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ASAP IPA
2SP Brewing Company
- From:
- 2SP Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #2,769 - ABV:
- 4.2%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #20,598 - Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 7.43%
- Reviews:
- 15
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 01, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 22, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 16
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Ratings by Casey3236:
Rated by Casey3236 from Pennsylvania
4.09/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
May 13, 2016
4.09/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
May 13, 2016
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.38/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.38/5 rDev -10.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
Draft at brewery. Golden pour, small white foamy head.Subdued aroma and taste, definitely favoring the hops. Slippery at first, then drying out towards the finish. Mild hop bomb.
Jun 01, 2023Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.23/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.23/5 rDev -14.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
There I was, knee-deep in Take Your Pils With A New Beer, We're Heading to Media, PA This Sunday (Week 752)!, when the Sterling Pig took great umbrage at my suggestion of a pig roast on the beach. He snuffed & snorted & ordered me out of town! 8=O I quickly summoned an Uber & headed 6 miles S to Aston, to see my old buddy, "Big" Bob Barrar of 2SP. Bob & I go WAY back, to when he was apprenticing under his brother-in-law, Jim CANcro, at Red Bell. "Big" Bob really is big, a giant of a man with a Russian Cossack-like black beard. He is like our Lt. Gov. Fetterman - security? Who needs security? I AM security!
From the CAN: ":Everything We CAN't Drink We CAN".
I gotta say, I might need to get in touch with my travel agent after today's excursion! As a hophead, I was going into serious withdrawal at this point. Gimme dem hops! I readied a blank shaker glass, Crack!ed open the vent & beCAN a slow, gentle pour with badly shaking hands. Phew. It was kind enough to form just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head without any coaxing from me. I was starting to keel over at that point anyway so I was pretty well useless. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose had the strange citrusiness that I first noticed in Founders' All Day IPA, a session IPA. I get the idea of aroma hops, but as @NeroFiddled queried, does that qualify it as an AIPA? Not really, IMHO. That needs to be its own break-out/away style. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was almost to the point of Gertrude Stein's Oakland: no "there" there. It had an undefined bitterness, bitter for the sake of being bitter without really imparting any real flavor. 8=( If I was jonesing before, now I was going into the cold sweat of withdraw. Man, I needs some hops, dig?!? This was not going to make it as an AIPA, IMHO, 2SP. Feel me? Finish was semi-dry but wholly unsatisfying.
Jul 22, 2019From the CAN: ":Everything We CAN't Drink We CAN".
I gotta say, I might need to get in touch with my travel agent after today's excursion! As a hophead, I was going into serious withdrawal at this point. Gimme dem hops! I readied a blank shaker glass, Crack!ed open the vent & beCAN a slow, gentle pour with badly shaking hands. Phew. It was kind enough to form just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, tawny head without any coaxing from me. I was starting to keel over at that point anyway so I was pretty well useless. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy solid Amber (SRM = > 7, < 9). Nose had the strange citrusiness that I first noticed in Founders' All Day IPA, a session IPA. I get the idea of aroma hops, but as @NeroFiddled queried, does that qualify it as an AIPA? Not really, IMHO. That needs to be its own break-out/away style. Mouthfeel was medium. The taste was almost to the point of Gertrude Stein's Oakland: no "there" there. It had an undefined bitterness, bitter for the sake of being bitter without really imparting any real flavor. 8=( If I was jonesing before, now I was going into the cold sweat of withdraw. Man, I needs some hops, dig?!? This was not going to make it as an AIPA, IMHO, 2SP. Feel me? Finish was semi-dry but wholly unsatisfying.
Reviewed by IronLover from Pennsylvania
3.64/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Dusty orange in color with yellow hies and light haze. Poured with a moderate, soapy, bright white foam with good retention. Medium citrus hop aroma with orange peel. Medium malty aroma with bready notes. Medium light bodied with soft, medium high carbonation. The classic session ipa feel. Light citrus hop flavors that transition to earthy, herbal hops. Medium, spicy hop bitterness through the middle. Herbal and citrus orange notes on the back end. Finished semi-dryly with lingering pine hop bitterness. Hop characters are a bit subdued aside for the robust pine hop finish. Decent malt character for the low abv. A good session ipa.
Mar 16, 2018Reviewed by timmy2b from New York
3.84/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.84/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Very golden color with an off white head. Slightly on the bitter side, but easy on the tongue. Very drinkable with nice bitterness, subtle citrus and very little aftertaste. Would drink again.
Feb 14, 2018Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
3.94/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
-Canned 08.29.17. consumed in spiegelau ipa glass 10.31.17.
A: Beautiful hazy lemonade coloring is full of dancing carbonation bubbles. A billowing weathered white head dominates the vessel with a strong foothold. Large soapy pockets line the vessel walls. Beautiful chunky deposits dance in the heavy pitch of carbonation, showing its unfiltered nature. Easy 4.0.
S: Nice fresh burst of citrus and lemons are fresh and juicy on the nose. Some distant tropical notes of pineapple-orange. Good awareness.
T: For flavor there was a big burst of tropical fruit and wet citrus on the start. Juicy oranges and lemons follow, lightly tart lemonade and flowery citrus backs things up. Nicely hopped, perhaps some wheat.
M: Mouthful was sharp in carbonation, very good body and depth considering its 4.2% abv. Razor sharp and lively, never watery, surprisingly thick for a session like abv gets it outstanding regards.
O: Overall the flavor and the body far exceeds its 4.2% session like billing. Been disappointed before with compromising examples for session like abv., this is not the case here, you would be hard pressed to realize the low abv. that features a respectable hop billing and razor sharp mouthful. Truely session like alcohol without any compromises in the areas that matter most. High drink-ability rate, and bonus points for a session that drinks like a (I)pa.
