Original India Pale Ale
Roscoe's Hop House in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
5.95
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Harkening back to old world brewing styles, Roscoe’s Hop House uses the highest quality malts and hops to bring forth this smooth, bright flavored India Pale Ale. With a nod to the past, this nicely balanced, true ale is brewed using traditional brewing methods for a unique flavor profile. The password to our best kept secret is found inside the bottle.
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6/10
Tried
on 16 Aug 2014
at 09:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at home with the Beast, 27th July 14. Too malty and too sweet, drinkable bit only just
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Aug 2014
at 05:30
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a decent looking hazy orange with some slight carbonation seen rising. The head was about a finger’s worth that would die fairly quickly leaving some light lacing that slid.
The smell didn’t really seem much different than their pale ale other than having some more of that vegetal quality.
The taste was bitter for the sake of being bitter. It didn’t really seem like it was an IPA to me.
On the palate, this one sits about a light to medium on the body. Sessionable, well, slightly, I guess it was.
Overall, I was probably being a little nice with their pale ale, but this one kinda misses the mark with this one. Probably wouldn’t have this one again.
The appearance was a decent looking hazy orange with some slight carbonation seen rising. The head was about a finger’s worth that would die fairly quickly leaving some light lacing that slid.
The smell didn’t really seem much different than their pale ale other than having some more of that vegetal quality.
The taste was bitter for the sake of being bitter. It didn’t really seem like it was an IPA to me.
On the palate, this one sits about a light to medium on the body. Sessionable, well, slightly, I guess it was.
Overall, I was probably being a little nice with their pale ale, but this one kinda misses the mark with this one. Probably wouldn’t have this one again.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2014
at 03:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Tesco, Milton Keynes, consumed at home in company of Baz, Jude & Annasley on Saturday 24th May 2014 Pours dark amber with a filmy head. More toffee less hoppiness, chewy malty, not really an IPA but it does have a very American feel to it, I guess that is through the over generous use of crystal malt. Fruity but a bit too sweet, toffee coming back again. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov11 3.0
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2014
at 22:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle. Orange-brown amber colour, foamy white head leaving lacing and aroma of caramel, mango & citrus. Taste is crystal malt, caramel with some citrusy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft to medium carbonation, dry earthy bitter finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 May 2014
at 14:41
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from The Beerhive. Clear amber body with a fluffy off-white head. Steady carbonation. Nice lacing. Aroma of peach, caramel and earth. The flavour is musty and indistinct - faint toffee and grapefruit notes trying to get through. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. A forgettable beer. But much better than their Amber Ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2014
at 12:40
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from Tesco. Poured a clear medium amber with a thin white head. The aroma is rich resin hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a huge resin floral hop palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. I think they threw the hop bucket into this one, but unfortunately it contained all the wrong hops :-(
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2014
at 15:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
355ml bottle from Tesco’s, Camberley. Golden amber with a loose white head anf light carbonation; citrusy aroma; soft toffee taste with some sweet grapefruit to follow; and a caramel biscuity finish with some zingy spice. I’ve tried quite a few east coast IPA’s in the past few weeks, and this one is definitely better than average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2014
at 10:25
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at home... Golden amber... Big white Bubbly head... Soft peppery hop nose... Light fizz... Soft grapefruit toffee malt... Juicy fruits... Soft sweet toffee.. Wierd but interesting
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2014
at 11:15
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Tesco, Enniskillen [071213]
Amber, clear, big thick white head, good lacing
Aroma - very light herbal hop, hint of soft sweet pale malt, not much on the nose
Taste - soft caramel, very soft bitter hop, touch of toffee, no citrus, hint of twiggy English hop, not that hoppy, very soft malts, easy for the abv
Palate - Soft carb, medium body, bit oily. Finsh as main flavour, slightly dry, bit more bitter citrus comes through in the tail, bit gloopy finish
Overall - Rather indistinct, not in the US IPA style (more like an average UK IPA around 4.5%), ordinary stuff
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2013
at 18:27