HopLab: Azacca Pale Ale
Kane Brewing Company
- From:
- Kane Brewing Company
- New Jersey, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.16 | pDev: 4.09%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2016
- Added:
- Nov 11, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Hop Lab: Azacca Pale Ale is the latest addition to our HopLab series. This 5.2% pale ale uses Azacca hops in the kettle and is dry hopped with both Azacca and Galaxy. Azacca is a relatively new hop variety that brings flavors of pineapple, tropical fruits and some pine.
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Reviewed by mikeburd1128 from New Jersey
4.15/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Cloudy. Incredible lacing and head retention. Nose is subtle, but present. Huge tropical fruit with a touch of grass. Finishes with an intense sweetness. This beer is damn good. Really enjoying this hop lab series.
Nov 19, 2015
Reviewed by HopBomb515 from New Jersey
4.36/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Bright orange and cloudy with a medium white head and great lacing. Very cloudy, can't see through at all. Notes of light pineapple, mango, grapefruit, orange and tangerine. Great body for 5.2%, medium body feel, clean on the finish and a touch drying on the back. This was a home run, the hop lab beers continue to impress.
Nov 18, 2015
Reviewed by Dustin_Sallitt from New Jersey
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Really tasty and drinkable pale ale. Tons of juicy pineapple and citrus from the azzaca and a nice floral nose is assume contributed by the Galaxy. Goes down real easy and has a clean finish with very little residual bitterness
Nov 16, 2015
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.91/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.91/5 rDev -6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On-tap at Cowan's Public, Nutley, NJ
A: The beer is very hazy yellow in color—too hazy to see if there is any visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down, leaving some bubbles on the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of pineapples are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, having flavors of pineapples (but without any associated sweetness) and a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation. There is a bit of crispness to the mouthfeel.
O: This is an interesting hop variety that has pineapples without the sweetness. It's not as bitter and crisp as I would normally expect for an IPA but is an interesting change of pace.
Serving type: on-tap
Nov 15, 2015A: The beer is very hazy yellow in color—too hazy to see if there is any visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that died down, leaving some bubbles on the surface and a collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of pineapples are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell, having flavors of pineapples (but without any associated sweetness) and a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation. There is a bit of crispness to the mouthfeel.
O: This is an interesting hop variety that has pineapples without the sweetness. It's not as bitter and crisp as I would normally expect for an IPA but is an interesting change of pace.
Serving type: on-tap
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