Floral IPA - Beer Camp #53 (Best Of Beer Camp)
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Floral IPA - Beer Camp #53 (Best Of Beer Camp)Floral IPA - Beer Camp #53 (Best Of Beer Camp)
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From:
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
 
California, United States
Style:
English IPA
ABV:
5.9%
Score:
84
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 10.75%
Reviews:
216
Ratings:
540
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Aug 10, 2015
Added:
Jul 23, 2012
Wants:
  8
Gots:
  9
This unique take on the traditional IPA style pairs the bold and intense aromas of whole-cone hop "flowers" with aromatic natural rose hips and petals for complex aromas and unexpected flavors.
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Ratings by motorhed:
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Reviewed by motorhed from Minnesota

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Surly pint glass.

A - Pours a nice dark hazy golden/orange color with a thin 1 finger of white head that dissipates quickly. Leaves some light lacing as it's consumed.

S - Fruity, herbs, floral, hop aroma, and some malt.

T - Much of the same characteristics in the aroma of the beer come out in the flavor/taste as well. Very floral and full of citrus up front, herbal, and finishes with a bitter hop bite that lingers.

M - Silky, oily smooth drinking but definitely fuller in body than i was expecting. Nicely balanced and has a nice lingering chewy bitter finish.

O - Not a bad brew but in the land of what consists of near a million IPA's, this one is average. Nothing in this beer sets it vastly apart from many other IPA's. I would have it again but it's not anything i would go out of my way to seek out again.
Oct 05, 2012
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by ovaltine from Indiana

May 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by dawardster from Ohio

Jan 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by Agentveba from North Carolina

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Techichi from Texas

Nov 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.76 by Gkruszewski from New York

Nov 08, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by JKV96 from Massachusetts

Oct 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by ncstateplaya from North Carolina

Sep 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by malfunxion from New York

Aug 27, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by jfmorey from Virginia

Aug 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Doodamis-Maximus from Pennsylvania

Jul 27, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by JMBSH from Colorado

Jul 18, 2014
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Reviewed by Can_if_you_can from Minnesota

2.22/5  rDev -40.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
Reviewed from notes July 2012.

"Copper/light brown color with a clear appearance. I don't like the aroma of the hops in this beer. Taste is too bitter, again for Sierra Nevada!! I haven't had an i.p.a. from these guys that I hadn't though was too bitter and harsh - torpedo, hoptimum.... I guess the "wet hopped harvest was pretty good. Medium body and carbonation. hoppiness gets more "palatable" as you drink but still too harsh.
Jul 04, 2014
 
Rated: 4.75 by thugherman from Texas

Jun 19, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Durandal_777 from Pennsylvania

May 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by SkinniePost from Wisconsin

Apr 12, 2014
 
Rated: 4 by Karibourgeois from Texas

Mar 09, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Griffith from Connecticut

Feb 22, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Josbor11 from Ohio

Feb 13, 2014
Floral IPA - Beer Camp #53 (Best Of Beer Camp) from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 84 out of 100 with 540 ratings