IPA
Cooper's Cave Ale Company

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From:
Cooper's Cave Ale Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
English IPA
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
68
Avg:
2.54 | pDev: 31.1%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
23
Status:
Active
Rated:
Aug 20, 2017
Added:
Aug 18, 2005
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  5
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Ratings by theblackpint:
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Rated by theblackpint from New York

1.14/5  rDev -55.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
Drinking this beer is punishment for the last place team in my fantasy baseball league
Jul 22, 2015
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 2.5 by edthehead from Maryland

Aug 20, 2017
 
Rated: 1.95 by k47k from New York

Mar 27, 2016
 
Rated: 2.38 by smi69 from New York

Jan 24, 2016
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Reviewed by frankl7478 from New York

3.13/5  rDev +23.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
As it was explained to me by the owner of this small town awesome pub, it's also know as Irate Pat Ale. Pat is his wife!!! Awesome place been going for years from a Small ice cream shack on a bike trail to brewery to restaurant. Never had a bad experience
Apr 05, 2015
 
Rated: 2.14 by Darwin232 from New York

Mar 24, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by probert from New York

Sep 12, 2014
 
Rated: 2.75 by scxcrunner from Massachusetts

Aug 20, 2014
 
Rated: 2.5 by Arrhenius

Aug 18, 2014
 
Rated: 3.75 by Scarfer_Brad from Florida

Jul 03, 2014
 
Rated: 3.5 by Vt_beer_sampler from Vermont

May 11, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by rgille2 from Ohio

Oct 11, 2013
 
Rated: 3 by crisis44 from New York

Jul 08, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by csustar001 from New York

Mar 14, 2013
 
Rated: 2.5 by twillingthenoz from New York

Jan 10, 2013
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Reviewed by steelerguy from New York

1.76/5  rDev -30.7%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 3 | overall: 2
A - Poured a clear amber, with moderate carbonation, very little head that quickly faded to a ring around the edge.

S - Sweet mop water and apples. No really... Reminded me of candied apples (not entirely bad but not beer like) with a mop water stink.

T - Musty, rotting apples is the first taste followed by a bit of sweetness, then a medicinal bitter hit at the end. The bitter after taste just lingers and lingers...and lingers...

M - Body is about right on for an EIPA, even a little warmth from the alcohol, but my beer face just doesn't go away because of that bitter lingering aftertaste...it just lingers...

O - I thought the Cranberry Lambic from Sam Adams was just about the worst thing I ever had that was beer. This it right with it...I made it though a quarter of a glass and then dumped it and the rest of the growler...and I do NOT just do this sort of thing lightly. Truly a terrible beer. I really hope this aftertaste goes away...it is just lingering...and lingering...
Aug 28, 2012
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Reviewed by micromaniac129 from Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev +18.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A nice amber color slightly cloudy with a desent size head and some lacing. Beer is flat.
Aroma is a sort of musty malt with no hop aroma at all.
Taste is wanting, several off tasting flavors distracts from the beer.
Everytime we come up to the 'dacks we make some stops through the falls and L.G. Out of the trio thats in this area C.C. is the most wanting. Really thier beers are lame.
Aug 18, 2012
 
Rated: 1 by jrcmlc from Illinois

Mar 02, 2012
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Reviewed by eporter66 from New York

2.32/5  rDev -8.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
22oz Bomber direct from the brewery into a pint glass

Made a visit to the Coopers Cave brewery today and brought home 3 Bombers (IPA, English Pale Ale, Porter).

A - Pours a cloudy amber color, not much head from pour but retains small ring.

S - A musty odor, not sure what this is from, but also had this from their pumpkin ale back in the fall

T - Seemed one dimensional. My limited experience with IPA's seem to have a variety, this beer had a little bitterness, but not what I am used to with IPA's. So maybe the english brewing is a bit different. Did not get much malt flavor, no fruity character from the hops - a fairly bland beer

M - Average, a little slickness on the tongue

D - The odor kind of puts me off on this beer. This is the second beer I have had from the company and I am not sure why it has that musty smell. Drinkability was ok, it is not a heavy beer.

Coopers Cave has just opened a bar next to the brewery. I am hoping the other beers in my fridge change my opinion, as I would love to support the place, but they need to produce a better beer. Davidson Brothers are only a few blocks away, and are far superior to anything I have had from Coopers Cave.
May 17, 2009
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Reviewed by Bobzilla from New York

1.28/5  rDev -49.6%
look: 4 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
Wow....

After hearing the owner complain about how beer advocate folks just slam their beers unfairly, I thought I'd at least give them a try.

Awful. Just awful.

It looked fine in the glass, but once I brought it to my nose it turned my stomach. It smelled like an old towel left to dry rot. There was a musty, moldy smell I've never experienced before. I tried a sip hoping it was just me, but the flavor was just as bad. It went down the drain.

This beer was "fresh" from their brewery, out of their own cooler, transported in a cooler for an hour, put in a fridge and opened later that night. If you can't control mold issues, maybe expanding to a brewpub might be a bad idea?
Apr 18, 2009
IPA from Cooper's Cave Ale Company
Beer rating: 68 out of 100 with 23 ratings