Juice Cruz
Alvarado Street Brewery
- From:
- Alvarado Street Brewery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Hazy Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 90
- Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 11.84%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Sep 19, 2021
- Added:
- Oct 18, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
90
Outstanding
90
Outstanding
Collaboration with RAR Brewing
A collaboration with Real Ale Revival (RAR) Brewing out of Maryland, this is a sour milkshake double IPA brewed with peaches, apricots, milk sugar & vanilla beans.
A collaboration with Real Ale Revival (RAR) Brewing out of Maryland, this is a sour milkshake double IPA brewed with peaches, apricots, milk sugar & vanilla beans.
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Reviewed by mytone from California
4.41/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.41/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: Nice hazy dark amber appearance with a thin lace.
S: Very aromatic with scents of fresh vanilla, oranges and mango.
T: Enjoyable balance of a juicy citrus IPA with a nice refreshing sour apricot finish that is tempered with Madagascar vanilla.
F: Medium bodied with a dry finish
O: Well balanced sour double IPA! Its beautiful! Love the addition of vanilla to smooth things out so that you are not torn by both extreme ends of the IPA and sour spectrums.
Jul 09, 2020S: Very aromatic with scents of fresh vanilla, oranges and mango.
T: Enjoyable balance of a juicy citrus IPA with a nice refreshing sour apricot finish that is tempered with Madagascar vanilla.
F: Medium bodied with a dry finish
O: Well balanced sour double IPA! Its beautiful! Love the addition of vanilla to smooth things out so that you are not torn by both extreme ends of the IPA and sour spectrums.
Reviewed by lucius10 from California
4.1/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Really nice aromatics on this one! Sweet, vanilla-apricot and hoppy nose! I noticed that the apricot notes in the aromatics actually get more prominent as it warms. Taste follows with vanilla upfront and then apricot tartness/hoppy bitterness on the swallow. This feels and pours thick. It has great depth and decent feel. The feel would be better, but the sour/tartness mixed with the hoppy bitterness on the finish took away from that IMO. For my palate, fruity sourness and hoppy bitterness just don't work well with each other. It's good, just not in my wheelhouse.
Aug 19, 2019
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4.13/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2018-11-22
16oz can served in a tiny little goblet. 10/16/18. Had it on tap at Chuck's a couple weeks ago, and it was fantastic. Bought the cans there, too.
Pours hazy yellow with a slight amber tint, smallish head. Smell is tart mango.
Taste is tart mango, something sweet tart about it. Bitterness even has a tropical tinge to it, but I can't place it.
Mouthfeel is juicy and smooth. Overall, it's very good, but my memory of the tap version of it was better.
Nov 22, 201816oz can served in a tiny little goblet. 10/16/18. Had it on tap at Chuck's a couple weeks ago, and it was fantastic. Bought the cans there, too.
Pours hazy yellow with a slight amber tint, smallish head. Smell is tart mango.
Taste is tart mango, something sweet tart about it. Bitterness even has a tropical tinge to it, but I can't place it.
Mouthfeel is juicy and smooth. Overall, it's very good, but my memory of the tap version of it was better.
Rated by TheBrewsky from California
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +8.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
So much apricot and peach flavor. One of the better "milkshake" ipas that I've tried.
Nov 01, 2018
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