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Ladder Mash
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- From:
- Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 6.53%
- Reviews:
- 7
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 10, 2021
- Added:
- Aug 22, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
Collaboration with Melvin Brewing
Melvin and Toppling Goliath jumped headfirst into this pale ale collaboration beer, creating a brew that slams your senses with aroma. Simcoe and Amarillo hops tag team to create notes of candied apricot, sweet honeysuckle, and orange.
Melvin and Toppling Goliath jumped headfirst into this pale ale collaboration beer, creating a brew that slams your senses with aroma. Simcoe and Amarillo hops tag team to create notes of candied apricot, sweet honeysuckle, and orange.
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Ratings by cgwami:
Rated by cgwami from Canada (MB)
4.03/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nov 15, 2019
4.03/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Nov 15, 2019
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Hopheadjeffery from Illinois
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Tasted in a pint glass from draft at Countyline Tavern on January 10, 2020. Brewed in collaboration with Melvin Brewing Company. Hopped with Simcoe and Amarillo. Notes of candied apricot, sweet honeysuckle and orange citrus.
Mar 04, 2020Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
4.02/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev +1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Pours an almost clear light yellow with a thick white head. Decent retention and nice lacing. Aroma is mild, citrusy and hops. Flavor follows the nose but is bolder. Lemon and grass are the front flavors with a nice bitterness in the finish. Feel is crisp and well carbonated. Overall another nice beer from Toppling Goliath and collaborators Melvin.
Dec 06, 2019Reviewed by MNAle from Minnesota
4.09/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Strong aroma - citrus / apricot & orange, hints of something more bitter - grapefruit, perhaps.
Crystal clear golden bright color with plentiful rising bubbles under a 1 inch white, bubbly / creamy head. Decent retention, leaving rings of thick lacing and a cratered top as it does recede. A beautiful old-school look. These days, when a brewery (or 2 in this case) brings out an APA that is NOT hazy, that counts as innovative in the current market. Or, thumbing their nose at the current market. Either way, it is much appreciated.
Taste is classic APA, only a swing to the slightly juicy side, again with apricot leading with other citrus taste just behind. The malts provide a bready presence in the background.The only hints of bitterness begin in the middle and linger into the aftertaste, initially more from the citrus flavor, but in the finish, more of the classic hops bitterness (but only slightly bitter), which has a long, lingering life on the tongue.
The feel is initially smooth, transitioning to something with a bit of an edge. Body is appropriate to the style.
Overall, a nicely balanced and flavorful APA. Both TG and Melvin should be proud of the result. If this was available in 12 oz or pint packages, I'd buy more for sure. As it is, I bought 2 bombers and am greatly looking forward to enjoying the 2nd one.
Nov 11, 2019Crystal clear golden bright color with plentiful rising bubbles under a 1 inch white, bubbly / creamy head. Decent retention, leaving rings of thick lacing and a cratered top as it does recede. A beautiful old-school look. These days, when a brewery (or 2 in this case) brings out an APA that is NOT hazy, that counts as innovative in the current market. Or, thumbing their nose at the current market. Either way, it is much appreciated.
Taste is classic APA, only a swing to the slightly juicy side, again with apricot leading with other citrus taste just behind. The malts provide a bready presence in the background.The only hints of bitterness begin in the middle and linger into the aftertaste, initially more from the citrus flavor, but in the finish, more of the classic hops bitterness (but only slightly bitter), which has a long, lingering life on the tongue.
The feel is initially smooth, transitioning to something with a bit of an edge. Body is appropriate to the style.
Overall, a nicely balanced and flavorful APA. Both TG and Melvin should be proud of the result. If this was available in 12 oz or pint packages, I'd buy more for sure. As it is, I bought 2 bombers and am greatly looking forward to enjoying the 2nd one.
Ladder Mash from Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
Beer rating:
89 out of
100 with
25 ratings
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