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Alvarado Street Brewery
- From:
- Alvarado Street Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 6.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.13 | pDev: 5.33%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 16, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 15, 2017
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Our very first packaged wet hop beer in the form of an IPL. We started with locally harvested Cascade on the hot side, and later stuffed our lager tank with a heaping of Simcoe flowers that were overnight shipped from the Yakima Valley in Washington. Incredibly fruity (tropical) and resinous aroma, massive green hop flavor, dry and crisp finish in lager fashion.
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Reviewed by KingStelle from California
4.12/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.12/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Looks amazing. A murky gold color with a strong head, tons of carbonation. Good hoppy smell, citrus smell, faint scents of pine and grass. Taste is very hop forward, but it mellows out. The mellow hop flavor lingers on the tongue for several seconds. Not a lot going on other than the hops. Good but not great.
Oct 16, 2019
Reviewed by Dragginballs76 from South Carolina
4.07/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.07/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Appearance - pours slightly hazy yellow with nice fluffy white head that sticks around for quite a bit.Sticky lacing spots the inside of the glass.
Aroma - A great combination of mild orange and mango mixed with grapefruit and floral hops. Mildly sweet and grassy.
Taste - Initial taste orange with a bit of grapefruit. It transitions smoothly to a light floral hop flavor with a touch of malt on the finish.
Feel - Medium bodied well carbonated with a slightly dry finish.
Overall - Well done IPA, really easy drinking and well balanced.
Oct 15, 2018Aroma - A great combination of mild orange and mango mixed with grapefruit and floral hops. Mildly sweet and grassy.
Taste - Initial taste orange with a bit of grapefruit. It transitions smoothly to a light floral hop flavor with a touch of malt on the finish.
Feel - Medium bodied well carbonated with a slightly dry finish.
Overall - Well done IPA, really easy drinking and well balanced.
Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania
4.05/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Received from @Bum4ever in NBS BIF #8. Reviewed 10/7/18. Thanks Josh!
16 oz can dated 09/13/18. Stored upside-down at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 4.
Body – Light yellow, hazy to the point of translucence.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.7 cm, aggressive center pour), white, low density froth, good retention, diminishing to a frothy six mm ring fed by effervescence and a complete layer with rocks. Second pour produces a much denser head.
Lacing – Good. Wide broken rings of tiny to small bubbles.
First pour – Light yellow, hazy.
Aroma – 4 - Dank, sweaty.
Flavor – 4 – A bit of malt and some grassiness, but what stands out is the hop oil. No alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 4 – Medium, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 4.25 – The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Oct 07, 201816 oz can dated 09/13/18. Stored upside-down at 42 degrees and served at 42 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 4.
Body – Light yellow, hazy to the point of translucence.
Head – Large (Maximum 6.7 cm, aggressive center pour), white, low density froth, good retention, diminishing to a frothy six mm ring fed by effervescence and a complete layer with rocks. Second pour produces a much denser head.
Lacing – Good. Wide broken rings of tiny to small bubbles.
First pour – Light yellow, hazy.
Aroma – 4 - Dank, sweaty.
Flavor – 4 – A bit of malt and some grassiness, but what stands out is the hop oil. No alcohol, no diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 4 – Medium, watery, lively carbonation.
Impression and interpretation – 4.25 – The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
3.99/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Pours a somewhat murky light golden color. The head was 1 finger, white, quite frothy, and long lasting. Some lacing on the glass.
The nose is hoppy, as to be expected. The hops are somewhat mellow, but it tends more toward a citrus hop, but there's a slight pine aroma.
Taste - Citrus up front, but I get a lot of pine on the backside.
The body is decent. Hops don't linger on my palate a lot, but they are there.
Damn good wet hop IPA.
Oct 06, 2018The nose is hoppy, as to be expected. The hops are somewhat mellow, but it tends more toward a citrus hop, but there's a slight pine aroma.
Taste - Citrus up front, but I get a lot of pine on the backside.
The body is decent. Hops don't linger on my palate a lot, but they are there.
Damn good wet hop IPA.
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