Duet | Alpine Beer Company
Brewed by:
Alpine Beer Company
California, United States
alpinebeerco.com
Style: American IPA
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 7.00%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
A soon-to-be favorite, if it's already not. This single IPA boasts pine, citrus, and cedar notes from Simcoe and Amarillo hops.
Added by SteveO1231 on 12-31-2005
Ratings: 4,336 | Reviews: 874
4.18/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.17/5 rDev -2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was poured into a becher pint glass. The appearance was a hazy semi-burnt slightly transparent copper color. Messy lacing weaves around the glass. The smell had a sweet to bitter blend of dried citrus, dried floral, dried bitter pine with an ever so slight touch of caramel malts. The taste was basically the same with a nice slick bitter piney aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation hits well enough as an AIPA, with an ample amount of bitter harshness sticking to my tongue. Overall, aha, I found the good Alpine beer.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was poured into a becher pint glass. The appearance was a hazy semi-burnt slightly transparent copper color. Messy lacing weaves around the glass. The smell had a sweet to bitter blend of dried citrus, dried floral, dried bitter pine with an ever so slight touch of caramel malts. The taste was basically the same with a nice slick bitter piney aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation hits well enough as an AIPA, with an ample amount of bitter harshness sticking to my tongue. Overall, aha, I found the good Alpine beer.
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4.36/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Serving: 12 oz bottle ("best by 16 SEP 17"), poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: Brilliant clear gold with a tall, soapy, frothy head of white foam and nice patchwork of lace.
Smell: Soft, nicely balanced bouquet of citrus, tropical fruit and bready malt.
Taste: Dry, biscuit malt body showcases citrus, melon and pine. Crisp, herbal bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, well carbonated.
Overall: Soft and subtler by recent standards, but so tasty, balanced and drinkable.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Serving: 12 oz bottle ("best by 16 SEP 17"), poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.
Appearance: Brilliant clear gold with a tall, soapy, frothy head of white foam and nice patchwork of lace.
Smell: Soft, nicely balanced bouquet of citrus, tropical fruit and bready malt.
Taste: Dry, biscuit malt body showcases citrus, melon and pine. Crisp, herbal bitter finish.
Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, well carbonated.
Overall: Soft and subtler by recent standards, but so tasty, balanced and drinkable.
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4.58/5 rDev +6.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.13/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L: Slightly hazy, translucent orange with a tight white head. Excellent retention and lacing.
S: Orange marmalade, orange peel, grapefruit peel, pineapple, dankness, sweet biscuit malt, brown sugar, pine.
T: Tons of bittersweet orange, yellow grapefruit, orange marmalade, papaya, and pineapple. There's a sugary biscuit backbone, but it dries off nicely into a dank and piney finish with some lingering orange and grapefruit peel notes. There's also a bit of a lingering black tea flavor.
F: Medium-bodied, smooth and filling, nicely pushing carbonation for a creamy feel yet quick flow.
O: The first Alpine beer that has really impressed me. This is a very good WC IPA. Hoppy, citrusy, and piney with a dry and bitter finish.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L: Slightly hazy, translucent orange with a tight white head. Excellent retention and lacing.
S: Orange marmalade, orange peel, grapefruit peel, pineapple, dankness, sweet biscuit malt, brown sugar, pine.
T: Tons of bittersweet orange, yellow grapefruit, orange marmalade, papaya, and pineapple. There's a sugary biscuit backbone, but it dries off nicely into a dank and piney finish with some lingering orange and grapefruit peel notes. There's also a bit of a lingering black tea flavor.
F: Medium-bodied, smooth and filling, nicely pushing carbonation for a creamy feel yet quick flow.
O: The first Alpine beer that has really impressed me. This is a very good WC IPA. Hoppy, citrusy, and piney with a dry and bitter finish.
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4.7/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
3.74/5 rDev -12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a deep golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, some resin. Taste is citrus, malts, a bit of resin, surprisingly mild bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a good beer, but it didn't meet my expectations.
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look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a deep golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, some resin. Taste is citrus, malts, a bit of resin, surprisingly mild bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a good beer, but it didn't meet my expectations.
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4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.5/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.75/5 rDev +10.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.96/5 rDev +15.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.79/5 rDev +11.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
One of the best, most freshest tasting IPA I've had. Simply delicious. How anyone could rate this under a 4.0 is beyond my comprehension. Awesome brew
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look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
One of the best, most freshest tasting IPA I've had. Simply delicious. How anyone could rate this under a 4.0 is beyond my comprehension. Awesome brew
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4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.23/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.08/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
4.23/5 rDev -1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Duet from Alpine Beer Company
4.29
out of 5
based on 4,336 ratings.
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4