Slapshot IPA
Great Waters Brewing
- From:
- Great Waters Brewing
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.81 | pDev: 2.62%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Dec 14, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 14, 2005
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
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No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ADR from Pennsylvania
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.75/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On cask at the brewpub...
Settling deeper orange appearance, attractive flat 1/2 inch head of glistening froth. Thick sheets of slipping lace on the glass. Pleasant aroma, light orange oils and a nice backdrop of slight caramel. Lighter mouthfeel, tame carbonation. Hops are definitely fairly marked on this one (the maltiness seems mostly stuck to the aroma) -- I can agree with tavernjef on the orange characterization but there's lots of white pithy bitterness early. Its is a pretty good drinker, but this sample was plenty sharp with a ringing bittering in the aftertaste. Decent drinkability.
Oct 22, 2005Settling deeper orange appearance, attractive flat 1/2 inch head of glistening froth. Thick sheets of slipping lace on the glass. Pleasant aroma, light orange oils and a nice backdrop of slight caramel. Lighter mouthfeel, tame carbonation. Hops are definitely fairly marked on this one (the maltiness seems mostly stuck to the aroma) -- I can agree with tavernjef on the orange characterization but there's lots of white pithy bitterness early. Its is a pretty good drinker, but this sample was plenty sharp with a ringing bittering in the aftertaste. Decent drinkability.
Reviewed by tavernjef from Minnesota
3.95/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.95/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On cask at the brewpub: Clouded gold at the pour but clears up nicely and becomes one of the clearest beers I've ever seen from the cask. Clear straw gold with a nicely fluffed off-whitish cap of medium height. Lacing is minimal with some spotty messyness.
Aroma is all orange. Quite fresh and zippy with a tartly dark setting of blood and manderine orange peels. Citrusy and warm with a light bready malt backing.
Taste is intially crisp and clean with an intense little zip right in front with some highly toned citrus orange peel bite. Tapers off to reveal a bit more complexity with bits of lemon peel and grapefruity zestings. All the while keeps a simple sweet malt tone of bread dough and lightly toasted malt. Bitterness is essentually quick and eager with orange peels up front then fades quickly to reveal its other qualities. Good citrusy hop flavors without a whole lot of bittering bite. Balance is toned well, but could use a boost of bite for the hop fans out there.
Feel is crisp and quick with a lighter cask-conditioned body then what you might find. Simple, clean, and light. As fore mentioned, bitterness is low, hop flavors are orange-a-refically solid and present.
A easy goin' IPA, seemingly simple with a clean bold crunch of orange toned hop action thats juicy, not pulpy, and drinks down easy enough and could possibly set the stage for sessioning a couple glass fulls.
Oct 14, 2005Aroma is all orange. Quite fresh and zippy with a tartly dark setting of blood and manderine orange peels. Citrusy and warm with a light bready malt backing.
Taste is intially crisp and clean with an intense little zip right in front with some highly toned citrus orange peel bite. Tapers off to reveal a bit more complexity with bits of lemon peel and grapefruity zestings. All the while keeps a simple sweet malt tone of bread dough and lightly toasted malt. Bitterness is essentually quick and eager with orange peels up front then fades quickly to reveal its other qualities. Good citrusy hop flavors without a whole lot of bittering bite. Balance is toned well, but could use a boost of bite for the hop fans out there.
Feel is crisp and quick with a lighter cask-conditioned body then what you might find. Simple, clean, and light. As fore mentioned, bitterness is low, hop flavors are orange-a-refically solid and present.
A easy goin' IPA, seemingly simple with a clean bold crunch of orange toned hop action thats juicy, not pulpy, and drinks down easy enough and could possibly set the stage for sessioning a couple glass fulls.
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