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Organic IPA
Napa Smith Brewery
- From:
- Napa Smith Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 78
- Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 18.95%
- Reviews:
- 117
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 26, 2017
- Added:
- Mar 09, 2010
- Wants:
- 5
- Gots:
- 20
No description / notes.
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Ratings by bobhits:
Reviewed by bobhits from Kentucky
2.99/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
2.99/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Thick creamy white head. The color is a touch darker and denser than most IPAs. Carbonation is pretty minimal but at over 7% that's somewhat expected for this beer.
An almost vanilla note to open after the pour. I'm sure I'm missing it on this but I'm a bit surprised by that aroma mixed in with the expected hops. Grapefruit hops and caramel malt...wow I feel like a broken record describing IPA's and imperal IPAs. Think of more of an east coast malt IPA nose though.
Heavy bodied, and very fruity. The hops aren't really the showcase that they should be. I have no idea when this was bottle but I haven't seen Napa Smith on the shelves more than a few months so I am thinking this beer is worse case just past its prime but far from old. The beer packs a bit of lemon zest and has an apricot flavor as well. There's certainly some grapefruit hops in there as well. It's tasty but I can't even begin to list better examples.
Very drinkable. I'm not sure what it is about this beer but this glass is vanishing as fast as I can type.
A touch of a hop/alcohol bite in a really smooth and well enough carbonated beer. I'd say good it is.
Organic or what ever this is a tasty beer that at 9 bucks for a 4 pack is well worth the time. I should warn people that next to this was a 5 dollar 22 oz so stay the hell away from that over priced joke.
All and all not the "west coast" hop forward IPA I wanted but tasty enough and priced very reasonably.
Oct 21, 2010An almost vanilla note to open after the pour. I'm sure I'm missing it on this but I'm a bit surprised by that aroma mixed in with the expected hops. Grapefruit hops and caramel malt...wow I feel like a broken record describing IPA's and imperal IPAs. Think of more of an east coast malt IPA nose though.
Heavy bodied, and very fruity. The hops aren't really the showcase that they should be. I have no idea when this was bottle but I haven't seen Napa Smith on the shelves more than a few months so I am thinking this beer is worse case just past its prime but far from old. The beer packs a bit of lemon zest and has an apricot flavor as well. There's certainly some grapefruit hops in there as well. It's tasty but I can't even begin to list better examples.
Very drinkable. I'm not sure what it is about this beer but this glass is vanishing as fast as I can type.
A touch of a hop/alcohol bite in a really smooth and well enough carbonated beer. I'd say good it is.
Organic or what ever this is a tasty beer that at 9 bucks for a 4 pack is well worth the time. I should warn people that next to this was a 5 dollar 22 oz so stay the hell away from that over priced joke.
All and all not the "west coast" hop forward IPA I wanted but tasty enough and priced very reasonably.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.18/5 rDev -36.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
2.18/5 rDev -36.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25
Solid orange appearance looking like some good west coast ipas out there, 1/2" white head. Aroma lacked hops. In fact, it was a questionable development of buttery grain and bitterness to it.
Taste was more of the same, buttery malt lacking hops. Alcohol really pronounced. Look its fine if you want to stress balance in an ipa, but at least, shit man, make it decent and not questionable in terms of its amount of diacetyl rolling around.
Mar 22, 2016Taste was more of the same, buttery malt lacking hops. Alcohol really pronounced. Look its fine if you want to stress balance in an ipa, but at least, shit man, make it decent and not questionable in terms of its amount of diacetyl rolling around.
Reviewed by Beginner2 from Illinois
3.93/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +14.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This IPA is way better than the ratings.
To understand why, see the detailed review from BeerChitect. (my Like.)
The review from my malt-biased palate is Napa Smith does well with this IPA. It sells hops like its brethren, but doesn't go crazy when delivering. I tasted what malt is supposed to do; create subtle fruity flavors that tease the buds.
Had this IPA transferring in SF airport's Napa Farms Market, with the clever slug of "farm to flight."
History lesson. Napa's brewmaster is one of the founders of the craft beer movement. Started at New Albion almost contiguous with Anchor. (New Albion didn't have the cash to expand and went under, leaving Anchor the longest-standing.) He then went to Mendocino, later bought by a wine/spirits distributor; indicating the craft movement's early adulthood. And he now keeps producing beers at Napa Smith, figuring out how hops goes with food (which in my book, is not easy.) In my book, this man has settled all three frontiers.
Mar 17, 2016To understand why, see the detailed review from BeerChitect. (my Like.)
The review from my malt-biased palate is Napa Smith does well with this IPA. It sells hops like its brethren, but doesn't go crazy when delivering. I tasted what malt is supposed to do; create subtle fruity flavors that tease the buds.
Had this IPA transferring in SF airport's Napa Farms Market, with the clever slug of "farm to flight."
History lesson. Napa's brewmaster is one of the founders of the craft beer movement. Started at New Albion almost contiguous with Anchor. (New Albion didn't have the cash to expand and went under, leaving Anchor the longest-standing.) He then went to Mendocino, later bought by a wine/spirits distributor; indicating the craft movement's early adulthood. And he now keeps producing beers at Napa Smith, figuring out how hops goes with food (which in my book, is not easy.) In my book, this man has settled all three frontiers.
Rated by GlennWB from West Virginia
4.43/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +29.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nice hazy copper color ipa. Hoppy with nice citris. On tap at Henleys Augustine.
Sep 11, 2015Reviewed by pat61 from Minnesota
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +16.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap at Prima. L: Hazy copper with a 1” cream colored foam collar. S: fruit and bread T: Hop driven with citrusy hop bitterness but well balanced by the malt. F: Creamy, medium body, just under medium carbonation. O: I was happy to find this at Prima. It goes very well with a cob salad.
Jun 23, 2015Rated by x0darap from California
4.31/5 rDev +25.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.31/5 rDev +25.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
A solid IPA. Just slightly not as good as a Stone IPA.
Apr 17, 2015
Organic IPA from Napa Smith Brewery
Beer rating:
78 out of
100 with
261 ratings
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