Stranger
Left Hand Brewing Company

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From:
Left Hand Brewing Company
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5%
Score:
79
Avg:
3.45 | pDev: 13.91%
Reviews:
206
Ratings:
905
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 22, 2022
Added:
Feb 12, 2011
Wants:
  11
Gots:
  93
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Ratings by Groomsy:
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Reviewed by Groomsy from Kentucky

3.27/5  rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 oz. bottle poured into a nonic. Best by 09/06/13.

Strangers pours a slightly hazy dark gold/light amber and is topped by a foamy head of about two fingers that sticks around and leaves some okay lacing behind. Small, sporadic bubbles rise to the top.

The nose on this isn't quite what I expected and reminds me more of a lager, surprisingly. The hop aromas are more floral and herbal than citrus, and the malts are more grainy than sweet. It's still pretty well-developed and balanced with some slight fruity esters, but it definitely threw me off. A slight citrus note hangs in the background with a note of spice and rye. Definitely not typical, but still nice.

Stranger, though not the usual APA, is still refreshing. With a zesty floral bitterness over the tongue on the front, a grainy malt presence comes in slowly before the hops take over again on a slightly citrusy bitter finish, dry and short. Not bad. It's refreshing and has the bitterness quotient to fit into its category, but it's not the "usual" APA.

Rather light body on this one with a dry finish and short bitter finish. Pretty refreshing, and the ABV makes it sessionable.

Not bad. I'd rather have Milk Stout or Milk Stout Nitro, but this isn't the worst pale ale you can get.
Aug 09, 2013
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

4/5  rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Small sample, on tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Deep golden colour, large head. Lovely hoppy and spicy aroma and flavour - an excellent beer, as far as I could tell. Will rerate as soon as I get a bigger sample (had to drive tonight).
Jun 22, 2022
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Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey

2.17/5  rDev -37.1%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
**
12/16/2013
Bottle to Pint glass.
AROMA: Aroma Is light grains, light citrus.
LOOK: Pale yellow color.
TASTE: Weak flavor. Chalk, grains. Low carbonation.

Not great...not good either.
**
Jun 23, 2016
 
Rated: 3.54 by craigbelly from Iowa

Feb 11, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by billbeers from Pennsylvania

Dec 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.27 by PGVG from Virginia

Aug 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by jpuetz from South Dakota

Aug 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.94 by joe12pk from Michigan

Jul 24, 2015
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Reviewed by jzlyo from Iowa

3.28/5  rDev -4.9%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Hops, tea and spice in the aroma while the appearance is yellow-gold. The taste is the rye up front with the hoppinesss behind it. Not really that different from the retired old APA Left Hand makes although the rye helps with the flavor some.
Jun 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.56 by Eziel from Ohio

Jun 06, 2015
 
Rated: 3.48 by Jason_cs from Florida

Apr 30, 2015
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Rated by Rutkiller from New Jersey

2.36/5  rDev -31.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Dry and rather boring. Nothing special here.
Apr 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by bakkerman1 from Oklahoma

Apr 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.84 by BB1980 from Illinois

Apr 01, 2015
 
Rated: 3.3 by Phar0s from Wisconsin

Mar 27, 2015
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Rated by FBGordon from Oregon

2.66/5  rDev -22.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Very watery for an ale; I'm surprised at the amount of hops that can come through such a thin-bodied beer. Even still, it falls flat in my opinion.
Mar 27, 2015
 
Rated: 3.03 by RCLOHR267 from Indiana

Mar 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by BalancingBrooms from California

Mar 14, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by ovaltine from Indiana

Mar 12, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by DraftDaddy from Illinois

Mar 11, 2015
Stranger from Left Hand Brewing Company
Beer rating: 79 out of 100 with 905 ratings