Trooper IPA
Sun Up Brewing Co.

Trooper IPATrooper IPA
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From:
Sun Up Brewing Co.
 
Arizona, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.2%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.63 | pDev: 14.05%
Reviews:
20
Ratings:
61
Status:
Active
Rated:
Apr 24, 2019
Added:
Mar 04, 2006
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  2
A long-time customer favorite at our Pub, the IPA is full of flavor aroma from Simcoe Hops, yet very smooth and easy to drink!

60 IBU
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Ratings by kp29:
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Rated by kp29 from Arizona

3.5/5  rDev -3.6%

Feb 07, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kolb from Montana

Apr 24, 2019
 
Rated: 3.69 by Taphouse_Traveler from Florida

Mar 21, 2019
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Reviewed by matcris from Arizona

3.63/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
LOOKS: Slight haze, light amber, with a finger of white head that sticks to the glass.
AROMA: Apricot, light tropical and stone fruit.
TASTE: Astringent, but quite a few fruit flavors that I mentioned above. And a lemon drop candy sweetness to it. Bitterness is there, midway through the taste.
FEEL: Nicely carbonated, dry on the finish, and medium-ish body.
OA: Nice fruit flavors, and a building bitterness. Just a bit too astringent for me.
Feb 13, 2019
 
Rated: 3.57 by WillieThreebiers from Connecticut

Jan 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.94 by corywalston from North Dakota

Jan 04, 2019
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Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona

3.41/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12 oz can - Canned on 08/31/18:

Pours hazed golden with a foamy white lasting head. Lacing sticks.

The smell is of herbal/floral spicing. Very mild.

The taste is of mild pine with a slightly metallic note. Caramelized dough takes off the metallic edge. A mild spicy bite in the finish, Just enough to let you know it's an IPA.

It has a creamy body.

A decent enough IPA. Barely an IPA though. VERY mild. Easy to drink. Nothing special. This would get lost in a shuffle of IPA's. Too many good ones out there. They need to tweak this one.
Dec 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by akolb from Colorado

Sep 14, 2017
 
Rated: 5 by AzIpaGuy from Arizona

Aug 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.53 by mkyer from Connecticut

Jul 28, 2017
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Reviewed by BigGold from Mississippi

3.77/5  rDev +3.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
First had Trooper at the SunUp brewery, Phoenix, on cask into faceted mug. Hoppy but not bitter, and light on the malt, this is another deft desert IPA.
May 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.57 by derdtheterd from Canada (AB)

Jan 04, 2017
 
Rated: 3.75 by Stengelfoot from California

Dec 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.92 by TampaRainman from Florida

Jun 20, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.26/5  rDev -10.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Bottle share at Steve's. Kind of a soft, mellow IPA, got lost in all of the big beers surrounding it. Not much to remember it by, rather average IPA.
May 30, 2016
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Reviewed by breadwinner from California

3.96/5  rDev +9.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This is old school IPA territory, so if you can't handle some bitterness and healthy malt backdrop, GTFO. As for me, I think it's actually rather tasty, though, again, definitely a throwback. Interesting nose, some lightly earthy/grapefruity hops and what I swear is something almost smoky/meaty. Could be the malt, perhaps, as the palate offers a lightly caramel + toasted biscuit malt backing to solidly bitter hops, again the earthy/touch of pine/touch of grapefruit notes intermingling. The feel is nice, slightly dialed down carbonation; you could imagine a cask pour of this quite readily. Bronze in color, clear, thin head, nice lacing though. While I enjoy a good juice bomb, I also enjoy a good, refreshingly bitter IPA, and this fits the latter to a tee. Recommended.
May 20, 2016
 
Rated: 3.9 by MarkyMOD from Colorado

Apr 12, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.31/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nice amber appearance, 1/2" off white head. Aroma was not dropping enough, especially for being simcoe?

Bitter, minor hop flavors of grapefruit. Nothing below average about it, but nothing really separating itself from average either. Easy enough to drink, you've had hundreds of ipas similar to this probably.
Apr 01, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by tjcamm from Oregon

Nov 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by 6thstreetbrewpub from District of Columbia

Sep 06, 2015
Trooper IPA from Sun Up Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 61 ratings