Tahoe Blue
Joseph James Brewing Inc.
- From:
- Joseph James Brewing Inc.
- Nevada, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 77
- Avg:
- 3.27 | pDev: 14.07%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 34
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 29, 2016
- Added:
- Jan 03, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
77
Okay
77
Okay
Pale ale brewed with the finest 2 row pale malt and aggressively hopped with Cascade and Galena. This brew has light sweetness and has essences of grapefruit and other citrus. This medium bodied beer is 6.0% ABV, 55 IBU's, and is best enjoyed at 50°F-60°F.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
2.48/5 rDev -24.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
2.48/5 rDev -24.2%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.25 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.5
Yellow beer that doesn't reek of clarity. For being "aggressively" hopped, this beer uses "tame" hops but an even smaller amount of them. For shame.
Taste, jeez is this a blonde ale? Fucking weak. Take the Tahoe name off of this, that beautiful body of water doesn't deserve to be disparaged like this from the South.
Expensive and mundane, never again.
Feb 29, 2016Taste, jeez is this a blonde ale? Fucking weak. Take the Tahoe name off of this, that beautiful body of water doesn't deserve to be disparaged like this from the South.
Expensive and mundane, never again.
Reviewed by avwrite from California
3.1/5 rDev -5.2%
3.1/5 rDev -5.2%
It's all right. Has the taste of an IPA, but not quite there. Very foamy at the top, and nice, fragrant fruity smells. Amber in color, taste is good, but nothing to put it over the top.
Nov 06, 2014
Reviewed by mactrail from Washington
2.8/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
2.8/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 2.5
Hazy medium amber color in the New Belgium snifter with a nice head and swirls of lacing. Then I notice the swarms of floaties-- ack! Aroma is woodsy, leaf mold, and cereal. Watery body with some malty texture.
This is not really terrible in flavor, but it's an odd murky flavor. The beer is rather bitter, but with a dank taste that is more wintergreen than hops. Grainy taste with carrot notes and a bitter vegetable tang. Rather sweet and bready with a fruity off-flavor. It has that peculiar sweet and bitter sensation that is not so pleasant.
From the 22 oz bottle. This stuff wasn't meant to be aged, and I must have bought it last year somewhere in Denver.
Apr 01, 2014This is not really terrible in flavor, but it's an odd murky flavor. The beer is rather bitter, but with a dank taste that is more wintergreen than hops. Grainy taste with carrot notes and a bitter vegetable tang. Rather sweet and bready with a fruity off-flavor. It has that peculiar sweet and bitter sensation that is not so pleasant.
From the 22 oz bottle. This stuff wasn't meant to be aged, and I must have bought it last year somewhere in Denver.
Reviewed by facundoCNB from New Jersey
3.02/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.02/5 rDev -7.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
pours a nice amber color pour with an initial finger of head which diminished completely. the aroma is mostly of caramel malt, plums, raisins. the flavor is mainly caramel malt as well, with a light bitterness on the back of the palate. mostly malty sweetness and caramel in this beer.. nothing too special, but perfect for malt lovers!
medium body with a low amount of carbonation.. very easy to drink.
overall, this is not an impressive beer - there's honestly nothing that stands out from this one. as far as a pale ale it lacks the hoppy bite i look forward to. as far as a beer on its own, this is pretty damn tasty - loaded with sweetness from the malt.
the abv on BA says this is 6%, the abv on the 22oz bomber i have says 7%. not sure which one is right.
Jul 06, 2013medium body with a low amount of carbonation.. very easy to drink.
overall, this is not an impressive beer - there's honestly nothing that stands out from this one. as far as a pale ale it lacks the hoppy bite i look forward to. as far as a beer on its own, this is pretty damn tasty - loaded with sweetness from the malt.
the abv on BA says this is 6%, the abv on the 22oz bomber i have says 7%. not sure which one is right.
Reviewed by searsclone from Arizona
3.59/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +9.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
bottle into a pint glass
crazy amount of off white head that overtakes the glass. I could only fit about 1/2 the bottle into the glass. clear copper color with a bunch of carbonation.
smell is faint, grassy hops
taste is bitter hops with a touch of tequila flavors and a bit of smoke at the end
mouthfeel is thin and slightly off balance
overall, not bad, but it doesn't make me crave another one
Dec 18, 2012crazy amount of off white head that overtakes the glass. I could only fit about 1/2 the bottle into the glass. clear copper color with a bunch of carbonation.
smell is faint, grassy hops
taste is bitter hops with a touch of tequila flavors and a bit of smoke at the end
mouthfeel is thin and slightly off balance
overall, not bad, but it doesn't make me crave another one
Reviewed by Murrhey from Washington
2.98/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
I believe this was poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass at Taco Asylum in Costa Mesa, Calif. Reviewed from notes.
A- Two finger width creamy white head. Soapy and wispy with a copper body underneath. Some clarity.
S- Caramel malt body, citrusy hops, caramel, brown sugar, deeper bodied malts.
T- Bitter, metallic hops, lighter malt body, bitter and malty. Not great.
M- Light, creamy and dry finish.
O- Decent beer, tastes bitter and strong.
Dec 17, 2012A- Two finger width creamy white head. Soapy and wispy with a copper body underneath. Some clarity.
S- Caramel malt body, citrusy hops, caramel, brown sugar, deeper bodied malts.
T- Bitter, metallic hops, lighter malt body, bitter and malty. Not great.
M- Light, creamy and dry finish.
O- Decent beer, tastes bitter and strong.
Reviewed by BierStein711 from Illinois
4.47/5 rDev +36.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.47/5 rDev +36.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottle poured into weizen
No freshness date.
Two finger off white head
Dark brown beer
S: Hops, apricots and grapefruit
T: Hops!!!! Grapefruit, booze, herbs, and a sublime bitter finish
M: Just right!
Overall, I'm seeking this one out again!!
May 06, 2012No freshness date.
Two finger off white head
Dark brown beer
S: Hops, apricots and grapefruit
T: Hops!!!! Grapefruit, booze, herbs, and a sublime bitter finish
M: Just right!
Overall, I'm seeking this one out again!!
Reviewed by Offa from California
3.33/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.33/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
This is a pretty good pale ale but has insufficient character and sweetness to support the relatively strong, sharp bitterness.
It looks beautiful, being copper with a big pale tan head steadily shrinking to a thin but solid foamy top and some lace.
Aroma is pretty good, fairly standard west coast APA, but solid, with strong caramelised candied orange and barley with some grapefruit and pine as well as old rusty pipes.
Taste is similar, with some bitter orange, grapefruit and vaguely peppery sharpness up front and some vaguely raisiny sweetness then joining, followed by light toastiness, but with some vaguely pine-flavoured bark bitterness throughout as well. It is somewhat juicy and has some good flavour, but it is somewhat too spicy-sharply bitter throughout and the character is too light and inadequately sweet to carry that bitterness.
Apr 07, 2012It looks beautiful, being copper with a big pale tan head steadily shrinking to a thin but solid foamy top and some lace.
Aroma is pretty good, fairly standard west coast APA, but solid, with strong caramelised candied orange and barley with some grapefruit and pine as well as old rusty pipes.
Taste is similar, with some bitter orange, grapefruit and vaguely peppery sharpness up front and some vaguely raisiny sweetness then joining, followed by light toastiness, but with some vaguely pine-flavoured bark bitterness throughout as well. It is somewhat juicy and has some good flavour, but it is somewhat too spicy-sharply bitter throughout and the character is too light and inadequately sweet to carry that bitterness.
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