Expedition Ale
Drake’s Brewing Company in San Leandro, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Spring Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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In the spirit of exploration, Expedition blends the deep roasted flavors of dark malts with the hops of an IPA to create something worth discovering for yourself. Set sail on an expedition of your own.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber with a big and lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and moderate hoppy - grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 020812
Tried
on 02 Aug 2012
at 10:24
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Marsiblursi. Pours clear brownish red with bubbly brownish white head that quickly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and hoppy fresh with orange peal, dark bread, wood, lemon zest, pine, resin, oatmeal, overripe red apples, wet tobacco, caramel, canned corn, hazelnuts, wet soil and hints of compost and orange zest. Taste is sweet and bitter with freshly cut grass, pine, grapefruit juice, dark bread, orange peal, caramel, resinous wood, toasted malts, tobacco, hazelnuts, cereal, biscuits, lemon zest, charred oats and hints of wet soil and charred wood. Mouthfeel is smooth, round, oily bitter and medium bodied. Finish is slightly sweet and bitter with pine, resinous wood, freshly cut grass, grapefruit juice, hazelnuts and dark bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2012
at 12:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear reddish amber color with a small longlasting off-white head. Has a fruity piney hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy piney caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter piney finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 03:25
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
bottle at ølbutikken. clear brown, small white head. aroma si quite sweet malty, dark caraemmlly, lacks hoppy balance. flavor is mal, caramelly, dry, lacks hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2012
at 08:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. 7.0% abv bottle. Hazy amber beer, tiny pale tan head. Light palate, soft and semi dry. Mild carbonation. Nice piney hops, fairly bitter. Trace of citrus. Good malt base. Good stuff.
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. 7.0% abv bottle. Hazy amber beer, tiny pale tan head. Light palate, soft and semi dry. Mild carbonation. Nice piney hops, fairly bitter. Trace of citrus. Good malt base. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2012
at 04:00
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 22fl.oz. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, pine, medicine - hospital notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus - orange, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jan 2012
at 09:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruity, earthy, mildly malty with some quite sweet floral and herbal notes as well. Flavour is quite similar with a quite big hoppy bitternes to it as well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2011
at 09:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Hazy copper colour, small head. Grapefruity hop aroma. Mid sweet with medium body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel dipped is salty grapefruit with long, resiny really bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2011
at 04:05
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at chriso’s. Pours a clearish, brick red with a foamy, white head. Some caramel and soapy hops in the nose. Medium sweet flavor, notes of caramel, piney resins. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Slightly drying finish, sticky, some leafy bitterness, more caramel and pine. Very solid beer overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2011
at 13:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Chriso Patriks Bday tasting. Very deep red brown hazy. Lasting beige head. Nice resiny pnw hops. Hops are really excellent. Its got some sweetness
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2011
at 11:29