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New Guy IPA
Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
- From:
- Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #3,452 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 79
Ranked #26,588 - Avg:
- 3.45 | pDev: 12.75%
- Reviews:
- 44
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 24, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 16, 2011
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 23
With the recent explosion of over-the-top hopped IPAs, we wanted to return to an India Pale Ale that was well-hopped, but still balanced and smooth. Our brewers wanted to name it after one of our hardworking staffers, so we decided to name it after Dave—the new guy. This beer is made with one hundred percent Columbus hops and only one malt, yielding a nice earthy tone and spicy flavors. Columbus hops have a citrusy profile, which is more subtle than that found in most IPAs.
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Ratings by metter98:
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A: The beer is hazy darker shade of yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a thin but dense off white head that hardly died down, leaving lots of lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: There are light to moderate aromas of earthy and spicy hops in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste of this beer is all about the hops and has notes of earthy and spicy flavors along with hints of citrus hops and grainy malts. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied, somewhat crisp and a little chewy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: There's nothing overly special about this IPA but it does a pretty good job of having an interesting spectrum of aromas and flavors for a single hop beer.
Oct 05, 2012S: There are light to moderate aromas of earthy and spicy hops in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste of this beer is all about the hops and has notes of earthy and spicy flavors along with hints of citrus hops and grainy malts. There is a light to moderate amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied, somewhat crisp and a little chewy on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: There's nothing overly special about this IPA but it does a pretty good job of having an interesting spectrum of aromas and flavors for a single hop beer.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Phyl21ca from Canada (QC)
3.27/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.27/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Can: Poured a yellow color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of citrusy and bitter hops notes are dominating. Taste is a mix of citrus hops notes with some bitter hops notes and some dry malt. Body is average with good carbonation. Middle of the road old school IPA.
Jul 24, 2023Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York
4/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From the bottle it pours a clear amber color with visible carbonation. A well retaining thumbnail length head yields lacing.
Classic IPA aromas of bright citrusy notes of grapefruit and candied oranges. Herbal aromas of pine and grass and earthy bitterness. For the malt aroma I detect notes of cracker, however, I also detect a spiciness that perhaps suggests rye.
As with the aroma, the flavors are rife with classic IPA qualities. A neutral cracker malt backbone, as well as a touch of caramel, is balanced by an assertive resiny bitterness. Notes of grapefruit rind, orange pith, peach, sharp pine and grassy spices. The finish is dry, crisp, resiny and bitter. Medium bodied and moderately carbonated.
Tasted like a West Coast IPA all the way. Grapefruit, pine and bitterness; totally worked for me. Not sure why it’s rated low.
Aug 26, 2020Classic IPA aromas of bright citrusy notes of grapefruit and candied oranges. Herbal aromas of pine and grass and earthy bitterness. For the malt aroma I detect notes of cracker, however, I also detect a spiciness that perhaps suggests rye.
As with the aroma, the flavors are rife with classic IPA qualities. A neutral cracker malt backbone, as well as a touch of caramel, is balanced by an assertive resiny bitterness. Notes of grapefruit rind, orange pith, peach, sharp pine and grassy spices. The finish is dry, crisp, resiny and bitter. Medium bodied and moderately carbonated.
Tasted like a West Coast IPA all the way. Grapefruit, pine and bitterness; totally worked for me. Not sure why it’s rated low.
Reviewed by Eamonn-Cummings3 from New York
4.18/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev +21.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pub glass.
Look is a slightly hazy yellow orange with a full white head.
Aroma is toasted malt with a clear herbal hop note.
Taste is second wave bright bitter herbal hop note.
So good.
Aug 03, 2020Look is a slightly hazy yellow orange with a full white head.
Aroma is toasted malt with a clear herbal hop note.
Taste is second wave bright bitter herbal hop note.
So good.
Reviewed by WoodBrew from Ohio
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
I'm trying a bottle of this beer that I bought back from vacation whilst in Bangor/Bar Harbor. It poured a hazy orangish with thin white head that is not leaving any lace. The scent had bitter hop notes. The taste was bitter leaning through the drink with pine finish. The mouthfeel was medium in body with good carbonation. Overall its a decent beer.
Sep 05, 2019Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.63/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
The appearance is a golden brown body gave a small white head appeared for less than twenty seconds. It showed little carbonation. Barely any lacing was shown. The smell was based around the hops with some slight citrus notes. A bit of pine was combined with the malts. The taste has some citrus in front of the hops with the pine notes taking more of a background. The palate is basically a medium with a smooth yet tingly sort of feel. Overall, this was a pretty good beer. I would have it again.
Jun 11, 2017Reviewed by GtBoros from Illinois
4.26/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.26/5 rDev +23.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Nice herby after taste with real ch go bitterness light and crisp as usual. Definite complexity that makes it a head above other IPAS. drank last nite in bar harbor 2017
Jun 09, 2017
New Guy IPA from Atlantic Brewing Company - Town Hill / Mainely Meat BBQ
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
176 ratings
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