Sovina IPA
Os Três Cervejeiros
- From:
- Os Três Cervejeiros
- Portugal
- Style:
- English IPA
Ranked #168 - ABV:
- 6.4%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #37,426 - Avg:
- 3.24 | pDev: 21.91%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 8
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 15, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 24, 2013
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
79
Okay
79
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Reviewed by flyingpig from Scotland
3.56/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
500ml keg from O Botanista, Lisbon (€3.50):
Medium amber & slightly hazy with a quarter cm, foamy white head covering the surface & holding well. Bitter pine hops & grapefruit notes, some lighter biscuit alongside citrus & earthy malts. The taste is a strong hoppy one with resinous pine flavours, dry stone fruits & citrus with a biscuit malt base & light tropical fruits at the end. The body is dry & sharp with a strong tang & lively carbonation, quite resinous with a lingering hop bitterness at the end too.
May 15, 2023Medium amber & slightly hazy with a quarter cm, foamy white head covering the surface & holding well. Bitter pine hops & grapefruit notes, some lighter biscuit alongside citrus & earthy malts. The taste is a strong hoppy one with resinous pine flavours, dry stone fruits & citrus with a biscuit malt base & light tropical fruits at the end. The body is dry & sharp with a strong tang & lively carbonation, quite resinous with a lingering hop bitterness at the end too.
Reviewed by mikeg67 from New Jersey
3.29/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
3.29/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Bottle. Pours orange with whitehead. Aroma is of tropical fruit, caramel malt and citrusyhops. Body is medium and crisp. Taste is of herbal hops, bready malt and ripe fruit. Long astringent finish. Ok brew.
Jul 26, 2022
Reviewed by schavuytje from Netherlands
2.98/5 rDev -8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
2.98/5 rDev -8%
look: 1.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
aroma of sour grass bouquet, in taste pleasant lemon, full of fruity but a thin body in the finish, not bad but not special and are missing some points
Dec 27, 2016
Reviewed by tatooedsn from Maine
3.53/5 rDev +9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.53/5 rDev +9%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I'm quite impressed with this Portuguese beer. It is a bit over carbonated and it smells a bit barnyardy. It's also a bit cloudy, but it didn't take away anything from the beer. A little bit of yeast flavor and a nice floral and herbal hops. I would buy this beer again.
Jul 22, 2016
Rated by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.25/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
On-draught @ Cotraio in Porto.
High C+ (3.25) / ABOVE AVERAGE
May 04, 2016High C+ (3.25) / ABOVE AVERAGE
Reviewed by Zet from Netherlands
3.59/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
An IPA that does everything right, but fails to excel. A bit too standard for my liking. Tastes more like an american than an english IPA by the way. Nice to see artisinal beer coming from non-traditional beer countries though. I will definitely keep an eye out for other products from this brewery.
Jun 28, 2015
Reviewed by stcules from Italy
2.97/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
2.97/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
Orange color, off-white foam, ok.
In the smell some hints of hops. A bit too low hoppiness for an IPA.
Nevertheless, not bad, with some citric notes.
Better taste, very light malt, thin body, a bit too thin, and again not too much hop, but, after all, better balanced.
Finally, some hop in the aftertaste.
Not really convincing, anyway.
Oct 14, 2014In the smell some hints of hops. A bit too low hoppiness for an IPA.
Nevertheless, not bad, with some citric notes.
Better taste, very light malt, thin body, a bit too thin, and again not too much hop, but, after all, better balanced.
Finally, some hop in the aftertaste.
Not really convincing, anyway.
Reviewed by titvs from Portugal
3.2/5 rDev -1.2%
3.2/5 rDev -1.2%
Review according to BJCP2008 guidelines (style 14A). Bottle 33 cl - Batch 03-14. AROMA: moderate floral hop aroma with a sweet malty background and some cardboard and grain hull notes. APPEARANCE: Orange copper color and very hazy (dry-hopping unknown). Thin ivory head with average retention. TASTE: fruity and floral hop flavour with medium-low malt flavour. moderate bitterness that lingers into the aftertaste. finishes dry. PALATE: medium-light body with medium-low carbonation and a dry sensation. OVERALL: a not so bad craft IPA.
Sep 06, 2014
Reviewed by joaopmgoncalves from Portugal
3.09/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
A: Copper like body with a beige head with no thickness and low on sparkles.
S: Hoppy, yeasty, the alcohol is noticeable plus some orange notes.
T & M: You can feel the typical high bitterness on this IPA, the taste is prominently of yeast.
O: The new Sovina IPA is clearly worse than the original version. I remember having it and thinking, wow, this is a good IPA but that does not come to mind while I'm drinking this one.
Aug 24, 2013S: Hoppy, yeasty, the alcohol is noticeable plus some orange notes.
T & M: You can feel the typical high bitterness on this IPA, the taste is prominently of yeast.
O: The new Sovina IPA is clearly worse than the original version. I remember having it and thinking, wow, this is a good IPA but that does not come to mind while I'm drinking this one.
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