Masala Mama IPA
Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.73
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American style IPA brewed using Amarillo, Cascade, Centennial and Mt. Hood hops. A beer with crisp hop flavor and bitterness well balanced with American malt sweetness.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler at Peter’s NY gathering - thanks to the responsible party - this is a no-nonsense IPA, with the earthy, grapefruit notes of California all over the place - almost juicy, with loads of hay, grass, orange peel - earthy yet crisp - some bitter herbal notes near the end - moderate malt sweetness balances it, and keeps it from becoming too dry - quite nice.
Tried
from Growler
on 02 Jun 2009
at 18:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a lazing light tan head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of hops, elderflowers, grass, and grapefruit, as well a lighter notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, spicy hops, and elderflowers, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2009
at 03:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler: Poured a deep orangey color ale with a huge foamy head with great retention and great lacing. Aroma of citrus hops with a nice mix of caramel malt and a nice bitter aftertaste. Taste is also a very well balance mix between some some c-hops citrus notes with some floral undertones and deep caramel malt. Full body with great carbonation. Very well done but I still thinks its lacks the grapefruit punch that I really look for in this style.
Tried
from Growler
on 15 Jan 2009
at 21:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Growler generously obtained for me by BDR. Split with cdumler and Alraomon. And I’m grateful for this because currently my only Minnesota rating is some crappy pale lager from trader Joe’s. Pours an almost strawberry red color. Slightly hazy. Large head shows great head retention and thick lacing. The aroma is oily, resiny, piney, minty hops with earthy, brown sugar notes. The taste us very earthy and very bitter resiny, leafy hops, but balanced nicely by the malts. Medium bodied. Very nice IPA.
Tried
from Growler
on 30 Dec 2008
at 23:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear amber with large off white head. Hoppy aroma with mild caramel and grapefruit notes. Loads of hops in the flavor with notes of grapefruit, caramel and pine. Ends solid bitter.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2008
at 03:59
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12 fl.oz @ Amerikaner blindsmagning @ Papsoe, Bottle #03.]Unclear orange color with a average, frothy, good lancing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to light heavy hoppy, grass, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Bitternes is shell bitter almost harsh bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (190608)
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Sep 2008
at 02:19
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Hand bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of BrianK. Pours an almost clear amber golden with a handsome, off-white head leaving laces. Rather fat and oily hop aroma with peachy accents. Medium body with some caramel, a weird ashy note and a very dry and very bitter hoppy finish. 190608
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2008
at 15:13
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Out of a growler (thanks to Ron for this). I was told that the growler was opened a day earlier, and some of the hops presence took a hike, so I’m bearing that in mind. Orange body... grapefruit and pineapple aromas with a touch of pine. Flavor was fairly hop heavy but came off as a bit weak in terms of malt presence.
Tried
from Growler
on 07 Jun 2008
at 22:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pint pour, at the brewpub in Minneapolis. Pour is clear amber, with an off white head. About an inch, and quite lasting. The remnants of the head streaked the glass nicely. Aroma of floral and citrus hops up front, with some nice sweet toasted maltiness in the back. Taste is much more balanced towards the hops - very fresh, almost wet tasting citrus (grapefruit) and floral. Nice bitterness from tip of the tongue to the back of the throat. The malt is in the middle in finish, though certainly takes a back seat to the hops. The palate was surprisingly thin, and led to this being a bot on the watery side. An excellent IPA.
Tried
on 17 Mar 2008
at 11:03
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at the Laid Back Brussels Tasting (Feb 9, 2008)
Clear amber, off-white, fizzy head. Aroma is heavily on the american hops (even quite one dimensional on these) inducing also some flowery aromas. Some malty aromas of caramel are present too. Heavily hoppy bitter, lightly sweet flavour. The flavour is quite heavy on the hops as well, but the balance nor complexity aren’t well looked after. Nice but not great, too one dimensional.
Clear amber, off-white, fizzy head. Aroma is heavily on the american hops (even quite one dimensional on these) inducing also some flowery aromas. Some malty aromas of caramel are present too. Heavily hoppy bitter, lightly sweet flavour. The flavour is quite heavy on the hops as well, but the balance nor complexity aren’t well looked after. Nice but not great, too one dimensional.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2008
at 02:35