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Sweetgrass American Pale Ale (APA)
Grand Teton Brewing Co.
- From:
- Grand Teton Brewing Co.
- Idaho, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #868 - ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,427 - Avg:
- 3.73 | pDev: 11.53%
- Reviews:
- 296
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 31, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2002
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 73
Sweetgrass APA is a Pale Ale of distinction! 2009 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal winner in the American Pale Ale category, this crisp and fragrant beer is hopped and dry-hopped with plenty of Amarillos and Cascades. Try it with any bold, flavorful food to complement its citrusy, resinous spiciness.
60 IBU
60 IBU
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Ratings by russpowell:
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
4.79/5 rDev +28.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.79/5 rDev +28.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Poured a slightly hazy (with some floaty bits) honey color & a rocky 1.5" white head. Floaty bits never cleared, no biggy. Good Head retention & some lacing
S: Huge piney/grapefruity nose, fades a little as the beer warms
T: Huge hop tea presence, pine, pepper & lemon! Good malt profile files in along with a nice warming alcohol feel. Bicuitty flavors fill in the hop attack as it warms. Finished hoppy & fruitty,& dry
MF: Slightly oily feel with a medium body, & great carbonation, superbly balanced
Drank too easy, the abv wasn't an issue. I loved this IPA! Another winner from grand teton
Sep 07, 2006S: Huge piney/grapefruity nose, fades a little as the beer warms
T: Huge hop tea presence, pine, pepper & lemon! Good malt profile files in along with a nice warming alcohol feel. Bicuitty flavors fill in the hop attack as it warms. Finished hoppy & fruitty,& dry
MF: Slightly oily feel with a medium body, & great carbonation, superbly balanced
Drank too easy, the abv wasn't an issue. I loved this IPA! Another winner from grand teton
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by RyanK252 from California
3.64/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Can poured into a Mountain Rambler Brewery pint glass
A: Pours golden amber with a frothy pale khaki head that slowly settles to a firm layer and leaves plenty of thick lacing.
S: Grassy, floral, a bit earthy, slightly spicy herbal notes, a little citrus, grainy, slightly toasty bready malt, and a touch of caramel sweetness.
T: Floral, grassy, earthy herbal slightly spicy tones, resinous pine, citrus, grapefruit and orange, hints of stone fruit, strong malt backbone, a bit grainy, plenty of slightly toasty bready malt, and a little caramel sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: You can tell this is a legacy beer; classic American hops and a big time malty backbone. I wish I liked it more, but it's meh at best for me. This can came in a variety pack. If I put them all in a cooler I'd definitely grab something different for my next round.
Jul 31, 2023A: Pours golden amber with a frothy pale khaki head that slowly settles to a firm layer and leaves plenty of thick lacing.
S: Grassy, floral, a bit earthy, slightly spicy herbal notes, a little citrus, grainy, slightly toasty bready malt, and a touch of caramel sweetness.
T: Floral, grassy, earthy herbal slightly spicy tones, resinous pine, citrus, grapefruit and orange, hints of stone fruit, strong malt backbone, a bit grainy, plenty of slightly toasty bready malt, and a little caramel sweetness.
M: Medium body, moderate carbonation.
O: You can tell this is a legacy beer; classic American hops and a big time malty backbone. I wish I liked it more, but it's meh at best for me. This can came in a variety pack. If I put them all in a cooler I'd definitely grab something different for my next round.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
3.81/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Clear golden colored body with a thick, rocky, sticky head; webs of lacing along the glass. Pungent, spicy aroma; mildly sweet with a slight caramel edge. Mild toasted grain base with a sparkly light sweetness; well-balanced hop bitterness cutting the sweetness. Medium body; crisp and prickly on the palate; mainly dry mouthfeel overall.
A rock solid APA, crisp and clean with well-integrated malt sweetness and heft and nice hop bitterness and gentle bite.
Jan 06, 2019A rock solid APA, crisp and clean with well-integrated malt sweetness and heft and nice hop bitterness and gentle bite.
Reviewed by KTCamm from New Jersey
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.74/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
6/29/18...pours copper gold, see through w/ white foam. Very faint nose of sharp citrus. Malt mellows and dances between a pale and an IPA. Bitter sticks around though. Nice beer.
Sep 02, 2018Reviewed by KLHBB from Arkansas
3.58/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.58/5 rDev -4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Cloudy jewel tone honey color, fluffy head, smells of pine trees in the mountainAPAs sweetness up front followed by hop bitterness. Medium carbonation. Rich silky feel. More hop forward than a lot of APA s.
Jul 08, 2018Reviewed by BWED from Colorado
3.52/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 oz. bottle poured into willibecher.
A- Golden honey. Head is light tan and fairly dense. Holds well and leaves some great lacing.
S- Honey, sweet bread, with some fresh hop aroma of citrus, resin and floral notes.
T- Sweetness of malt, some caramel. Hop character is green and earthy. A bit of citrus and pine.
M- Body is light, clean and smooth. Clean finish with a slight dryness following.
O- A more mild pale ale. Light and fresh.
Apr 23, 2018A- Golden honey. Head is light tan and fairly dense. Holds well and leaves some great lacing.
S- Honey, sweet bread, with some fresh hop aroma of citrus, resin and floral notes.
T- Sweetness of malt, some caramel. Hop character is green and earthy. A bit of citrus and pine.
M- Body is light, clean and smooth. Clean finish with a slight dryness following.
O- A more mild pale ale. Light and fresh.
Reviewed by mothmanscott from Georgia
3.67/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.67/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy pale amber swarming with dust-like particulates. The pour produces 4+ fingers of billowy, fine bubbled frothy, lasting, beige head that recedes to a clumpy, off-center mound-like surface cap & small collar, leaving sticky Jack Frost webs on the sides of the glass. Aroma is a volatile ester mixture of citrus, sweet malt, dough & caramel apple notes with subdued earth & pine. Taste is semi-sweet caramel malt, dough, apple & faint honey with a thin hop profile, composed of mostly spice, earthy floral/herbal notes backed by citrus & pine. Finishes peppery & bitter but grainy & semi-dry with a vegetal hint that lingers into an aftertaste that is bitter & lightly astringent. Mouthfeel is light-medium bodied with moderate carbonation, a little grainy & prickly, dry in the aftertaste.
Jan 21, 2018
Sweetgrass American Pale Ale (APA) from Grand Teton Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
750 ratings
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