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Saranac Session IPA
Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- From:
- Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 4.7%
- Score:
- 75
- Avg:
- 3.24 | pDev: 14.81%
- Reviews:
- 30
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 30, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 24, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
We've created an easy to drink crisp, hoppy ale that is truly pale in color without sacrificing the hop character you expect in an IPA. To make a delicious "sessionable" beer, we selected citrusy centennial hops and an experimental variety from the Northwest U.S.. Look for this unique hop character balanced by the background nuttiness of Maris Otter malt. Not too filling, not overbearing-just laid back and drinkable!
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Ratings by dacrza1:
Reviewed by dacrza1 from New Jersey
2.46/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
2.46/5 rDev -24.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.25
Glassware: Yuengling pint...Occasion: still in the afterglow of the Christmas holiday...Appearance: thick, meteor-laden chunks in the pale white head; burnt orange body; head laces thickly as well-promising...Aroma: bright, punchy citrus-orange peel and lemon zest--a bit of soap dish affects the scent...Palate: begins medium-bodied; slightly obtrusive at the throat; foamy and soft at the teeth...Taste: oddly a combination of puckerish hops and troublesome aftertaste--not a beer to enjoy slowl--or often--due to this quirk...Overall: Not a session IPA after all, unless I ended up with a bad batch...not among Saranac's better offerings...
Jan 12, 2013More User Ratings:
Reviewed by hman43 from North Carolina
2.48/5 rDev -23.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
2.48/5 rDev -23.5%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
Look: It pours golden with a white head. Head retention is moderately low.
Smell: There are some tropical aromas with musty and grassy elements.
Taste: It has a grainy flavor with grassy hops.
Feel: It has a moderately light body with a harsh, husky aftertaste.
Overall, the grainy is more dominate in the flavor profile than the hops with a harsh aftertaste.
Jul 14, 2017Smell: There are some tropical aromas with musty and grassy elements.
Taste: It has a grainy flavor with grassy hops.
Feel: It has a moderately light body with a harsh, husky aftertaste.
Overall, the grainy is more dominate in the flavor profile than the hops with a harsh aftertaste.
Reviewed by Offa from California
3.62/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Although not really much by IPA standards, this is a good, enjoyable session beer with nice light but firm character.
Dark gold, it has a big off-white head steadily shrinking to thin ring, a tiny bit of lace.
Aroma is grassy and herbal hops, hint of lemon pith, apple and grain, like a hoppier, fuller cream ale type.
Taste is grassy-herbal hop, dryish with light peppery-grassy bitterness and light sweetness, some mineral with dryer, lightly bitter grassy finish. It is simple but nice, light and crisp, still tasty like a hoppier golden ale or cream ale type. Feel is firm, light but not watery.
Aug 13, 2013Dark gold, it has a big off-white head steadily shrinking to thin ring, a tiny bit of lace.
Aroma is grassy and herbal hops, hint of lemon pith, apple and grain, like a hoppier, fuller cream ale type.
Taste is grassy-herbal hop, dryish with light peppery-grassy bitterness and light sweetness, some mineral with dryer, lightly bitter grassy finish. It is simple but nice, light and crisp, still tasty like a hoppier golden ale or cream ale type. Feel is firm, light but not watery.
Saranac Session IPA from Matt Brewing Company / Saranac Brewery
Beer rating:
75 out of
100 with
100 ratings
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