The Heart
Hop Nation Brewing Co in Footscray, Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
6.74
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Pouring a golden straw colour with a lacing head, floral and citrus hop aromas make for an inviting and crisp take on this infamous style.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[375ml can from Beer52.] A slightly hazy straw coloured pour with a loose white head; citrusy aroma with a touch of farmyard; rather acidic taste that's not particularly pleasant; then a dry and sour finish. Not great.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2021
at 19:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can: Poured a hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, perfume. Taste is hops bitter, fruity, citrus, rugged lingering bite.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2021
at 17:30
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
375ml can, via Beer52. Very pale straw coloured beer, slight haze to the pour, white head. Citrus lead in both the nose and taste, refreshing enough, but not exciting or different from so many other such beers.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2021
at 22:42
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Beer 52. Pours a hazy VERY pale straw colour with a slight greenish tinge, a white head and some lacing. A restrained nose of pine and some citrus. Initial mouthfeel is general hop flavour, citrus comes along later with a juiciness that lasts until the hoppy finish kicks in. Reasonable, but a bit bland.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2020
at 15:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Can) Pours hazy golden with small loose white head. Pleasant aroma of pine with citrus notes. Light body with rather fizzy carbonation. Taste starts with a nice citrus tang. The mid palate is a bit thin and watery. There’s some pleasant but very restrained bitterness in the finish. Simple, not very interesting but very drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2019
at 13:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
375ml can into shaker. Pale amber beer, slight haze. large frothy head. A few random tiny bubbles rise up. Some lacing. Nose is woody and floral. Light body, easy drinking. Lightly bitter with subtle dry finish of lemon and earthy hops. Slammable, not too complex.
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2019
at 10:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Slow Beer, Richmond. Poured a hazy straw colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is malt, light grassy citrus hop. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a crisp fresh light dry malt, light peppermint woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jan 2018
at 08:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Uitgang Bar, Richmond, Melbourne. Pours clear light golden with a white head. Aroma: lemon, grapefruit, mango, passionfruit, melon & pine needles. Taste: dry, clean, crisp, biscuit malts, moderate bitter, grapefruit dominates, also lemon, peach, gooseberries, herbal, resinous pine. Light body, average carb, long bitter finish. A cracking APA
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2018
at 00:54
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Very pale gold, slightly hazy with a white head. Aroma of herbal lemon, honeydew melon, passionfruit, gooseberries, pine. Very light bodied. Hop dominated (mostly, but not only Citra at a guess), but there’s just a hint of biscuit underneath to stop it from being raspy hop water. Dryish with a dry and moderate to highly bitter finish. Just a little austere for my taste but good.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2017
at 07:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can sample at a tasting at troubles’ place. Thanks troubles. Hazy yellow. Nice fruity hops, "green", a bit of graininess, quite dry, moderately bitter. Good and refreshing.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2017
at 11:11