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Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA
Evil Twin Brewing
- From:
- Evil Twin Brewing
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 87
- Avg:
- 3.88 | pDev: 10.57%
- Reviews:
- 51
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jun 14, 2020
- Added:
- Jan 15, 2017
- Wants:
- 6
- Gots:
- 22
Collaboration with Omnipollo
A refreshing drink often associated with childhood nostalgia to others a pop-cultural symbol of emancipation. Whatever the association we teamed up with good old Swedes, Henok and Karl of the fashionable Omnipollo to squeeze out a tasty, tempting and deceivingly well balanced IPA with sweet and sour notes of old-fashioned memories. Perhaps you can taste the dishonesty, it's all over your breath -it's Lemonade.
A refreshing drink often associated with childhood nostalgia to others a pop-cultural symbol of emancipation. Whatever the association we teamed up with good old Swedes, Henok and Karl of the fashionable Omnipollo to squeeze out a tasty, tempting and deceivingly well balanced IPA with sweet and sour notes of old-fashioned memories. Perhaps you can taste the dishonesty, it's all over your breath -it's Lemonade.
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Ratings by MattyG85:
Rated by MattyG85 from Minnesota
4.41/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
4.41/5 rDev +13.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania
3.93/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.93/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Evil Twin Brewing "Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA"
12 fl. oz. can with an illegible code starting with "ETLIPA2..."
$4.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: I read the name, as it's written, as "Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA" and thought what the hell is an old fashioned lemonade IPA? I've never even heard of one. Then it dawned on me, it's old fashioned lamonade, not lemonade IPA. Duh.OK, it's poured a very hazy golden-orange beneath a short head of white that dropped almost immediately. That's not good but I can be forgiving on appearance. So what does it smell like? I'll let you guess. It smells like sweet lemonade and grainy malt. On to the flavor... well, no surprises, it's like you physically mixed lemonade with a straightforward IPA. I'm not really even getting hops out of it. Yeah, sure, there's some, but it's not like a hoppy IPA - but then again, why would you waste the hops if you're going to make it a lemonade beer. Of course they could have just made it a little less strong and called it an old fashioned lemonade pale ale which is really what it tastes like. That would not have sold as well. Ohh, I almost forgot, it's a bit tart as well, so you've got sweet and tart and grain and lemon and a little bit of hops backed by a moderate bitterness. You get the hops pretty nicely in the burp. I wouldn't call it complex, it really is like lemonade added into an IPA. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp. Any more carbonation would probably accentuate the acidity so it's good as it is, and then it's smooth like a lemonade. Nicely done. The only thing I haven't noted so far is that the lemon seems artificial, but at the same time the lemon almost always seems artificial in lemonade unless you get the reals thing, which is rare. Of course, THAT is what I'd call "Old Fashioned Lemonade". In the end this is a pretty decent and refreshing beer. I'd like more hops, but I'd like more hops in almost anything. As a summer beer this is absolutely worth trying.
Review #6,710
Sep 23, 201912 fl. oz. can with an illegible code starting with "ETLIPA2..."
$4.49 @ Total Wine & More, Cherry Hill, NJ
Notes via stream of consciousness: I read the name, as it's written, as "Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA" and thought what the hell is an old fashioned lemonade IPA? I've never even heard of one. Then it dawned on me, it's old fashioned lamonade, not lemonade IPA. Duh.OK, it's poured a very hazy golden-orange beneath a short head of white that dropped almost immediately. That's not good but I can be forgiving on appearance. So what does it smell like? I'll let you guess. It smells like sweet lemonade and grainy malt. On to the flavor... well, no surprises, it's like you physically mixed lemonade with a straightforward IPA. I'm not really even getting hops out of it. Yeah, sure, there's some, but it's not like a hoppy IPA - but then again, why would you waste the hops if you're going to make it a lemonade beer. Of course they could have just made it a little less strong and called it an old fashioned lemonade pale ale which is really what it tastes like. That would not have sold as well. Ohh, I almost forgot, it's a bit tart as well, so you've got sweet and tart and grain and lemon and a little bit of hops backed by a moderate bitterness. You get the hops pretty nicely in the burp. I wouldn't call it complex, it really is like lemonade added into an IPA. In the mouth it's medium bodied and gently crisp. Any more carbonation would probably accentuate the acidity so it's good as it is, and then it's smooth like a lemonade. Nicely done. The only thing I haven't noted so far is that the lemon seems artificial, but at the same time the lemon almost always seems artificial in lemonade unless you get the reals thing, which is rare. Of course, THAT is what I'd call "Old Fashioned Lemonade". In the end this is a pretty decent and refreshing beer. I'd like more hops, but I'd like more hops in almost anything. As a summer beer this is absolutely worth trying.
Review #6,710
Reviewed by AdmiralOzone from Minnesota
3.15/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
Pours a hazy bright lemon yellow with a thick white cap that dissipates fairly quickly. Aroma is decidedly lemon forward but also sense some funk. Flavor is all lemon with a touch of sour funkiness that I associate with farmhouse or wild ales. No hop bitterness. Feel is fine but overall this doesn't seem like an IPA to me. Not my cup of lemonade.
