Buckeye Cleveland IPA | Buckeye Brewing Company
Brewed by:
Buckeye Brewing Company
Ohio, United States
buckeyebrewing.com
Style: American IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by CaptCleveland on 03-29-2012
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Ratings: 43 | Reviews: 11
Reviews by DeFaz:
3.25/5 rDev -11.9%
DeFaz, May 05, 2014
More User Reviews:
4.21/5 rDev +14.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
3.56/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.41/5 rDev +19.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very nice ipa, one of my first
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Very nice ipa, one of my first
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3.29/5 rDev -10.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from the bottle into a standard pint glass.
Appearance: Pours a clear amber with two fingers of off white head that leave some lacing with a layer remaining.
Smell: Citrus hops with some mild malt and a hint of soap.
Taste: Soapy citrus hops with some fruity notes from the yeast and some grain sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with smooth carbonation and a mildly dry finish.
Overall: This one was just ok. The soapy hop flavor wasn't my favorite.
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look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Poured from the bottle into a standard pint glass.
Appearance: Pours a clear amber with two fingers of off white head that leave some lacing with a layer remaining.
Smell: Citrus hops with some mild malt and a hint of soap.
Taste: Soapy citrus hops with some fruity notes from the yeast and some grain sweetness.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with smooth carbonation and a mildly dry finish.
Overall: This one was just ok. The soapy hop flavor wasn't my favorite.
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3.8/5 rDev +3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a slightly hazy orange-bronze color. The orange-tinted head is moderately sized, with a somewhat dense, frothy texture. Retention is solid, and a bit of lacing sticks to the glass.
S: Some cookielike malt in the nose. Light caramel is present, but in the background. Prominent citrus (orange, almost exclusively) aromas are detectable, with lesser floral notes. Centennial hops certainly seem to be at play here.
T: Some lightly doughy and sugar cookie-like maltiness up front. Light caramel drizzle. Hop bitterness is firm but restrained. There doesn't seem to be any especially bracing alpha acids working here, just a pleasant medium bite. Hop flavors are very citric (orange), with lighter fruity and floral notes.
M: Medium body. A bit undercarbonated. It's smooth and a little creamy at first, but it doesn't quite perk up into the mildly prickly mouthfeel that works well in a hoppy beer. The finish is dry but not particularly crisp.
D: This is a good IPA, and drinks a little like Bell's Two Hearted. There are some minor flaws in terms of mouthfeel, but this is a nice, citrusy American IPA.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
A: Pours a slightly hazy orange-bronze color. The orange-tinted head is moderately sized, with a somewhat dense, frothy texture. Retention is solid, and a bit of lacing sticks to the glass.
S: Some cookielike malt in the nose. Light caramel is present, but in the background. Prominent citrus (orange, almost exclusively) aromas are detectable, with lesser floral notes. Centennial hops certainly seem to be at play here.
T: Some lightly doughy and sugar cookie-like maltiness up front. Light caramel drizzle. Hop bitterness is firm but restrained. There doesn't seem to be any especially bracing alpha acids working here, just a pleasant medium bite. Hop flavors are very citric (orange), with lighter fruity and floral notes.
M: Medium body. A bit undercarbonated. It's smooth and a little creamy at first, but it doesn't quite perk up into the mildly prickly mouthfeel that works well in a hoppy beer. The finish is dry but not particularly crisp.
D: This is a good IPA, and drinks a little like Bell's Two Hearted. There are some minor flaws in terms of mouthfeel, but this is a nice, citrusy American IPA.
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4.42/5 rDev +19.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a clean orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, hops, mostly citrus and notes of pine hops. In the taste, a big orange citrus hops to a dry, pine hop. A hop bite and a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a dry orange citrus to pine hops in the aftertaste. Big hops, citrus to pine, a pretty damn super!
