3-Way IPA (2017 W/ Great Notion & Reuben's Brews)
Fort George Brewery + Public House

3-Way IPA (2017 W/ Great Notion & Reuben's Brews)3-Way IPA (2017 W/ Great Notion & Reuben's Brews)
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From:
Fort George Brewery + Public House
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
New England IPA
ABV:
7%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.3 | pDev: 10%
Reviews:
27
Ratings:
106
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 29, 2020
Added:
May 27, 2017
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  13
This fruit-forward haze of Azacca, X331, Mosaic, and Citra hops plays on a balanced bassline of malt with a wicked unfiltered keytar solo. 3-Way IPA 2017 is a juicy collaboration between Fort George, Great Notion, and Reuben's Brews that strikes a smooth, electric gold riff on a Vermont style.
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Ratings by MjBrewhouse:
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Reviewed by MjBrewhouse from Idaho

4.38/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This is very different from the other 3-ways I've had in the past.Pours hazy orange with nice thick head, looks awesome in the glass. The nose is tropical fruit and a touch floral. Tastes is citrus and tropical fruit and a nice amount of hops to balance out the sweetness, nice mouthfeel to this one too. This is a really nice take on a NE Style IPA. Glad I was able to snag a couple cans as the first batch went pretty fast, should be around most of the summer I hope.
Jun 19, 2017
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Reviewed by Ship_M from Washington

3.91/5  rDev -9.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Hazy & completely opaque with a pale tangerine color and delicate foam head.

Aromas of underipe orange, green mango, and peach lift easily from the glass with a potent dose of hop for good measure. You can tell this is substantially hopped even though the fruit stands firm. Minor aromas of pine and sweet malt, but these are background elements.

On the palate the beer is pillowy with finely grained turpidity. Wheat flavors are prominent, reminding one of a German weissbeer but with substantial hop character. Acid and bitterness are minor, which is almost a bit unsatisfying as I'm not craving the relief of another sip.

Beer is well made and definitely suited for warmer months. I'm missing that crunchability from sweet malts and sticky fruit. The attempt to make the beer as soft as possible appears to have removed some of its brightness.
Jul 29, 2020
 
Rated: 4 by TallGuyCM from California

Jun 25, 2020
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Reviewed by JerzDevl2000 from New Jersey

4.18/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
This was the first beer that I ever had from *any* of these breweries and apparently, it was a thing for Fort George to brew 3-Way's. Yeah, this was old when I cracked it as there wasn't a date on the bottom of my can - just a lot of cleaning up that I had to do before getting a shot of it and pouring it out. Regardless of this beer's age, this held up well over time and was quite enjoyable and accessible; though I wouldn't rate it on par with similar offerings from this neck of the woods!

The pour to this was fine as the liquid had a golden hue to it with a dark middle and a few big pieces of sediment floating in it. Plenty of head topped it off as the lacing was quite nice - half rings that were thick and bled down to the next. Pine, deep forest, thick tropical fruit, and citrus rind could be found in the nose as the taste was equally dank, heavy, and fruit-forward. Much of this had to do with the Azacca as it came across like dank, tropical fruit and was reminiscent of pineapple juice or a fruit salad...

Not a lot of booze to this but it felt stronger than it was in actuality because of how well that complemented the range of flavors that was present in this. Balanced in body, no particular malt was discernible but the carbonation was light as both allowed the range of flavors to emerge. No, this is not a New England IPA but it's an American IPA with a heavy, but smooth, mouthfeel to it. This held up well over time but was still a lot to take in - especially for someone unaccustomed to what the contributors were known for!
Aug 03, 2019
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Reviewed by SkylerMcDonald from Washington

4.64/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I didn't know this was the IPA I was looking for until I had my first sip. Huge juice bomb!
Look - Super hazy orange-yellow look that very much resembles a nice ripe glass of orange juice.

Smell - if i didn't already know this was a beer i probably couldn't tell by the smell. It is super fruity with a huge aroma of tangerine, orange and pineapple. Leaves your mouth begging for a taste!

Taste - very much like smell, it hits you with a large amount of citrusy orange and pineapple taste. It has the exact right amount of bitterness, fruit and a small amount of noticeable pine on the back end to make this the perfect IPA.

Feel - this beer leaves me wondering why every beer isn't this good. It has a huge amount of fruitiness and layered with pine and malty to leave a 10/10 feel. Always leaving you wanting more. TMI even the burp afterward was 10/10 (dont judge me but this is a huge factor when judging beers for me personally)

Overall - I honestly could rate this beer a perfect 5/5 if it wasnt for a few certain things on every other sip. Overall I could drink this IPA forever, for sure top of my list if your looking for a juice bomb that is ACTUALLY a juice bomb!

I think this is the best juicy, IPA I've ever had. When I say Juicy... I mean JUICY!
Jun 23, 2019
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Rated by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington

4.44/5  rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Best year I've had. These are alway a must try and never disappoint.
May 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.5 by AndyOooo from California

Aug 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.24 by meatyard from Florida

Jul 20, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by CB2maltygoodness from District of Columbia

Jun 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Noles9585 from Washington

Jan 15, 2018
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.82/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can from Rick. New England IPA done NW style. Hazy golden pour, scant head. Light fruity, citrus aroma, taste too. Tropical, as expected. Pretty damn good.
Jan 02, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by rspauldi from Texas

Dec 21, 2017
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Reviewed by amano_h from Oregon

4.53/5  rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
In many ways, 3-Way is comparable to Heady Topper in aroma, taste, and mouthfeel. There's a huge amount of resinous pine, accompanied by hefty dollops of grapefruit, stonefruit, and a hint of fresh oranges and pineapple. Not unlike the "original NEIIPA," it has a pleasant but disputably lighter cracker-y malt base which surfaces in an amount sufficient enough to prevent this from becoming a hops soup sandwich, but unintrusive to the point where a hops infusion seems to be the focal point with each sniff and sip.

The Conan Yeast-inspired fermentation character imbues the brew with a squeaky clean finish; every sip ends as dry as brut champagne but without any afterthought of bitterness or lingering stickiness. Instead, all you're left with is a faint stonefruit/pineapple-inspired fruity afterimage in your mouth--comparable to the fruit after flavors that accompany sucking on a Life-Saver® or a Jolly Rancher®

Medium-light body, with a gorgeous creamy mouthfeel at onset. The brew sustains a respectable yet unintrusive level of carbonation throughout the entire drinking experience; I guess I'm going to be equating the end of summer with "no more 3-Way" every year until I leave Oregon.
Dec 16, 2017
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Reviewed by larryarms847 from Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a beautiful sunny yellow orange with a fair amount of yeasty haze.

Ripe citrus and tropical fruit.

Citrusy and tropical in flavor.

Light=-bodied, medium carbonation, juicy, smooth.

Overall, quite a delicious and crushable IPA!
Nov 16, 2017
 
Rated: 4.56 by BaldPeakEric from Oregon

Oct 14, 2017
 
Rated: 4.5 by adipilla8708 from Michigan

Oct 12, 2017
 
Rated: 4.24 by Beerbom from California

Oct 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.23 by mbw314 from California

Oct 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by CayseyW from Connecticut

Oct 08, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Oct 08, 2017
3-Way IPA (2017 W/ Great Notion & Reuben's Brews) from Fort George Brewery + Public House
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 106 ratings