Cranky IPA
Stony Creek Brewery

Cranky IPACranky IPA
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From:
Stony Creek Brewery
 
Connecticut, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #3,263
ABV:
6.8%
Score:
83
Ranked #24,404
Avg:
3.64 | pDev: 10.16%
Reviews:
30
Ratings:
214
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sep 07, 2023
Added:
Jan 16, 2015
Wants:
  3
Gots:
  96
Assertive hop character enhanced by a smooth malt backbone are what define this IPA. Cranky™ showcases citrus and tropical fruit hops balanced by notes of black pepper and pine. At 6.8% ABV and 68 IBUs this IPA is cranky enough to satisfy your bitterest of dispositions.
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Ratings by Andy25:
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Reviewed by Andy25 from Connecticut

3.5/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Slightly floral smell and taste. Average feel. Color was light orange. Decent ipa, wouldn't go out of my way to find it but worth a try if you haven't had it. Would try it again but nothing other than average.
Oct 30, 2016
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.64 by M4CDO from Massachusetts

Sep 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.74 by lic217 from Connecticut

Apr 24, 2022
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Reviewed by TurboMon_911 from New Jersey

3.67/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Golden murky straw in color, thin head, slight lacing. Floral & piney scents with a balanced malty backbone that has pepper. pine & pineapple overtones with a slightly bitter finish. Have had this on tap as well as in 12oz can and is a quite enjoyable brew that I look for when in Connecticut.
Apr 23, 2022
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Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey

3.56/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
8/29/21...pale gold, hazed, light ring of white around the edges. Tropical fruit bent. Fragrant but subdued. Swift and peppery bitter with resins and oils. Sharp bitter. Mellows fast. Citrus surrounds.
Dec 31, 2021
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington

3.88/5  rDev +6.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
2021-11-23
12oz can served in a tulip. No date. Received from @WunderLlama in NBS BIF #14.

Pours a slightly hazy light yellow color with a fairly large head that collapses fairly slowly into about a half centimeter thick uneven layer with moderate lacing. Lots of active carbonation. Smell is mostly lemon and a little straw. Some honeysuckle sweetness.

Taste is interesting. Lemon is, I think the primary flavor, and straw is there but kind of buried in the background. Honeysuckle doesn't come across in the sweetness -- I think it comes across more as a grain tea sweetness. Definitely a lemon rind / grapefruit rind bitterness in the finish.

Mouthfeel is fairly light, clean, pretty refreshing. Overall, pretty good beer.
Nov 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by JohnofUpton from Massachusetts

Nov 20, 2021
 
Rated: 3.75 by Velivolus1 from Vermont

Aug 09, 2020
 
Rated: 3.75 by BallsDeep from Florida

Jul 11, 2020
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kaitash from Connecticut

Apr 13, 2020
 
Rated: 4.1 by cdub70085 from Connecticut

Mar 16, 2020
 
Rated: 3.9 by strengthdoc from Connecticut

Mar 15, 2020
 
Rated: 3.69 by WDJersey from Colorado

Oct 18, 2019
 
Rated: 3.83 by JuiceMan818 from California

Oct 01, 2019
 
Rated: 4.17 by KevinB from New York

Jul 22, 2019
 
Rated: 3.92 by Houlio_99 from Connecticut

Jun 14, 2019
 
Rated: 3.75 by Velivolus from Vermont

Mar 31, 2019
 
Rated: 3.63 by Johncnh from New Hampshire

Mar 29, 2019
 
Rated: 3.5 by bcreston from Connecticut

Feb 06, 2019
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Rated by Mugman8 from New York

3.81/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
OK IPA...piney taste but no bite...
Dec 31, 2018
Cranky IPA from Stony Creek Brewery
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 214 ratings