Sweetgrass APA
Grand Teton Brewing Co. in Victor, Idaho, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.88
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Sweetgrass APA is a Pale Ale of distinction! 2009 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal winner in the American Pale Ale category, this crisp and fragrant beer is hopped and dry-hopped with plenty of Amarillos and Cascades. Try it with any bold, flavorful food to complement its citrusy, resinous spiciness.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours orange. Head is white, creamy, and the brew retains a visible lacing. Aroma is a mix of caramel and blood orange. Tart, with a citric bitterness. Finishes the same. Body is medium, and the beer leaves a rich, smooth feel in the mouth. Good.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2017
at 21:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
12 fl.oz. bought at a Total Wine in Vegas an drunk in a hotel room after the X Burlesque show. Unclear orange in the glass, big white foamy head. Hopy floral on the nose. Taste starte hopy, but also malt and dry grain with a pleasant bitterness. Less fruity than expected to the smell. Long lasting mid bitterness with lemon grass in the background,. Enjoyable stuff.
Tried
on 03 May 2016
at 03:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle into a dirty shaker. Bottled 8/28/2015. A: Pours murky orange with a huge jagged white head that has dogged retention and thick lacing. S: Can’t smell much due to a headcold but I do get a sweet citrus tangerine scent. Will give an average rating to be fair. T: Sweet caramel lasts but a fleeting second before a blast of bitter zest arrives and takes over. A tart fruity note joins in for the finish, providing good complexity. M: Medium heavy in body with a fine carbonation wash and a medium short finish. Surprisingly dry and clean with only a slight oiliness. O: A bit unusual in my experience, this is pretty good though expensive at $12/6. I wont be buying this regularly (except maybe with TW coupons) but this is well worth a try if not an occasional purchase. Recommended.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2016
at 18:58
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottled May 5th.
Clear orange until the bottom of the bottle where it gets a bit hazy. It’s bottle conditioned.
Smells of floral hops, cracker malt, kinda fruity.
Good balanced APA.
Floral hop smell translated to a mild slightly grassy bitterness. And that gets tempered by a firm malt presence of biscuit and cracker. The finish is the zenith of the bitter notes but again, it comes across as relatively mild because of that tasty balance.
This has been an old favourite of mine once the brewer rebranded this from IPA to APA.
Clear orange until the bottom of the bottle where it gets a bit hazy. It’s bottle conditioned.
Smells of floral hops, cracker malt, kinda fruity.
Good balanced APA.
Floral hop smell translated to a mild slightly grassy bitterness. And that gets tempered by a firm malt presence of biscuit and cracker. The finish is the zenith of the bitter notes but again, it comes across as relatively mild because of that tasty balance.
This has been an old favourite of mine once the brewer rebranded this from IPA to APA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2015
at 13:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a soft hazy orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There’s some light stringy lacing coming from the dieing head.
The smell had a big juicy citrus aroma with an invasive strong pine note to assist in a wonderful smell.
The taste started off sweet and eventually showed a mild bittersweet flavoring to start to show.
On the palate, this one shows a nice sesionability in a light to medium sort of body. The carbonation was delicately harsh with a fine lingering gentleness to it. A light spicy smooth undercurrent of juicy citrus with pine rolls over my tongue.
Overall, what a wonderful APA that I definitely would have again.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a soft hazy orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There’s some light stringy lacing coming from the dieing head.
The smell had a big juicy citrus aroma with an invasive strong pine note to assist in a wonderful smell.
The taste started off sweet and eventually showed a mild bittersweet flavoring to start to show.
On the palate, this one shows a nice sesionability in a light to medium sort of body. The carbonation was delicately harsh with a fine lingering gentleness to it. A light spicy smooth undercurrent of juicy citrus with pine rolls over my tongue.
Overall, what a wonderful APA that I definitely would have again.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 11:18
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a dark, hazy orange with a half finger of white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and sweet malt. Taste is similar. Pretty good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2014
at 14:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Nicely crafted ale from Grand Teton. Picked this up in their sampler pack at Winco Foods. Amber, with short, creamy head, sticky lacing. Piney aroma with sharp bitterness on the tongue. SHort, dry finish. Very tasty.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2013
at 19:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On draft at pizzeria caldera in Jackson WY. Pours a cloudy copper with a thick off white head. Fruity hop nose. Some grassy notes. Very bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2013
at 13:01
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draft pour. Poured a slightly hazy orange color with a small white head. Aroma was weak hops, some light malt sweetness, some watery fruit character. Flavor was light caramel malts, not a whole lot of hop character. Not very good, keg may have been off. Bummer.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2013
at 19:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at the Federal Bar, pours an opaque orange with a small white head. Aroma of mild floral hops, a bit of fruitiness, and some caramel biscuity malt. Flavour of floral hops, some herbal hops, and biscuity malts. Full flavoured, especially for a pale ale. Great stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2013
at 20:18