India Pale Ale
Nebraska Brewing Company Production Brewery & Tap Room

India Pale AleIndia Pale Ale
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From:
Nebraska Brewing Company Production Brewery & Tap Room
 
Nebraska, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #2,737
ABV:
6.9%
Score:
85
Ranked #20,391
Avg:
3.79 | pDev: 10.03%
Reviews:
143
Ratings:
661
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 02, 2023
Added:
Jul 04, 2009
Wants:
  13
Gots:
  139
Our India Pale Ale has a pronounced hop bitterness and wonderful hop aroma. The taste immediately gives away the high hop characteristics with malt aspects playing second fiddle to this fantastic example of the style.

72 IBU
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Reviewed by wiggibow from Nebraska

4.75/5  rDev +25.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
One of my favorite local beers, this is exactly the sort of ultra bitter west coast IPA I look for. Nostalgic and delicious, always stays in the rotation.
Dec 02, 2023
 
Rated: 3.93 by JTuomi from Finland

Aug 05, 2022
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Reviewed by JamFuel from Sweden

4.19/5  rDev +10.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a semi clear amber with fine, soapy head.

Smell is fruity and piney with notes of grapefruit, tangerine, caramel and peach.

Taste is fruity and piney, with notes of grapefruit, peach, resin, black tea and a solid bitterness.

Mouthfeel is medium, sticky and well carbonated.

Overall, a very nice, old school west coast IPA.
May 21, 2022
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Rated by TheRougeBastard from North Carolina

4/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Solid IPA...Cannot go wrong with Citra hops IMHO!
Sep 20, 2021
 
Rated: 3.69 by lemmy187 from Missouri

Apr 22, 2021
 
Rated: 3.6 by mintynick

Apr 23, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by RiceOwls27 from Texas

Apr 13, 2020
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.73/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a pull off top can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a very lightly hazed orange amber color with a one finger head of just off-white foam. The head has a great level of retention slowly fading over time to leave a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma of the brew is massive in intensity with tons of tropical fruits of tangerine and papaya along with big hop aromas of a herbal and earthy nature. Along with these smells comes some rather strong vegetal smells as well as a bit of a harvest fruit smell.
Taste – The taste begins with a very doughy and bready flavor that has a great level of sweetness due to some tropical fruits of tangerine mixed with some caramel flavors. There is a herbal and vegetal hop flavor right from the start that grow stronger as the taste moves forward. Along with these hops comes some flavors of an earthy hop and a bit of hay. The vegetal flavors really amp up at the end, and with a touch of harvest fruit sweetness of pear, one is left with an oddly pleasant vegetal/herbal hopped, sweeter, and thicker malt taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the thicker and chewier side with a lower carbonation level. The feel really fits the thicker malt flavors and the odd hop and sweet tastes rather well, and actually seems to accentuate them and make them more approachable and enjoyable.
Overall – Now I may be an oddity, but I always sorta like a little bit of herb, earth, pine, and/or vegetable flavor in my IPA. It creates a more dank and interesting flavor profile for the brew (I am sorta tired of fruity and citrusy IPAs…). This is an interesting one that delivers many of the aforementioned qualities. I like it, but feel it will likely be a polarizing brew. Try it if you have the chance. You may like it, or you may not, but it is interesting any which way.
Jan 23, 2020
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

3.56/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
June 2019....bright and mostly clear copper with a high white foam if you let it sit. Faint floral nose. Pine too. Resin filled open and a sharp pine bitter. Smacks the palate. Like tree sap and bark together. Nice.
Dec 08, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Stevotex from Texas

Oct 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by DerwinWentworth from Utah

Sep 25, 2019
 
Rated: 4.13 by Jeremy_Voll from North Dakota

Sep 21, 2019
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Reviewed by Mindcrime1000 from South Dakota

3.68/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a tulip.

Pours medium-amber and clear with a moderate head and lacing.

Citrus and resin aromas dominate the nose, with hints of caramel malt in the background.

The flavor follows the nose. Strong grapefruit and general citrus flavors forward on the tip of the tongue. Earthy and piney hops in midstream. Pale malts provide balance. A nice spicy finish with a hint of booze.

Medium-bodied and smooth, with a bit of dryness at the finish and plenty of carbonation.

Overall, a nice west-coast evocative offering.
Sep 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by Dillinger from Mississippi

Jul 05, 2019
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.92/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bright gold and crystal clear body; gently rising carbonation; very thick and creamy white head. Fantastic pine and floral hop aroma. Berry taste with some herbal spiciness; light malt grain flavor; bread crust; well-balanced hop bitterness. Medium body; softly tickles the palate; primarily dry mouthfeel throughout.

My can was packaged on 03/15/19, yet despite its age, comes across in a very pleasant manner. Sure, the taste is mildly muted yet still has a lot of character and variety. Well-balanced and flavorful.
May 27, 2019
 
Rated: 5 by Kwright from North Carolina

May 25, 2019
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.27/5  rDev -13.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
File under: beers I thought I already reviewed.

Pours a soapy yellow and amber color, 1/3" white head. Aroma seemed to be mostly/entirely bittering hops and crystal malt.

Taste, yeah, the commercial tug job ain't lying, they go for ibu bitterness more than flavor on this ipa. Chinook and Centennial seems to be utilized extensively, giving a solid floral grapefruit, tree and aspirin like bitterness with a heftier malt presence. The claim of Citra hops seems to be one of those "we used regular hops for 98% of the beer, but check it out, we dropped all of 2! hop cones of Citra in here you can't taste or smell!". Nothing citra wise seeming to be going on. Looks like Warrior hops also amp up the bitterness here.

Mouth feel just continues to beat a dead horse with its bitterness first, middle and always approach. Alcohol is slightly perceptible. I dunno, this was relatively average all around for me for the most part.
Apr 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.93 by dafla67 from Pennsylvania

Apr 10, 2019
 
Rated: 3.86 by CisPiece88 from Nebraska

Nov 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Nov 05, 2018
India Pale Ale from Nebraska Brewing Company Production Brewery & Tap Room
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 661 ratings