Aug 16, 2018Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania
3.56/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
My seCANd beer of New Catch-Up Beer Sunday (Week 696) is a recent score from a trusted bottle shop so I am curious if it is back in production. No matter. This one is part of my Go Green! theme, picking up from Brewdog's earlier Hazy Jane. It is all a part of The CANQuest (tm), which will give you your USDA ReCANmended Daily Allowance of madness. Sit back, strap in/on & get ready for the ride!
From the CAN: "A refreshing drink often associated with childhood nostalgia to others a pop-cultural symbol of emancipation. Whatever the association we teamed up with good old Swedes, Henok and Karl of the fashionable Omnipollo to squeeze out a tasty, tempting and deceivingly well balanced IPA with sweet and sour notes of old-fashioned memories. Perhaps you can taste the dishonesty, it's all over your breath -it's Lemonade."
I Crack!ed open the vent & beCAN a slow gentle Glug into the awaiting glass. It started out fairly clear, but as I CANtinued, it beCAN to take on a light haziness & so I stopped what I was doing. This gave me a ChANce to CANduct a vigorous in-glass swirl that raised a brief finger of foamy, fizzy, soapy, tawny head with modest retention. Color was a slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose smelled EXTREMELY lemony! OMFG. I LOVE what these guys are doing, especially in CANs, but for an AIPA, it was NOT to style. (Shrugs.) Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but thin for the style. The taste was REALLY tart, VERY lemony & great on a hot, hazy, humid Summer's day, but again, not really to style. Any hops & their inherent bitterness were lost in the noise of the intense citrusy lemon flavor. I liked it, I enjoyed it, but it is going to suffer when I rate to style, as I ultimately must. Finish was dry, tart, refreshing, but not in keeping with the style. YMMV.
Jun 24, 2018From the CAN: "A refreshing drink often associated with childhood nostalgia to others a pop-cultural symbol of emancipation. Whatever the association we teamed up with good old Swedes, Henok and Karl of the fashionable Omnipollo to squeeze out a tasty, tempting and deceivingly well balanced IPA with sweet and sour notes of old-fashioned memories. Perhaps you can taste the dishonesty, it's all over your breath -it's Lemonade."
I Crack!ed open the vent & beCAN a slow gentle Glug into the awaiting glass. It started out fairly clear, but as I CANtinued, it beCAN to take on a light haziness & so I stopped what I was doing. This gave me a ChANce to CANduct a vigorous in-glass swirl that raised a brief finger of foamy, fizzy, soapy, tawny head with modest retention. Color was a slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7). Nose smelled EXTREMELY lemony! OMFG. I LOVE what these guys are doing, especially in CANs, but for an AIPA, it was NOT to style. (Shrugs.) Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not watery, but thin for the style. The taste was REALLY tart, VERY lemony & great on a hot, hazy, humid Summer's day, but again, not really to style. Any hops & their inherent bitterness were lost in the noise of the intense citrusy lemon flavor. I liked it, I enjoyed it, but it is going to suffer when I rate to style, as I ultimately must. Finish was dry, tart, refreshing, but not in keeping with the style. YMMV.
Reviewed by IAmThird from Florida
4.45/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +14.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Is exactly what I'd expect given the name. The lemon is very present in the nose and taste with the hop acid balancing it all out. The mouthfeel is a balanced but you'd almost want a touch more body/malt; not sure if that would alter the taste much. Well worth it if you like lemon and IPAs - great lawnmower or pool beer.
May 26, 2018Reviewed by Davepoolesque from Massachusetts
3.29/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.29/5 rDev -15.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
Ahhhhhhh, brings me back to ol' Mike's Hard Lemonade days...but hey, this is Craft beer so sure, why not. Lemonade forward. Medium bodied. Sweet and artificial tasting. Eh.
May 23, 2018Reviewed by DrDemento456 from Pennsylvania
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.88/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Picked up an old can from the House of 1,000 beers.
A - Very lively beer hazy golden yellow with an inch plus of fizzy frothy foam.
S - Not getting much lemon just some citrus hops and a touch of sweet malts.
T - Wow now I get the lemon it is pretty balanced with the IPA leaving a citrus hop flavor and some sweet malts in the finish. Wouldn't really call it a "lemonade" but it is an IPA with bright lemon flavor.
M - Pretty crisp and clean with mild tartness and a smooth finish.
Overall this beer is very good again don't go in expecting a very sugary lemonade but do expect a very lemon forward IPA.
May 01, 2018A - Very lively beer hazy golden yellow with an inch plus of fizzy frothy foam.
S - Not getting much lemon just some citrus hops and a touch of sweet malts.
T - Wow now I get the lemon it is pretty balanced with the IPA leaving a citrus hop flavor and some sweet malts in the finish. Wouldn't really call it a "lemonade" but it is an IPA with bright lemon flavor.
M - Pretty crisp and clean with mild tartness and a smooth finish.
Overall this beer is very good again don't go in expecting a very sugary lemonade but do expect a very lemon forward IPA.
Old Fashioned Lemonade IPA from Evil Twin Brewing
Beer rating:
87 out of
100 with
181 ratings
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