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Plane Wave
Half Acre Beer Company
- From:
- Half Acre Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.05 | pDev: 5.43%
- Reviews:
- 17
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 26, 2019
- Added:
- Jun 12, 2017
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 11
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by larryarms847 from Illinois
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a golden yellow orange with a slight haze.
Grassy and earthy hop aromas, with notes of citrus zest.
Toasted malt sweetness, grassy and citrusy hop notes.
Light-bodied, medium carbonation, crisp.
Overall, quite enjoyable.
Apr 20, 2018Grassy and earthy hop aromas, with notes of citrus zest.
Toasted malt sweetness, grassy and citrusy hop notes.
Light-bodied, medium carbonation, crisp.
Overall, quite enjoyable.
Reviewed by jlindros from Massachusetts
3.98/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Canned 1/03/18
Pours a decent foamy fizzy almost 1 finger head that fades at a med pace, a touch of lacing, slight hazy golden color
Nose a bit of dank grassy hops, mild herbal spicy, some citrus rind, crackery malts and wheat perhaps, faint generic citrusy fruity aromas.
Taste starts with a bit of sweetness, sweet candy like malts, a little toasted crackery malt, then hops, nice citrus, stone fruit and a bit of tropical notes, papaya, mango, tangerine, juicy ripe peach, a touch of canteloupe, a bit spicy herbal later, fair bitterness in the middle and increasing to pretty bitter on the dry but sticky finish
Mouth is med bod, a bit softer, decent carb
Overall not bad, nose was really muted and probably a bit on the older side, taste was nicer but not incredible.
Mar 23, 2018Pours a decent foamy fizzy almost 1 finger head that fades at a med pace, a touch of lacing, slight hazy golden color
Nose a bit of dank grassy hops, mild herbal spicy, some citrus rind, crackery malts and wheat perhaps, faint generic citrusy fruity aromas.
Taste starts with a bit of sweetness, sweet candy like malts, a little toasted crackery malt, then hops, nice citrus, stone fruit and a bit of tropical notes, papaya, mango, tangerine, juicy ripe peach, a touch of canteloupe, a bit spicy herbal later, fair bitterness in the middle and increasing to pretty bitter on the dry but sticky finish
Mouth is med bod, a bit softer, decent carb
Overall not bad, nose was really muted and probably a bit on the older side, taste was nicer but not incredible.
Reviewed by hopflyer from Pennsylvania
3.3/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev -18.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Canned 1/2/18
Golden yellow, clear.
Smells malty, metallic. A hint of citrus.
Taste at first is mix of malt and bitterness. Bready. Metallic. A little bit of fruit flavor as it warms, not much.
Light to medium bodied. Semi sticky. Lingering aftertaste.
Probably least favorite from half acre. One dimensional and lacks any real hop character other than some bitterness. Malts carry more flavor than anything else.
Mar 04, 2018Golden yellow, clear.
Smells malty, metallic. A hint of citrus.
Taste at first is mix of malt and bitterness. Bready. Metallic. A little bit of fruit flavor as it warms, not much.
Light to medium bodied. Semi sticky. Lingering aftertaste.
Probably least favorite from half acre. One dimensional and lacks any real hop character other than some bitterness. Malts carry more flavor than anything else.
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4.26/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.26/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
01/02/2018 stamped on the can on the bottom. $3.99 a can at: Craft Beer Cabin, Plattsburgh, New York.
Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a bright golden color with a sustaining quarter finger's worth of white foamy head that slid off mildly. A touch of concave lace stuck around the top nicely and then slid off with the sips.
The aroma spoke of sweet tropical fruity hops that seemed to come across more mango-like as it warmed with a nice hoppy sliding bitterness, somewhat rind-like but with a touch of juicy white grapefruit.
The flavor was semi-juicy through the mango and white grapefruit. Sturdy bitterness shaved off some of the sweetness of the tropical fruits. Light tropical fruity aftertaste with a little bit of hoppy bitterness.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine, just a touch lower than expected. ABV felt close to what was projected. Nice semi-smooth finish of the juicy tropical sweetness.
Overall, extremely nice AIPA almost a New England styled one, not sure if that's what Half Acre was going for, but this is definitely one that I'd have again.
Feb 23, 2018Poured into a becher pint glass, the appearance was a bright golden color with a sustaining quarter finger's worth of white foamy head that slid off mildly. A touch of concave lace stuck around the top nicely and then slid off with the sips.
The aroma spoke of sweet tropical fruity hops that seemed to come across more mango-like as it warmed with a nice hoppy sliding bitterness, somewhat rind-like but with a touch of juicy white grapefruit.
The flavor was semi-juicy through the mango and white grapefruit. Sturdy bitterness shaved off some of the sweetness of the tropical fruits. Light tropical fruity aftertaste with a little bit of hoppy bitterness.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine, just a touch lower than expected. ABV felt close to what was projected. Nice semi-smooth finish of the juicy tropical sweetness.
Overall, extremely nice AIPA almost a New England styled one, not sure if that's what Half Acre was going for, but this is definitely one that I'd have again.
Plane Wave from Half Acre Beer Company
Beer rating:
90 out of
100 with
72 ratings
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