Duality #2: Riwaka & Simcoe
Cellarmaker Brewing Company in Oakland, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Series|
Score
7.10
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The second in a series of 2-Hop pale ales exploring the sexiest hops the world has to offer. This round brings together the elusive and tantalizing New Zealand grown Riwaka with our favorite American grown hop, Simcoe.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Poured from 473mL can (pkg 05/16/2022). Cloudy yellow with small white head. A bit dank, citrus hops, touch of car exhaust, not a ton of depth. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2022
at 04:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz @ Sales Force. Appearance: cloudy blonde with a white head. Aroma: super dank with car exhaust notes. Taste: along the same lines, dry, with piney hoppy bitterness finish. Overall: tooo dank.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2022
at 04:51
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Opaque, pale. Has a peach, pear sort of aroma, little bit weedy. On the palate, balanced, relatively low bitterness, and the hops again are a bit weedy, with more stone fruit.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2022
at 04:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can purchased at Ale Arsenal to glass. Aroma is tropical fruit and herbs. Pours hazy yellow-gold with small off-white head. Flavor is grapefruit, citrus and slight dank. A bit thin on the mouthfeel.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Aug 2022
at 04:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a 16 oz can with no visible date code. Aroma is very dank and fruity with lots of passion fruit, grapefruit, tropical citrus and hints of pine. Dank, oily resin abounds. Light cracker malt notes and hints of alcohol. Pours a hazy, pale, yellow straw color with a large, fairly thick, fluffy, white head that recedes steadily to a small film that lingers in clumps on the edges. Medium lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with light cracker malt notes. Moderately strong bitterness and hints of alcohol. Fairly strong hop notes of passion fruit, grapefruit and tropical citrus. Loads of dank, oily resin notes with hints of pine. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall a solid pale ale. A nice expression of these hops with Riwaka seemingly more prevalent in the aroma while Simcoe carries the flavor.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jun 2022
at 03:43
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
The beer is a darkened yellow. Quite cloudy. Medium white head, fine foam, and seems to stick around. The aroma is a fairly sharp mix of hop flavors. Lime peel, grass, some tangerine sweetness, pine, mild melon. Mild pale character anchors the taste, but the hops are the attraction. A little more tangerine but otherwise similar to the aroma. Not super sweet but juicy and flavorful. Rather dry. Refreshing, easy to drink. Medium bitter. A little creaminess in the mouthfeel. Normal carbonation. Good beer.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2015
at 03:01