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Pseudo Sue
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #5 - ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 99
Ranked #171 - Avg:
- 4.5 | pDev: 7.56%
- Reviews:
- 983
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2024
- Added:
- Aug 17, 2011
- Wants:
- 1,344
- Gots:
- 1,414
This single hop ale showcases the Citra hop. Named for the largest T-rex fossil ever discovered, she roars with ferocious aromas of grapefruit, citrus, mango and evergreen. Delicate in body with a mild bite in the finish.
50 IBU
50 IBU
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Ratings by jow_42:
Reviewed by jow_42 from California
4.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
22oz bottle poured into a Jow's Arcade tulip glass
A - Hazy, tangerine. Opaque. Not much of a head on the pour and it dissipated quickly.
S - The nose on this beer is great. Huge orange, tangerine, mango, slight pineapple. Underneath all the Citra, is a bit of a resinous, dankness. Very pungent. This smells more like an IPA or DIPA
T - Really nice, but I think the nose is much bigger than the taste. Big citrus - oranges, orange peel, bitter grapefruit. That bitterness hangs on a bit middle of the mouth, and falls off the palette. Very clean, drying, easy drinking. A very tasty APA, especially for the ABV
O - I think this beer was a bit over hyped for me, and I'm bummed I didn't get an older version of this as I've heard the older batches were better.
Apr 30, 2015A - Hazy, tangerine. Opaque. Not much of a head on the pour and it dissipated quickly.
S - The nose on this beer is great. Huge orange, tangerine, mango, slight pineapple. Underneath all the Citra, is a bit of a resinous, dankness. Very pungent. This smells more like an IPA or DIPA
T - Really nice, but I think the nose is much bigger than the taste. Big citrus - oranges, orange peel, bitter grapefruit. That bitterness hangs on a bit middle of the mouth, and falls off the palette. Very clean, drying, easy drinking. A very tasty APA, especially for the ABV
O - I think this beer was a bit over hyped for me, and I'm bummed I didn't get an older version of this as I've heard the older batches were better.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by ManicMadgod from Connecticut
4.43/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Arguably the best pale ale I've had in my life. Beautiful lacing, gorgeous citrusy bouquet that leads into a very drinkable beer with pleasant mouthfeel and a wonderful hoppiness. I don't usually like hoppiness this much but this hoppiness turned into happiness for me.
Mar 18, 2024Reviewed by Brewsta from Colorado
4.51/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.51/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
The flavors a citrus, pine resin, grapefruit with some flora hop notes. The mouthfeel has moderate to high carbonation with a medium body and clean finish. Excellent!
Feb 25, 2024Rated by JustABridgeTooFar
4.16/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Incredible beer. Very drinkable. Great tasting notes and mouthfeel. This is just what a NEIPA should be.
Feb 06, 2024Rated by Greg34
4.64/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
4.64/5 rDev +3.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.75
My favorite “American Pale ale”
Feb 01, 2024Reviewed by DuaneL from Delaware
4.25/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I understand that the world thinks this is a practically perfect Citra ale - and I do not necessarily disagree, but to rate it as 99 is over-doing it a bit! First of all, this is not a pale ale, it is an NEIPA! And as that I rated it accordingly above - I couldn't rate it as a pale ale because that's not what it is. It is a lovely beer but I find that after a pint I wouldn't be able to drink more because the sweet aftertaste of the ale is somehow cloying, can't describe it any better than that.
Jan 28, 2024Reviewed by Spike from England
4.37/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at North Bar, Tribeca, NYC. Fantastic NEIPA with an even more fantastic low ABV. Looks like orange juice, tastes super juicy with a nicely piney backdrop, is perfectly bitter, and is very easy-drinking. Need a lot more of these.
Dec 16, 2023Reviewed by LifesAnesthesia from Virginia
4.62/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.62/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
L - Hazy yellow with a frothy white head that sticks around leaving behind a ton of lacing
S - Tons of bright, piney hops along with tropical fruit notes with some cracker malt
T - Bright, piney, bitter hops up front and throughout intermixed well with citrus - grapefruit primarily - and tropical fruit notes
F - medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Soft.
O - a pretty fantastic APA
Dec 15, 2023S - Tons of bright, piney hops along with tropical fruit notes with some cracker malt
T - Bright, piney, bitter hops up front and throughout intermixed well with citrus - grapefruit primarily - and tropical fruit notes
F - medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Soft.
O - a pretty fantastic APA
Rated by PapaGoose03 from Michigan
4.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
A great showcase of the Citra hop, even when it's three months old.
Dec 05, 2023Reviewed by mntlover from Tennessee
4.46/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a hazy pale yellow with thumb sized white head that laces well.
Aroma is big citrus notes bright and inviting, pale malts light pine notes. Great nose for a pale ale could be anyone else's IPA.
Taste is like the nose big hop flavors riding on a pale bready malt base. Huge citrus notes with some light pine bitterness also. Nice crisp and clean with a lighter lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel is lighter and crisp, light tingle from the medium carbonation level.
Overall a very nice pale ale that has a better hop level than many peoples IPA's
Dec 04, 2023Aroma is big citrus notes bright and inviting, pale malts light pine notes. Great nose for a pale ale could be anyone else's IPA.
Taste is like the nose big hop flavors riding on a pale bready malt base. Huge citrus notes with some light pine bitterness also. Nice crisp and clean with a lighter lingering bitterness.
Mouthfeel is lighter and crisp, light tingle from the medium carbonation level.
Overall a very nice pale ale that has a better hop level than many peoples IPA's
Pseudo Sue from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating:
99 out of
100 with
5805 ratings
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