The Great Return
Hardywood Park Craft Brewery in Richmond, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
6.97
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Bottle and can: Filtered
"IPA"
Bold, resinous and bursting with bright grapefruit aroma, this IPA is a tribute to the decades of hard work by conservationists to restore the James River as a bounty of vibrant aquatic life, eco-friendly recreational activity, and in our case, fresh brewing water. These efforts have culminated recently with the symbolic return of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric, yet majestic behemoth of a fish, spotted as far up the James River as the fall line in Richmond.
Original Gravity (O.G.):
1.070
Strength (ABV):
7.5 % ABV
Color (SRM):
12 °L
Bitterness (IBU):
70 IBUs
Availability:
Fall
First release date:
October 2013
"IPA"
Bold, resinous and bursting with bright grapefruit aroma, this IPA is a tribute to the decades of hard work by conservationists to restore the James River as a bounty of vibrant aquatic life, eco-friendly recreational activity, and in our case, fresh brewing water. These efforts have culminated recently with the symbolic return of the endangered Atlantic sturgeon, a prehistoric, yet majestic behemoth of a fish, spotted as far up the James River as the fall line in Richmond.
Original Gravity (O.G.):
1.070
Strength (ABV):
7.5 % ABV
Color (SRM):
12 °L
Bitterness (IBU):
70 IBUs
Availability:
Fall
First release date:
October 2013
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7/10
Tried
on 14 Nov 2015
at 14:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Very hoppy. Lots of pine and citrus peel. Murky orange. Can. Yummy and worthwhile. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2015
at 17:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Spacebar, Falls Church tap: pours orange with a white head. Aroma is light pine flowers and a hint of citrus. Taste is a bit bitter. Not much sweetness. Some maltiness. Not a very memorable IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jun 2015
at 23:36
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear yellow with off-white head. Aromas of floral, citrus, pine, hop oils. Tastes of floral, citrus, pine, caramel, light biscuit. Medium body with a dry finish. Hardywood doing it right.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2015
at 17:24
8/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2015
at 02:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Pours gold white head. Nose/taste of coffee, bitter rind, caramel malt and dry citrus peel. Medium body.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Feb 2015
at 12:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft - Pine and skunk. Clearish gold with a decent white head. Caramel and bitter citrus hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2015
at 06:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 5
On draft at pizzeria paradisio it is a golden color with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and the taste is strong bitter grapefruit that lingers bitter on the palAte
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jan 2015
at 16:04
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled from a 16 oz can this beer poured a dark amber color with an enormous soapy orange-white head that lingered and left decent lacing. The aroma was tangy sour caramel, pine, resin and a bit of lemon. The flavor was bitter pine, resin, tangy malts and sour caramel. Medium length finish. Medium body. Meh.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Dec 2014
at 11:27
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Draft at 2014 Virginia IPA Challenge: No noticeable aroma. Clear amber, headless. Whole orange flavor. Fizzy. Uninspiring.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2014
at 18:20