Nov 15, 2017A: Beautiful hazy lemonade coloring is full of dancing carbonation bubbles. A billowing weathered white head dominates the vessel with a strong foothold. Large soapy pockets line the vessel walls. Beautiful chunky deposits dance in the heavy pitch of carbonation, showing its unfiltered nature. Easy 4.0.
S: Nice fresh burst of citrus and lemons are fresh and juicy on the nose. Some distant tropical notes of pineapple-orange. Good awareness.
T: For flavor there was a big burst of tropical fruit and wet citrus on the start. Juicy oranges and lemons follow, lightly tart lemonade and flowery citrus backs things up. Nicely hopped, perhaps some wheat.
M: Mouthful was sharp in carbonation, very good body and depth considering its 4.2% abv. Razor sharp and lively, never watery, surprisingly thick for a session like abv gets it outstanding regards.
O: Overall the flavor and the body far exceeds its 4.2% session like billing. Been disappointed before with compromising examples for session like abv., this is not the case here, you would be hard pressed to realize the low abv. that features a respectable hop billing and razor sharp mouthful. Truely session like alcohol without any compromises in the areas that matter most. High drink-ability rate, and bonus points for a session that drinks like a (I)pa.
Reviewed by jmdrpi from Pennsylvania
3.58/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
on draft, in a shaker pint
clear, light golden yellow in color, white head. earthy, grassy hop aroma. very little malt flavor to complement the medium bitterness. thin bodied. I should just give up on ordering any other Session IPAs.
Jul 16, 2017clear, light golden yellow in color, white head. earthy, grassy hop aroma. very little malt flavor to complement the medium bitterness. thin bodied. I should just give up on ordering any other Session IPAs.
Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2SP Brewing Co. "ASAP IPA"
12 fl. oz. can, "CANNED ON 12/23/16" and sampled on 05/15/17
$2 @ Weis Market # 231, Conshohocken, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: A bit past it's prime, I'll go a little bit lenient if I find any issues. Pours nicely. Slightly hazy with some visible sediment in suspension (I'll chalk that up to age). Fluffy bright white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of grainy malt and floral, citrus fruity, earthy, grassy, and herbal hops. Some nice spotty, streaky lacing. The flavor follows the aroma with more emphasis on the hops, including a touch of pine. It's not overly bitter though, although there is a bit of a resinous edge that lends it a raspy character. Dry, piney, spicy, earthy, and floral finish. It's quite nice BUT I'VE BEEN TRICKED!!! This is no IPA! Not at 4.2% ABV anyway! It's not even labeled a "session IPA". So, OK, I get it, it is loaded with hops ~ although there are American pale ales that get close to this ~ but that doesn't make it an IPA, and that hurts it for me score-wise. I'd love to see it labeled as something like "hop-forward pale ale" or "intensely hopped APA" but it's not. It's probably labeled IPA as that's what's popular right now and they want to get on tap with the other 7 out of 12 IPAs that many bars have on tap these days (blame the drinker and the bar, not the brewer, right?). On the other hand there used to be English IPAs that used the term quite loosely as well, not really following the style but signifying the beer as something different or somehow premium. Maybe I can get behind that, maybe not. No, definitely not. I prefer clarity in advertising, not muddied promises. Forgetting that, however, let me think about my overall assessment of the enjoyability of this beer. It is like a mini IPA. It's got that hop bitterness and bite, and the aromatics and flavors are all there. It's well rounded, and nicely balanced. It really is, if you want to go with that, a great "session IPA". I love the combination of the grainy, lightly toasty malt and floral/grassy/piney/earthy hops. I'm on the fence I'll have to say, let the numbers fall where they may, I'll just judge it hedonistically and see what comes out.
May 15, 201712 fl. oz. can, "CANNED ON 12/23/16" and sampled on 05/15/17
$2 @ Weis Market # 231, Conshohocken, PA
Notes via stream of consciousness: A bit past it's prime, I'll go a little bit lenient if I find any issues. Pours nicely. Slightly hazy with some visible sediment in suspension (I'll chalk that up to age). Fluffy bright white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of grainy malt and floral, citrus fruity, earthy, grassy, and herbal hops. Some nice spotty, streaky lacing. The flavor follows the aroma with more emphasis on the hops, including a touch of pine. It's not overly bitter though, although there is a bit of a resinous edge that lends it a raspy character. Dry, piney, spicy, earthy, and floral finish. It's quite nice BUT I'VE BEEN TRICKED!!! This is no IPA! Not at 4.2% ABV anyway! It's not even labeled a "session IPA". So, OK, I get it, it is loaded with hops ~ although there are American pale ales that get close to this ~ but that doesn't make it an IPA, and that hurts it for me score-wise. I'd love to see it labeled as something like "hop-forward pale ale" or "intensely hopped APA" but it's not. It's probably labeled IPA as that's what's popular right now and they want to get on tap with the other 7 out of 12 IPAs that many bars have on tap these days (blame the drinker and the bar, not the brewer, right?). On the other hand there used to be English IPAs that used the term quite loosely as well, not really following the style but signifying the beer as something different or somehow premium. Maybe I can get behind that, maybe not. No, definitely not. I prefer clarity in advertising, not muddied promises. Forgetting that, however, let me think about my overall assessment of the enjoyability of this beer. It is like a mini IPA. It's got that hop bitterness and bite, and the aromatics and flavors are all there. It's well rounded, and nicely balanced. It really is, if you want to go with that, a great "session IPA". I love the combination of the grainy, lightly toasty malt and floral/grassy/piney/earthy hops. I'm on the fence I'll have to say, let the numbers fall where they may, I'll just judge it hedonistically and see what comes out.
ASAP IPA from 2SP Brewing Company
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
67 ratings
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