Spiteful IPA
Spiteful Brewing
- From:
- Spiteful Brewing
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,228 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 89
Ranked #14,178 - Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 9.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 40
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 01, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 16, 2014
- Wants:
- 20
- Gots:
- 36
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Current can (2014) says:
"A delightful India Pale Ale brewed with Amarillo hops."
This IPA is short and sweet:
A wonderful India Pale Ale
Brewed with El Dorado hops.
"A delightful India Pale Ale brewed with Amarillo hops."
This IPA is short and sweet:
A wonderful India Pale Ale
Brewed with El Dorado hops.
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Reviewed by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
4.36/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.36/5 rDev +9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
12 oz can mfgr 5/18/24 into a Becker.
L: SRM 6 pours a lightly yeasty deep orange color with steady carbonation, a cookie-like eggshell white head that has very good retention, heavy lacing with thick 1/2 banding lines.
S: Froot Loops, berries cereal grains, caramelized malts.
T: Citrus, lightly sweet caramel malts, pine resin, deep citrus zest, lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, gently sweet then quite bitter and resinous and is moderately sharp. Has a resinous aftertaste.
F: Gently brisk then quite smooth with a medium bodied mouthfeel and a fairly long and drying finish. It has a long linger.
O: A convincing WCIPA from Chicago. Fruity, sharp and dry with a long resinous finish. Fruity cereal grains stand out and the aftertaste and feel are divine. It is excellent in its style.
Oct 29, 2024L: SRM 6 pours a lightly yeasty deep orange color with steady carbonation, a cookie-like eggshell white head that has very good retention, heavy lacing with thick 1/2 banding lines.
S: Froot Loops, berries cereal grains, caramelized malts.
T: Citrus, lightly sweet caramel malts, pine resin, deep citrus zest, lemon, tangerine, grapefruit, gently sweet then quite bitter and resinous and is moderately sharp. Has a resinous aftertaste.
F: Gently brisk then quite smooth with a medium bodied mouthfeel and a fairly long and drying finish. It has a long linger.
O: A convincing WCIPA from Chicago. Fruity, sharp and dry with a long resinous finish. Fruity cereal grains stand out and the aftertaste and feel are divine. It is excellent in its style.
Rated by xoxobEeRgIrLxoxo from Illinois
4.56/5 rDev +14%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.56/5 rDev +14%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
A casual IPA that I can continue to drink and enjoy it throughout.
Dec 01, 2020
Reviewed by smbslt from Illinois
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
L-Fairly deep yellow with a faint haze, white head leaves a bit of lace but then recedes to a decent ring which is supplied by the releasing carbonation from the base of my Spiegelau IPA glass.
S-Plenty of Indeterminate hop aroma with a touch of floral/soap.
T-Taste follows the nose.
F-Medium to full body with some coating stickiness.
O-Solid and up with the other well made AIPAs but lacking anything to distinguish it.
Mar 28, 2020S-Plenty of Indeterminate hop aroma with a touch of floral/soap.
T-Taste follows the nose.
F-Medium to full body with some coating stickiness.
O-Solid and up with the other well made AIPAs but lacking anything to distinguish it.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.67/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
2019-12-01
5oz sample at the brewery.
Amber-copper color. Floral citrus aroma. Taste is citrus vegetal. Mouthfeel is light and dry. Overall, not bad.
Dec 02, 20195oz sample at the brewery.
Amber-copper color. Floral citrus aroma. Taste is citrus vegetal. Mouthfeel is light and dry. Overall, not bad.
Reviewed by GuyFawkes from Illinois
2.92/5 rDev -27%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
2.92/5 rDev -27%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
Canned 2/7/17; drank 3/9/17 @ the Yarchives.
See-through orange/yellow appearance; champagne bubbles throughout.
A rough pour yielded a big, noisy bright white head; a curtain of frothy lace.
Cane sugar, baking soda, grapefruit & mild caramel notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Cane sugar & grapefruit flavors up front; caramel & mild baking soda notes on the finish.
Old model IPA dullness.
Oct 07, 2019See-through orange/yellow appearance; champagne bubbles throughout.
A rough pour yielded a big, noisy bright white head; a curtain of frothy lace.
Cane sugar, baking soda, grapefruit & mild caramel notes in the nose.
Medium mouthfeel.
Cane sugar & grapefruit flavors up front; caramel & mild baking soda notes on the finish.
Old model IPA dullness.
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
4.05/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.05/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a can at 45 degrees,
Look: Pours a dull, hazy color with a good thick head
Smell: Bitter and citrusy
Taste: Pleasant amount of hops with a citrus flavored profile. The flavor is like a New-England IPA, but it is light and crispy enough and not to heavy nor sweet. The finish is dry.
Feel: The body is light and crisp and well carbonated.
Overall: This is a great beer brewed with El Dorado Hops. I would describe it similar to a West Coast IPA in terms of bitterness and dryness but the usual pine flavor is replaced by the citrus El Dorado Hops. You could say it is like a Brut IPA version of the NEIPA. Similar flavor, but has the dryness and bitterness of the West-coast style. Overall, a solid brew.
Feb 05, 2019Look: Pours a dull, hazy color with a good thick head
Smell: Bitter and citrusy
Taste: Pleasant amount of hops with a citrus flavored profile. The flavor is like a New-England IPA, but it is light and crispy enough and not to heavy nor sweet. The finish is dry.
Feel: The body is light and crisp and well carbonated.
Overall: This is a great beer brewed with El Dorado Hops. I would describe it similar to a West Coast IPA in terms of bitterness and dryness but the usual pine flavor is replaced by the citrus El Dorado Hops. You could say it is like a Brut IPA version of the NEIPA. Similar flavor, but has the dryness and bitterness of the West-coast style. Overall, a solid brew.
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