Sweetwater Brewing Company Atlanta’s OG IPA

Atlanta’s OG IPA

 

Sweetwater Brewing Company in Atlanta, Georgia, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.59
ABV: 6.3% IBU: 50 Ticks: 11
Our original India Pale Ale lays down hints of grapefruit and pine on the palate, with a clean and bright finish. A straight-up, always fresh, always heady OG IPA, this is the go-to brew you order without having to check the menu.
 

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7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Draft pours clear amber with a thick head that reduces to thin foam. Thin mouthfeel with an aroma that teases sweetness and chocolate but a flavor that counterpunches with astringency and a lingering pine resin bitterness. Nice IPA.

Tasted at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Pooler, GA

Tried from Draft on 01 Nov 2025 at 00:13


2.1
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 0.5

Yellow can for 2 bucks at the vintage estate. I thought fer sher I tasted this already, I guess it was that other sweetwater west coast IPA. Pour is clear but a little darker than pale, something like an orange tinted pale. The head is gigantic, even with a gentle pour the head takes up most of the glass and settles to a craggy half glass after a few minutes. Each pour does the same, visually quite lively. The nose is muted hop perfume, can barely smell it. First taste is difficult; definitely a terribly on style IPA fer sher. Whew, long sticky near astringent bitter bite that does not fade. Blah. For a lager lover this stuff is gaudy gawky gloomy gross grotesque glib glum and grievous. Will somebody please give me an ice cold macro pale light lager to wash this down with as a chaser? hehehehh. I guess my girlie pale lager loven palate will never mature enough to enjoy the gahzillion different IPA out there; they all practically taste the same: Appallingly horrifying. wink wink. At least it does have a decent level of carbonation that tries to keep my mind off the bitter finish.

Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 06 Oct 2025 at 17:14


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz picked up at Publix.
Pours clear golden with a medium sized off-white head, good lacing. Dank aroma, grapefruit, floral, piney.
Very good. Glad I have a few more of these.

Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2025 at 22:33


6

Puuviljane, vesine, tsitrus, kuiv, nats karamell, nats männine. Ok.

Tried on 06 Jul 2023 at 23:12


6

Tried from Draft on 27 Aug 2018 at 14:24


7

Tap at Grote Kerk. Hazy amber with white head. Sweet malts, tropical fruits. Over medium sweet and moderate bitter. Medium body and soft carbonation.

Tried from Draft on 26 May 2018 at 20:45


7

Tried from Bottle on 19 Jan 2018 at 21:37



7

Not a big IPA fan but still a good beer.

Tried on 27 Dec 2015 at 20:13


8

This is a delight. Very smooth.

Tried on 23 Oct 2015 at 18:53