Back Bay IPA
Boston Beer Works - Canal Street

Back Bay IPABack Bay IPA
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From:
Boston Beer Works - Canal Street
 
Massachusetts, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.76 | pDev: 13.56%
Reviews:
74
Ratings:
236
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 03, 2018
Added:
Sep 04, 1998
Wants:
  9
Gots:
  30
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Ratings by AndyAvalanche:
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Reviewed by AndyAvalanche from Massachusetts

4.05/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint Glass. Liquid comes out a straw to golden colored yellow with near perfect clarity. It has a huge white head with many different sized bubbles that erupts from a hard pour. There's plenty of glass retention and lacing.

Smell is good. Nice and hoppy like a good West coast ipa (eventhough this is East Coast). Fresh, juicy citrus aromas come up big here, direct and right to the point. A little buiscut/bready at the end, not much else to mention here, smells great though.

Taste is very good, a decent malt backbone, I didn't expect because of how hoppy it smells. After the initial sweetness there is a bitter bite from the hops. Some pine, but primarily citrus bitterness, a little more bitter than I'd prefer, but still very good.

Mouthfeel is on point. Super light, this beer could be absolutely dangerous on a hot summer day, many of these could be crushed! Clean and crisp with a bitter finish, nice, direct and to the point. Really drinkable here, just a solid IPA. Nice job Beer Works, first bottled beer I've had from them and I'm looking forward to more now.
Jan 10, 2013
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.75 by KMcGrath from Massachusetts

Dec 03, 2018
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Rated by safaricook from Netherlands

3.57/5  rDev -5.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Murky orange no foam. Fruity. Mango. Bitterness is abrasive as is mouthfeel as if chewing on fresh hops. Bit too much for me.
Mar 07, 2018
 
Rated: 4.46 by SDHopFreak from California

Oct 26, 2017
 
Rated: 3.5 by -Andrew- from Michigan

Feb 25, 2017
 
Rated: 3.64 by Ben1313 from New Hampshire

Feb 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Nov 18, 2016
 
Rated: 3.45 by gr8fulbeerhead from California

Jul 25, 2016
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Reviewed by ONUMello from Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured on tap at BOS
A: Amber color, thin head
S: Lots of grain/malt with lighter herbal/citrus hop notes to accent
T: Matches the aromas: malt-driven with lighter generic hop notes complementing the malt
M: Medium-bodied
O: Being poured the brewery's airport location I thought this was served fairly warm. Maybe a bit better served colder but as is this is a malt-heavy generic ipa
Jun 12, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by JeffKowalek from Tennessee

May 03, 2016
 
Rated: 3 by Nichols33 from Massachusetts

Apr 17, 2016
 
Rated: 3.86 by Matthowland from New Hampshire

Apr 07, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by Mattymystique from Massachusetts

Mar 09, 2016
 
Rated: 4.24 by hotsudge from Canada (ON)

Feb 08, 2016
 
Rated: 2.9 by braican from Massachusetts

Jan 11, 2016
 
Rated: 4.05 by rallyr32 from New York

Dec 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.53 by detroitpat from Michigan

Dec 30, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by tim007007 from Illinois

Nov 14, 2015
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Rated by 50marathons from Pennsylvania

3.77/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Very good balance. I prefer more citrus in an IPA
Nov 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Sep 28, 2015
Back Bay IPA from Boston Beer Works - Canal Street
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 236 ratings