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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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft at Alchemy. Orange-tan with a steady off-white head. Sweet hoppy aroma. Somewhat watery body, UK like mouthfeel. Quite refreshing and easy drinking, with a pleasant citrus finish. Mellow, could easily pass for an APA. Sweet, creamy. Some fruity English Ale characteristics. OK.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2010
at 00:26
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle courtesy of Sparky27. Thanks! Pours a hazy caramel color with a medium frothy head. Nice sticky lacing and decent head retention. Aroma is bitter resiny hops with sweet malty notes to balance. Taste is very similar. Slightly bitter resiny and citrus hops with caramel malts and bit of nuttiness. Smooth, medium bodied and well balanced. This is an excellent IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2010
at 18:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Strong citrus aroma of grapefruit. Quite floral. Pours hazy orange with medium head, decent lacing, mass floaties. Taste is quite sweet, ends bitter. Could use more carbonation. Body is thin. Finish is a bit oily. Sweetest IPA I’ve ever had. I’m used to bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2009
at 17:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A solid ipa. Unusual appearance, it looks like a hefeweizen. Cloudy orange and huge chunks of protein and yeast. Flavor is lighly hopped, some bread. More hops in the flavor, some pine, and a dry cracker finish. Flavor is appropriate and full enough. Better than average.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2009
at 14:32
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pour is a orange with a small white head. Aroma is hard to detect and that’s a bad thing for an IPA. Some hops are there is guess. Flavor is a tad better with some bitter hops showing up but nothing like a IPA should be. This is not a good example of the style.
Tried
on 24 Jul 2009
at 22:58
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Body is a slightly hazy orangish amber with a finger of dense head and aromas that promise some honey type malt, a little pineapple and some other tropical fruits. In spite of those aromas, flavor is downright wacky... I guess there is a little of the honey and sweet fruit in there, but it gets demolished by a medicine/astringent weirdness that makes it hard to enjoy. I honestly didn’t think this would be that bad... despite what Matt told me.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2009
at 18:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a darkish golden color with a long lasting white head. Has a malty hoppy grassy aroma. Sweetish malty weak hoppy flavor with hints of citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy citrus finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2008
at 02:47
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours hazy copper with a big, fluffy white head. It has a citrus hops aroma and a balanced flavor lightly toasted malt and citrus hops. It’s more mild than most IPAs with a shorter hop finish. Pretty good though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2008
at 01:37
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Poured deeo orange with thick lasting white head. some lace. Floral aroma with a bit of spiciness. Mild flavour with a malty note. Hoppy finish not full like an IPA but more like pale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2008
at 23:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottled. Lightly hazy golden, small head. Aroma of lychee abd canteloupe. Sweet and medium bodied with chewy caramelly malt character. Firm and vital with restrained citric hoppiness. Finisehs with medium bitterness. Aiming more towards balance than most American IPAs.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2008
at 08:17