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Pours a clean orange-ish color with an off white head. In the aroma, hops, mostly citrus and notes of pine hops. In the taste, a big orange citrus hops to a dry, pine hop. A hop bite and a medium bodied mouthfeel, with a dry orange citrus to pine hops in the aftertaste. Big hops, citrus to pine, a pretty damn super!
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4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing lings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, lemon zest, peach, honey, caramel, floral, grass, pine, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop and malt notes; and good strength. Taste of grapefruit, orange zest, lemon zest, tangerine, orange rind, pine, floral, grass, caramel, honey, bread, and floral earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, citrus rind, pine, floral, grass, honey, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of citrus and pine hop flavors; with a moderate malt balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, crisp, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice IPA! All around good balance and complexity of hop and malt notes; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours slightly hazy golden orange color with a 2 finger dense and fluffy cream colored head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing lings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, lemon zest, peach, honey, caramel, floral, grass, pine, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop and malt notes; and good strength. Taste of grapefruit, orange zest, lemon zest, tangerine, orange rind, pine, floral, grass, caramel, honey, bread, and floral earthiness. Good amount of earthy pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, citrus rind, pine, floral, grass, honey, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of citrus and pine hop flavors; with a moderate malt balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, crisp, and sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice IPA! All around good balance and complexity of hop and malt notes; and very smooth and crisp to sip on. A very enjoyable offering.
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3.62/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap into a shaker glass at Corner Alley
A- Poured a dark almost brown copper color with a soapy head that left light lace
S- Huge pungent pine, grapefruit, and sweet caramel notes. Very sweet and astringent aroma
T- Some pungent grapefruit and pine hop flavors and a huge sweet caramel and raisin maltiness. This tastes like a super hopped up barleywine
M- Medium body, light to medium carbonation, does not quite finish dry
O- This has a lot of hop flavor, but also tons of maltiness. If I was tasting this blind I would have thought this was a barleywine. This is a very sweet beer.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Served on tap into a shaker glass at Corner Alley
A- Poured a dark almost brown copper color with a soapy head that left light lace
S- Huge pungent pine, grapefruit, and sweet caramel notes. Very sweet and astringent aroma
T- Some pungent grapefruit and pine hop flavors and a huge sweet caramel and raisin maltiness. This tastes like a super hopped up barleywine
M- Medium body, light to medium carbonation, does not quite finish dry
O- This has a lot of hop flavor, but also tons of maltiness. If I was tasting this blind I would have thought this was a barleywine. This is a very sweet beer.
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3.81/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22 oz
Pours a clear amber gold, quarter inch of eggshell head retains very well.
Smells of bready malts and potent dry piney hops.
Flavor of mild toasty malt, hint of toffee, and pronounced dry woody hops. Hops are very bitter but don't contribute much to the flavor.
Medium to full body with tingly carbonation on the roof of the mouth.
A very hoppy IPA with lots of bitter but little hop flavor. Seems the wort was heavily hopped early and not much later. Not to say that is good or bad, just that this is what it is. If you're looking for a hop bang, this is pretty good, but if you want some of that west coast influence, you will probably be disappointed. It's clear to me this isn't trying for any fruity or floral hop presence, so it is good for what it is.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22 oz
Pours a clear amber gold, quarter inch of eggshell head retains very well.
Smells of bready malts and potent dry piney hops.
Flavor of mild toasty malt, hint of toffee, and pronounced dry woody hops. Hops are very bitter but don't contribute much to the flavor.
Medium to full body with tingly carbonation on the roof of the mouth.
A very hoppy IPA with lots of bitter but little hop flavor. Seems the wort was heavily hopped early and not much later. Not to say that is good or bad, just that this is what it is. If you're looking for a hop bang, this is pretty good, but if you want some of that west coast influence, you will probably be disappointed. It's clear to me this isn't trying for any fruity or floral hop presence, so it is good for what it is.
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Buckeye Cleveland IPA from Buckeye Brewing Company
3.69
out of 5
based on 43 ratings.