bomber. Golden with a large off-white head. Nice juicy aroma: citrus and floral hops, minor pine. Flavor is pine, grapefruit juice and peel, resin, very minor fennel. Tasty.
Tried
on 01 May 2017
at 16:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016. This one is a more or less clear looking one, golden in color and a nice medium sized white head on the top. Smells quite fresh, fruity. Hoppy and quite grapefruit oriented. Nice aroma inviting. Tastes good also. A little grassy perhaps, lots of bitter grapefruit and grapes. Feels nice and oily in the mouth and it's about average on the carbonation. Long bitter tail. Almost a little warming down the throat. 13.05.2016 --- Beer merged from original tick of IPA on 02 Nov 2012 at 01:07 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: 0.65l bottle shared with The Tasting Crew. Finally it's my turn to try this! A honey-golden one, lot's of small particles and a big heavy lacing just off-white head. The aroma is really fruity indeed. Lot's of citrus, peaches, grapes and something reminding of licorice. Smells nice, but not extreme. Good bitterness in the taste. Not as fruity here as I perhaps could have hoped for, but it's definitely really really balanced. Caramel and quite on the grassy side. Almost on the border of pungent? That's a bit strange. Carrot-sweetness, some zesty things also, and a hint of dry yeast in the finish. Tasty, but I probably had hyped this a bit to much.. 27.07.2012
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Apr 2017
at 06:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
0.33l can. Hazy golden color with medium white head. Aroma: mango,pine, papaya, caramel. Taste: resins, mango, grapefruit. Medium body, moderate carbonation.Higher and long bitterness. Dry with oily texture.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2017
at 04:31
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pours golden orange from the bottle with a frothy white head. Aroma is mango, pine, coriander, tangerine. Taste is bittersweet and quite fruity, mango and citrus being dominant. Finish trends bitter but still in balance with a dry, lightly warming finish. One of the best IPAs I have drunk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2017
at 11:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Hazy honey orange, good ivory head. Hoppy nose delivering citrusy and resiny notes. Honey malts background. Medium body. Very solid bitterness characterizes the flavour. Resins and grapefruit. Medium to heavy bitter. Some sweet malts behind it. Very long bitter finish. Well it is not surprising. It is just damn very good.
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Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2017
at 12:51
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz can at home courtesy of Saeglopur, big thanks. Canned 10/05/2016. orange clear color, medium big white head. smells of pines, resin, bit old hoppy, caramel, oranges, parfumy, lemon grass, some lychee. overall nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes of oranges, some grapefruit, mango, earthy, light pines, lemon grass.finishes lightly bitter with earthy notes, pines and some exotic fruits. quite good one, overall a bit old hoppy, but taste is still quite nice, rather on the earthy side though. overall nice stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Feb 2017
at 12:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
355ml can. Pours a hazy golden orange colour with a white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, pine, grapefruit, tangerine. Taste follows suit matching the aroma exactly, light malt in the background. Medium bodied, smooth mouthfeel. Really good.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2017
at 15:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks D.! MBR. Misty orange golden body. White head. Sweey dough and assorted citrus fruit. Lovely! Mixture of peachy and doughy notes on a solid malty base. A touch of lime and a well integrates herbal bitterness. Lovely indeed, superbly drinkable for the ABV.
Tried
on 13 Feb 2017
at 09:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 65cl. Orange, hazy with a offwhite head. Nice balanced , tropical fruit aroma. Bitter taste with a warm tropical end, Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2017
at 14:14