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 superspak:
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.58/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 6/19/2012. Pours very cloudy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Slight spotty lacing clings to the glass. Aromas of caramel, orange zest, herbal, floral, pine, toast, grass, and light earthy spiciness. Pretty nice aromas with decent strength and pleasant balance. Taste of caramel, citrus rind, pine, herbal, floral, bread, grass, and earthy spiciness. Lingering notes of citrus rind, pine, herbal, floral, bread, and earthy spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Good flavor balance; with a solid bitterness/sweetness balance and no cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy and sticky mouthfeel that is good. Overall this is a good herbed IPA. Well balanced and easy to drink. Enjoyable.
Oct 08, 2012
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Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

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Rated: 3.75 by ovaltine from Indiana

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Rated: 3.75 by dawardster from Ohio

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Rated: 3.75 by Techichi from Texas

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Rated: 3.76 by Gkruszewski from New York

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Rated: 3.75 by JKV96 from Massachusetts

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Rated: 3 by ncstateplaya from North Carolina

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Rated: 3.25 by malfunxion from New York

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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