El Torero Organic IPA
Alameda Brewhouse
- From:
- Alameda Brewhouse
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.1%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.72 | pDev: 12.63%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 32
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Feb 02, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 30, 2006
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
"A Northwest IPA made from all organic grain. It is bursting with hops from the big floral aroma to the deep, lingering bitterness. Balancing out the hops is a malt bill with generous amount of crystal, Munich, and wheat malts, plus an alcohol content just over 7%. This is an organic beer with big flavors that combine in a complex, satisfying brew."
7.1% ABV 88 IBU
7.1% ABV 88 IBU
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Reviewed by CoasterRider from Washington
3.96/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Aroma is floral and citrus with a golden orange color. Found a 22oz bottle in my beer cellar. Had it last night. Tastes like citrus with a good malt flavor. It has a bitterness that is not too strong but continues over the whole drink. Nice flavor, and mouthfeel. It had a bit of sediment at the bottom of the bottle even after I swirled it. I really liked this brewery too bad they closed. Rated 5-24-2020
Feb 02, 2025
Reviewed by Bookseeb from Washington
2.95/5 rDev -20.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
2.95/5 rDev -20.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Appearance has a hazy orange hue with an over carbonated head that overflows out of the glass. Smell is simplistic in sweet malt with a soft piney aroma. Taste is sweet upfront malt with a hoppy bitter in the end. Mouthfeel is medium and very over carbonated. A little more difficult to enjoy with the over carbonation through out.
Jul 11, 2015
Reviewed by stcules from Italy
3.55/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.55/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Hazy orange, off-white foam, not too much.
The smell is dominated by citric and piney. Quite fresh, but not too much.
The hop dominats in the taste too, citric notes, citrus fruit, resinous (less).
The malt is present to balance.
Probably a not too fresh bottle (long trip), but sytill, good beer.
Have to retry it on tap at the brewery...
May 20, 2014The smell is dominated by citric and piney. Quite fresh, but not too much.
The hop dominats in the taste too, citric notes, citrus fruit, resinous (less).
The malt is present to balance.
Probably a not too fresh bottle (long trip), but sytill, good beer.
Have to retry it on tap at the brewery...
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.56/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
22oz bottle, sexy dark matador imagery on the label.
This beer pours a hazy, medium copper amber hue, with one measly finger of weakly foamy, and mostly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some drooping floating island lace around the glass as it quickly dissolves.
It smells of semi-sweet bready caramel malt, heady orange, grapefruit, and lime citrus, a bit of spicy black pepper, and more leafy, herbal, and somewhat perfumed hops. The taste is gritty pale and biscuity caramel malt, a strong mineral astringency, muddled citrus and wet pine hop notes, and a sort of herbal booziness rising up as things slowly warm.
The carbonation is pretty tight to the chest, not even allowing for any kind of frothy frivolity, the body medium-light in weight, and a bit too edgy to be considered even plainly smooth. It finishes off-dry, the biscuity crystal malt still having a disproportionate level of say, amongst a creepily metallic lingering citrus and pine essence.
A pretty underwhelming IPA, to say the least - I don't know if it's the organic thing or what, as I've had a few bangin' examples of the ilk - but I'm getting much more of a somewhat watered-down ESB experience here. At any rate, for a PDX brewery, this is on the low side of the style, in terms of fullness of flavour, and overall rounded character, not to mention the wan appearance - c'mon, even hipsters can dress it up once in a while.
May 06, 2014This beer pours a hazy, medium copper amber hue, with one measly finger of weakly foamy, and mostly bubbly dirty white head, which leaves some drooping floating island lace around the glass as it quickly dissolves.
It smells of semi-sweet bready caramel malt, heady orange, grapefruit, and lime citrus, a bit of spicy black pepper, and more leafy, herbal, and somewhat perfumed hops. The taste is gritty pale and biscuity caramel malt, a strong mineral astringency, muddled citrus and wet pine hop notes, and a sort of herbal booziness rising up as things slowly warm.
The carbonation is pretty tight to the chest, not even allowing for any kind of frothy frivolity, the body medium-light in weight, and a bit too edgy to be considered even plainly smooth. It finishes off-dry, the biscuity crystal malt still having a disproportionate level of say, amongst a creepily metallic lingering citrus and pine essence.
A pretty underwhelming IPA, to say the least - I don't know if it's the organic thing or what, as I've had a few bangin' examples of the ilk - but I'm getting much more of a somewhat watered-down ESB experience here. At any rate, for a PDX brewery, this is on the low side of the style, in terms of fullness of flavour, and overall rounded character, not to mention the wan appearance - c'mon, even hipsters can dress it up once in a while.
Reviewed by nqdell from Oregon
3.66/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A- Poured from a bottle to glass. Little to no head. Thick copper color.
S- A lotta good stuf going on here, leather, soil, slight citrus hops.
t- Tangy for a IPA, more malt than typical IPA, a little sweet for my palate but finishes dry bitter.
m- Thin and slimy
Overall a very decent beer, not what I look for in my IPA, too sweet and malty, you could change the label on this thing and I wouldn't be as critical.
Apr 03, 2014S- A lotta good stuf going on here, leather, soil, slight citrus hops.
t- Tangy for a IPA, more malt than typical IPA, a little sweet for my palate but finishes dry bitter.
m- Thin and slimy
Overall a very decent beer, not what I look for in my IPA, too sweet and malty, you could change the label on this thing and I wouldn't be as critical.
Reviewed by RJLarse from Washington
3.13/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
3.13/5 rDev -15.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
I bought a bomber of Eel Torero IPA in a bottle shop. No mention of it being organic on the bottle. Poured in to a pint glass.
Pours a cloudy burnt orange color, with a creamy white head.
Smell is an acerbic grain aroma. Smells a little like crackers, with an earthy aroma along side.
Taste is also dominated by a malted grain flavor up front, followed by a citrus flavor, and a bitter sweet aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is full-bodied, almost as if it were an imperial IPA, with a sticky cloying nature.
This one is kind of a thick, sweet bead flavored number, without the crisp and fruity character I look for in an IPA. I suppose it's OK, but not by glass of beer on a warm summer day.
Jul 15, 2013Pours a cloudy burnt orange color, with a creamy white head.
Smell is an acerbic grain aroma. Smells a little like crackers, with an earthy aroma along side.
Taste is also dominated by a malted grain flavor up front, followed by a citrus flavor, and a bitter sweet aftertaste.
Mouthfeel is full-bodied, almost as if it were an imperial IPA, with a sticky cloying nature.
This one is kind of a thick, sweet bead flavored number, without the crisp and fruity character I look for in an IPA. I suppose it's OK, but not by glass of beer on a warm summer day.
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