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India Pelican Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery
- From:
- Pelican Pub & Brewery
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #380 - ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #6,061 - Avg:
- 4.11 | pDev: 12.41%
- Reviews:
- 183
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 20, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 10, 2002
- Wants:
- 43
- Gots:
- 18
SCORE
92
Outstanding
92
Outstanding
Notes:
Everyone loves a comeback story, especially when it features our original IPA, India Pelican Ale. Back and better than ever, we’ve reimagined our original recipe with an even greater focus on massive hopcentricity. India Pelican Ale recreates all the swagger and style of its legacy namesake, slamming you into a bright, citrusy wall of hops. Break on through to experience huge aromatics of grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple and sweet pine. In fact, don’t call it a comeback…just crack one open and party like its 1999.
15 degrees Plato
Bitterness: 85 IBU
Color: 15 lovibond
15 degrees Plato
Bitterness: 85 IBU
Color: 15 lovibond
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Reviewed by bdondo from Oregon
4.99/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.99/5 rDev +21.4%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Possibly my favorite IPA. It’s a shame it’s so difficult to find now. Great blend of hoppy, piney, crispy, and citrusy. I’ve seen this beer win multiple unofficial blind taste tests against higher-rated IPAs.
May 20, 2023
Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois
4.09/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.09/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
19.2oz can
date stamped 06.02.21
L: copper-amber colored ale with a frothy ivory colored head; good retention, good lacing
S: pine, citrus, caramel malt
T: yeah: tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple as the brewer suggests; bready caramel malt, zesty, piney bitterness
F: fuller body, very resinous as bitterness builds, moderate carbonation, pungently bitter finish with pine and citrus zest lingering
O: very good west coast IPA
Aug 07, 2021date stamped 06.02.21
L: copper-amber colored ale with a frothy ivory colored head; good retention, good lacing
S: pine, citrus, caramel malt
T: yeah: tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple as the brewer suggests; bready caramel malt, zesty, piney bitterness
F: fuller body, very resinous as bitterness builds, moderate carbonation, pungently bitter finish with pine and citrus zest lingering
O: very good west coast IPA
Reviewed by hreb from Washington
3.62/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.62/5 rDev -11.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Imperial pint can served in a regular pint glass. Nearly crystal clear, with a nice caramelly golden amber and a frothy white foam. Aroma provides some delicate notes of pine. First sip provides a much more assertive alpha hop bitterness, classic NW IPA with pine sap and a lasting dryness through the finish. Extremely old school.
Feb 28, 2021
Rated by SushiSakeBeer from Oregon
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
smooth
Jul 20, 2020
Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.51/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.51/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Golden in color, clarity slightly obscured. 2/3" white head, very soft. A little bit of grapefruit in the aroma, old school hops. Not super aromatic.
Good dry body, hearty bitterness and alcohol warmth. Cold Oregon coast stuff. Lacks sweetness or syrupy aspect from crystal malt that too many 7%+ ipas fall into. A little bit of pine in the mouthfeel.
Bomber format and price kinda sucks for a beer like this.
Nov 30, 2016Good dry body, hearty bitterness and alcohol warmth. Cold Oregon coast stuff. Lacks sweetness or syrupy aspect from crystal malt that too many 7%+ ipas fall into. A little bit of pine in the mouthfeel.
Bomber format and price kinda sucks for a beer like this.
Reviewed by fizzician from Illinois
4.47/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.47/5 rDev +8.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Nice amber color, effervescent with fine lacing and scant head. Strong, complex malty and hoppy flavors without being too overpowering....Very drinkable. Delicious!
Jun 04, 2016
India Pelican Ale from Pelican Pub & Brewery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
279 ratings
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