Norm's Gateway IPA
Griffin Claw Brewing Company
- From:
- Griffin Claw Brewing Company
- Michigan, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #3,942 - ABV:
- 4%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,740 - Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 11.2%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 12
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 11, 2025
- Added:
- Jun 08, 2014
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 21
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by lakesaintclair from Michigan
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Started drinking craft beer in 1984. Guess what? I'm an old guy and old guys simply can't handle the rocket fuels. Norm's Gateway IPA comes in at 4% ABV. Where I live it also comes in at near a buck a beer and is widely available. Really nice to have a great tasting 4% IPA for a buck a can. The competitive session IPA's are good but in terms of value, Griffin Claw's Gateway IPA is top of my list.
Jul 05, 2018
Rated by MikeZ9654 from Michigan
3.96/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.96/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Yummy
May 20, 2016
Reviewed by morimech from Minnesota
3.61/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.61/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Kind of looks like ginger ale with its grayish tinted golden color. Large head forms before settling back to a thick cap. A little bit of lacing is left down the glass. Herbal and resiny aroma with subtle citrus hints. Extremely bitter for what little hop flavor is available. Surprisingly has a nice malt base to work off of. Some herbal and grassy hop flavors do eventually come through in the finish. It is a clean beer so I appreciate that and shows that the brewer has some skill. Light body and appropriated carbonated. Fits well with this low ABV beer.
Like a lot of Michigan breweries, I cannot find a canning date on the can so no idea if this is fresh or old. So I gotta assume this is a day out of the brewery.
Sep 26, 2015Like a lot of Michigan breweries, I cannot find a canning date on the can so no idea if this is fresh or old. So I gotta assume this is a day out of the brewery.
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