Crooked Tree
Dark Horse Brewing Company

Crooked TreeCrooked Tree
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From:
Dark Horse Brewing Company
 
Michigan, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,176
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
89
Ranked #11,998
Avg:
3.97 | pDev: 11.08%
Reviews:
942
Ratings:
3,364
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 26, 2023
Added:
Aug 10, 2002
Wants:
  150
Gots:
  606
Inspired by West Coast I.P.A.'s, but brewed with Michigan style. The Crooked Tree is heavily dry hopped to give it a big aroma of pine and citrus. The flavors are big, yet very balanced between fresh hops and malt. Often described as "grapefruit" our hops give this beer an excellent fruit flavor that finishes dry.
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Ratings by semihobo:
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Reviewed by semihobo from Michigan

4.08/5  rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
12 oz no date.

Pours with a huge head, had to wait and then pour the rest. And yet, the staying power! 15 minutes later, still a nice cap with stiff sides. Medium brown and opaque, hazy body -- looks like the raspberry ale but a little darker. The lacing at the end of the voyage is outrageous, looks like someone decorated the pint glass with fake spiderwebs for Halloween.

Taste is all high-alpha west coast goodness. More pine resin than citrus, approachable. A faint breadiness lurks below.

Very mellow, taste is all hop flavors with little bitterness until the finish. More floral and citric than expected from the smell. Pale malts with some sweetness balance this one out. Slight mineral note on the finish.

Creamy, exceptionally smooth mouthfeel. Medium-light body. I think the taste and mouthfeel (especially mouthfeel) benefited from me pouring with a huge foamy head and then ignoring it for 15 minutes as it warmed -- both are much more mellow and improved from the other bottles in this six pack.

This might be the opposite of the "I guess I got a bad bottle" review -- this one was a lot more enjoyable than its siblings. Will need to seek out more to confirm, but this bottle lived up to the hype. Gives the other Michigan IPAs a run for their money, very good.
Sep 26, 2009
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.75/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Beautiful pour, lots of floaties in this unfiltered beer. Cloudy, thick amber body capped by a nice creamy off white head. Lots of sediment in the bottle, wish I noted the "unfiltered" sooner so I could have saved a bit at the bottom for a final swirl. Still squarely in the East Coast IPA family, mildly bitter, but also fairly malty. Tastes, great, looks great, finishes well.
Nov 26, 2023
 
Rated: 3.86 by RalphStanley34 from French Polynesia

Sep 16, 2022
 
Rated: 3.77 by TwilightBeerCareer from Illinois

Nov 25, 2021
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Rated by Captain69 from Illinois

3.08/5  rDev -22.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
citrus hop flavors come out in every sip nice refreshing beer
Aug 29, 2021
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Reviewed by barnzy78 from Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12oz can
it’s been years since I’ve seen this one anywhere around here
L: slightly hazed amber body; persistent, foamy, beige head slowly fades
S: caramel malt, grain, pine, citrus
T: just as good as I remember; old school IPA flavors: caramel, bread crust, and grain malt backbones met with pungent earthy pine, zesty grapefruit & orange, along with a slight herbalness
F: resinous & sticky bitterness, moderate carbonation, pungently bitter with pine lingering on the dry finish
O: better than I remember it being!
May 29, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by PapaGoose03 from Michigan

May 14, 2021
 
Rated: 3.67 by Derptiluderp from Indiana

Apr 30, 2021
 
Rated: 3.94 by eljabak from Michigan

Feb 25, 2021
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Reviewed by Navanation from Pennsylvania

3.23/5  rDev -18.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Unfiltered hazy amber color. Minimal head ringing the glass, but lacing the glass nicely. No grapefruit taste as some have implied, but hint of citrus on the nose. Bitter with a clean finish.
Dec 30, 2020
 
Rated: 4.02 by uncleotis from Illinois

Jun 26, 2020
 
Rated: 3.86 by Yendor61 from Michigan

Mar 21, 2020
 
Rated: 4.16 by Seal4676 from Michigan

Dec 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by rare_bird from Michigan

Dec 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4.07 by KensWorld from Florida

Nov 02, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by Dduquette from Maryland

Sep 22, 2019
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Reviewed by Nass from Florida

3.89/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The pour is a dark & murky orange. On the aroma i'm picking up some tangy citrus, slight malt bill, & some slight herbal & tea notes as well. The taste follows the nose along with some piney bitterness that shows itself more towards the finish. Cheers! B
Sep 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Jul 01, 2019
 
Rated: 3.97 by CoolmoJ from Michigan

Jun 05, 2019
 
Rated: 3.85 by AMCPhD from Virginia

May 24, 2019
Crooked Tree from Dark Horse Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 3364 ratings