Piranha Pale Ale
BJ's Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.

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From:
BJ's Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.
 
United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
Ranked #934
ABV:
5.7%
Score:
83
Ranked #23,370
Avg:
3.68 | pDev: 13.32%
Reviews:
47
Ratings:
112
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 06, 2022
Added:
May 04, 2003
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  16
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Ratings by Beerbuddha:
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Rated by Beerbuddha from Florida

3.75/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Jan 20, 2018
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Reviewed by HalfFull from California

3.27/5  rDev -11.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12 oz. can served in a pint glass. Packaged 8/5/22. Pours a clear light amber in color with a half inch of off white foam. Light malt notes on the nose with no real hop presence, some fruity notes with warming. Taste is malty with muddled caramel and biscuity notes. Finish is fairly sweet with caramel notes dominant. Faint bitterness and slightly cloying on the finish with some hop spice rounding things out. Chalky. Overall nothing special yet seems to check all the boxes. Average on a good day and lacking bright and crisp notes I would expect in the style.
Sep 06, 2022
 
Rated: 3.39 by SViterileroux74 from Texas

May 14, 2022
 
Rated: 3.59 by Curt3 from Ohio

Feb 01, 2022
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Reviewed by Darkmagus82 from Texas

3.33/5  rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Served on tap in a pint glass
Appearance – The beer is served a clear golden amber color with a one finger head of just off white foam. The head has a great level of retention, slowly fading over time to leave a ton of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aromas is heaviest of a citrus smell being a mix of tangerine and orange as well as some grapefruit aromas. There is a little bit of a bready aroma as well as a touch of herb.
Taste – The taste begins with a very doughy and lightly toasted bready flavor with some sweeter notes of caramel. There is a light hop taste of a herbal and grapefruit nature at the start as well, with the herbal hop getting more intense as the taste moves forward. Toward the end some light citrus fruit tastes joins the caramel flavor adding a bit more sweetness. With the increase in the herbal hop as well as a touch of earth, one is left with a rather malty and more dank hopped taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is average in thickness and creaminess with a carbonation level that is rather average. For the mix of flavors a bit of a lighter body and higher carbonation would have likely been a bit better for keeping the brew more easy drinking.
Overall – I liked the dank hop, but the malt heavy flavor really detracted from it a bit. OK, but nothing all that fantastic.
Jan 30, 2020
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Reviewed by JJKBeerLvr from Pennsylvania

3.52/5  rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a draft into pint glass in December 29, 2018.

Appearance: Golden with light tan head. Head is very thick and there is good lacing.

Smell: Strong aroma of hops, pine, and citrus, as well as some sweetness. Overall the hops aroma dominate the others.

Taste: Interesting taste. There is a typical hops and citrus flavor but with some sweetness as well. This is not as sweet as their Hop Storm IPA. Overall a nice balance and very drinkable.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied.

This is an interesting IPA. It has a nice mix of grapefruit, hops, and other flavors, which makes it interesting. I like the overall balance, and that the hops do not dominate the flavor. I like this better than their Hop Storm Pale Ale, but both are good.
Jan 30, 2019
 
Rated: 3.25 by Shenk87 from Pennsylvania

Jan 12, 2019
 
Rated: 3.74 by plaid75 from New York

Oct 22, 2018
 
Rated: 3.95 by evostudios12 from Florida

Jul 30, 2018
 
Rated: 3.56 by dshansen1184 from Washington

Jul 15, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by eldoctorador from Chile

Nov 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.09 by GreenEggsHam1 from Ohio

Aug 27, 2017
 
Rated: 3.39 by locoformavs from Colorado

May 16, 2017
 
Rated: 3.58 by gr8fulbeerhead from California

Sep 14, 2016
 
Rated: 3.05 by Bamarooster from Virginia

Aug 08, 2016
 
Rated: 3.71 by Mark-Leggett from Missouri

May 21, 2016
 
Rated: 3.69 by IckyT2012 from Florida

Feb 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.15 by Penrodeo from Kansas

Oct 04, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by animal69 from Louisiana

Aug 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.75 by KCCO_JSV from Nevada

Apr 20, 2015
Piranha Pale Ale from BJ's Chicago Pizza & Brewery Inc.
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 112 ratings