Town Beach India Pale Ale
Narragansett Brewing Co.

Town Beach India Pale AleTown Beach India Pale Ale
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From:
Narragansett Brewing Co.
 
Rhode Island, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #3,384
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
81
Ranked #25,696
Avg:
3.54 | pDev: 11.02%
Reviews:
40
Ratings:
103
Status:
Active
Rated:
Oct 17, 2023
Added:
Aug 19, 2015
Wants:
  2
Gots:
  30
An easy drinking IPA that's perfect for a day in the sun. With notes of grapefruit, lemon, and a touch of pine- this beer is practically summer in a can. It's bright, crisp, packs a light citrus kick from the balance of hops, and with a lower ABV, you can have a couple and still play volleyball. The Town Beach Day Pass IPA is brewed with two-row, Carapils, Caramel 20 and Wheat Malts, and Citra Hops. It is then dry-hopped with Citra to really drive home the aromas of passionfruit and grapefruit.
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Ratings by dbrauneis:
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Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina

3.58/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
A: Pours a clear medium golden yellow in color with moderate amounts of active visible carbonation rising from the bottom of the glass and faint honey colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall foamy beige head that slowly reduces to a medium sized medium thick cap in the center of the glass surrounded by a very thin film covering the majority of the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of bready malts with light to moderate aromas of grassy + floral hops.

T: Upfront there are moderate flavors of bready malts with minimal (if any) amounts of malty sweetness. That is followed by light to moderate flavors of grassy + floral hops which imparts a moderate amount of lingering bitterness.

M: Just shy of medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation. Slightly thin/watery in the finish.

O: Kind of reminds me of a hybrid of a pilsner and an IPA, though a little more pilsner heavy. Easy drinking and refreshing. Would be a good beer for drinking out on the beach.
Oct 14, 2015
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.72/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a lightly hazed light golden color with a small head of white foam. The head fades rather fast, leaving a light bit of lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is strongest of a grapefruit hop aroma mixed with some tropical fruit smell of tangerine, mango and pineapple. Along with these aromas comes notes of herbal hop and a bit of bread and graininess.
Taste – The taste begins with a cracker malt and some of the tropical fruit flavor sweetness that was in the nose. It is paired with a decent showing of a grapefruit hop as well as some flavors of a light pine and earth. As the taste advances the sweet increases a touch while the hop gets a bit lighter, leaving one with rather crisp and fairly clean but somewhat lighter taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the beer is rather light, with a carbonation level that is high. Overall, for the light nature of the brew and the tastes the feel is quite nice and makes for a very easy sipper.
Overall - A decent easy sipper with a moderate taste and good session nature. Nothing too special or flavorful, but rather good for summer sessioning.
Oct 17, 2023
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Reviewed by Oktoberfest from Ohio

3.25/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
This isn't bad, but it's not really an IPA. (Although my hop allergy kicked in and I started sneezing almost immediately, so maybe it's IPA bona fides are...bonafide.)

As is tradition for Narragansett beers, I crushed the can in my fist and was shortly after eaten by a giant shark.
Oct 12, 2023
 
Rated: 3.51 by Humanusfermentum from Virginia

Jun 23, 2023
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Reviewed by teromous from Virginia

2.68/5  rDev -24.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
This is a review of a 12oz can from the Summer Variety Pack. The bottom of the can is a bit difficult to read, but it appears to indicate: "C093 13 04:37"

Appearance: The body of the beer is a medium shade of gold that appears a bit lighter in color when looking closer at it. It has a very cloudy appearance which makes it difficult to see through. The head is very large with a creamy texture that has a slightly off-white color with a very light hint of a tobacco stained yellow in it. The beer leaves excellent rocky lacing in the glass and it has excellent head retention. There are a few particles floating in the beer here and there.

Aroma: It has a light bit of cabbage with a hint of wildflower. A very, very light bit of tangerine is there. It doesn't smell bad but it is just barely on the border of being average.

Taste: It has a very faint orange flavor up front that tastes watered down. Not much flavor at all in the middle of the palate. There is a bit of flavor there but it's difficult to even identify because it's so lacking. The best way to describe it is a very faint and watered down burnt cooking herb flavor. There are weird phenols in the aftertaste. Some mint character builds up in the aftertaste after drinking the beer for a while which is nice.

Mouthfeel: It has a light body and it feels watered down. There is a medium-low hop bitterness which gives the beer a bit of bite when drinking which is nice because there isn't much else to the beer.

Overall: The label states "DAY PASS IPA" on the bottom and "ALC 4.7% BY VOL." It doesn't taste like an IPA at all, and it would barely fit in as a Pale Ale. In a nutshell there isn't much to this beer and I don't recommend it because it is lacking in aroma, flavor, and texture. It's weird because I had Fresh Catch which is a Golden Ale by Narragansett before drinking this and it had a lot more hop aroma and flavor than this. I wouldn't buy it again.
Jun 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.8 by AccipiterofBeer from New York

May 03, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by Maltyhead from Massachusetts

Jun 23, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by PatrickCT from Connecticut

Mar 17, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by JohnDon from Texas

Oct 10, 2018
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Rated by bankboy66 from New Jersey

3.07/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Weird one. Looks great but taste is strange....kind of between an IPA and a garden variety Euro lager.
Sep 08, 2018
 
Rated: 3.6 by Octoberist from Pennsylvania

Aug 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.11 by RBorsato from Virginia

Jun 01, 2018
 
Rated: 3.43 by NHhomebrewguy from New Hampshire

Apr 19, 2018
 
Rated: 3.59 by selecter70 from Massachusetts

Mar 24, 2018
 
Rated: 3.64 by BearBrewing from Massachusetts

Nov 19, 2017
 
Rated: 3.42 by Kayakguy from Massachusetts

Oct 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.65 by tpeters from Maryland

Sep 22, 2017
 
Rated: 3.26 by guzzleacoldone from Ohio

Aug 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.44 by shoretaxi from New Jersey

Jul 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.33 by IBUBrew from Vermont

Jul 24, 2017
Town Beach India Pale Ale from Narragansett Brewing Co.
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 103 ratings