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Hecto
Suarez Family Brewery
- From:
- Suarez Family Brewery
- New York, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #32 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,704 - Avg:
- 4.29 | pDev: 5.83%
- Reviews:
- 34
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 18, 2023
- Added:
- Jul 07, 2016
- Wants:
- 8
- Gots:
- 12
Pale Ale dry hopped w/ Citra, Mosaic + Amarillo
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Ratings by captaincoffee:
Reviewed by captaincoffee from Virginia
4.16/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.16/5 rDev -3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A bit cloudy, but certainly not a hazy beer. Nose is equal parts German lager and pale ale with light grains and straw along with nice (but light) hops. Flavor is similarly clean and crisp. Whether intended or not, it is very much a hybrid...almost leaning more towards a German lager with American hops played over. Very, very crushable. However, overpriced for what it is. I'd buy this all the time if the price came down.
Nov 21, 2021More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Billolick from New York
4.19/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Tall can, with canning and best before dating stamped on the bottom....this can is sadly about a month past its BB date of 3-8-23.
Pour hazed and a welcoming shade of lighter squash soup, light and fine cap, leaves a fine film and scattered sheeting. Nice looking pale ale.
Bready and crackery sniff.
Pleasing brew with more malty goodness, balanced with some mellow citric hop notes.
Went great with a spicy chicken taco.
Worthy brew, that is well worth a try
Apr 18, 2023Pour hazed and a welcoming shade of lighter squash soup, light and fine cap, leaves a fine film and scattered sheeting. Nice looking pale ale.
Bready and crackery sniff.
Pleasing brew with more malty goodness, balanced with some mellow citric hop notes.
Went great with a spicy chicken taco.
Worthy brew, that is well worth a try
Reviewed by ChipChaight from New York
4.21/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Can from the brewery in Livingston NY. Pours a mostly opaque semi cloudy orange gold with two fingers of rocky white head, nice lacing, smell is dank orange peel, tangerine, cut grass, light wheat bread malts, taste follows the nose with orange and tangerine flesh, zest, and bready/wheat malts, hints of honey, feel is light, crisp, mild carbonic bite, fairly dry. A nice clean and citrusy pale ale.
May 01, 2021Reviewed by SpeedwayJim from New York
4.3/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5
16oz. can into a Brooklyn Brewery snifter.
Fantastic frothy head. Nose is citrus, pineapple, clementine, and grass. Aromatic. Beer opens with hints of lychee, citrus, grapefruit, and starfruit. So fresh and subtle but somehow super juicy. A light tartness in the middle gives hints of orange and bread. End is more grapefruit, some pineapple, and a light mintiness. Excellent. Super clean aftertaste. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly and lively on the palate and goes down clean with very little aftertaste.
This is undescribably drinkable.
Feb 23, 2021Fantastic frothy head. Nose is citrus, pineapple, clementine, and grass. Aromatic. Beer opens with hints of lychee, citrus, grapefruit, and starfruit. So fresh and subtle but somehow super juicy. A light tartness in the middle gives hints of orange and bread. End is more grapefruit, some pineapple, and a light mintiness. Excellent. Super clean aftertaste. Body is light with ample carbonation. Prickly and lively on the palate and goes down clean with very little aftertaste.
This is undescribably drinkable.
Reviewed by camttaylor from New York
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Casually bought it in a local grocery store wanting to try something new. Really nice and solid pale ale. Nice aroma and hops to it. Not overly bitter. Really drinkable.
Feb 13, 2021Reviewed by Gajo74 from New York
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a semi clear golden color, yet looks slightly opaque in the glass. A minimal and quickly disapatong head leaves a ring of lacing.
The nose opens with bright citrusy hops, including lemon, lime and grapefruit. This is followed by notes of candied and resiny fruit including peach, pineapple, lychee and berries. Semi dank herbal aromas of grass, pine and peppery spices. Damn good aroma overall.
The taste opens with clean and crisp cracker malts and moderately sweet bready malts. Well hopped with fruity flavors of grapefruit, lemon, lychee, peach and pineapple. Delicately yet assertively spiced with notes of gentle pine, grass and a clean bitterness. The palate is dry overall, as is the finish.
Light bodied, arguably on the low side of medium. It is gently carbonated with a soft and smooth mouthfeel.
Sublimely crafted and delicately balanced. Its simplicity is what makes it such a beautiful beer.
Jan 25, 2021The nose opens with bright citrusy hops, including lemon, lime and grapefruit. This is followed by notes of candied and resiny fruit including peach, pineapple, lychee and berries. Semi dank herbal aromas of grass, pine and peppery spices. Damn good aroma overall.
The taste opens with clean and crisp cracker malts and moderately sweet bready malts. Well hopped with fruity flavors of grapefruit, lemon, lychee, peach and pineapple. Delicately yet assertively spiced with notes of gentle pine, grass and a clean bitterness. The palate is dry overall, as is the finish.
Light bodied, arguably on the low side of medium. It is gently carbonated with a soft and smooth mouthfeel.
Sublimely crafted and delicately balanced. Its simplicity is what makes it such a beautiful beer.
Reviewed by ScaryEd from New Hampshire
4.26/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can into a Willi belcher.
Pours a hazy straw color with a finger of white head. Solid retention and lacing.
The aroma is tropical with some more subtle citrusy notes. Pineapple and honeydew melon dominate, followed by some grapefruit. Nice cracker malt character.
Flavor is more citrus forward. Lots of grapefruit and lemon peel, with some notes of melon and fresh pineapple. The cracker malt provides a wonderful, dry backbone.
The feel is medium-light bodied with pretty good carbonation. Crisp, clean, and immensely drinkable.
Overall, yet another great little pale ale from Suarez. It's everything you expect from the style, wonderfully balanced with huge flavors crammed into a 4.5% crusher.
Dec 29, 2020Pours a hazy straw color with a finger of white head. Solid retention and lacing.
The aroma is tropical with some more subtle citrusy notes. Pineapple and honeydew melon dominate, followed by some grapefruit. Nice cracker malt character.
Flavor is more citrus forward. Lots of grapefruit and lemon peel, with some notes of melon and fresh pineapple. The cracker malt provides a wonderful, dry backbone.
The feel is medium-light bodied with pretty good carbonation. Crisp, clean, and immensely drinkable.
Overall, yet another great little pale ale from Suarez. It's everything you expect from the style, wonderfully balanced with huge flavors crammed into a 4.5% crusher.
Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York
4.46/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a can (25Nov2020) into a Suarez 25cl stein
L: pours a very turbid yellow gold, thick white head and moderate+ carbonation (if I stare, given how hazy it is). Great chunky lacing left with each sip
S: citrusy and piney hop character leads the nose for me, with a bit of malt sweetness cutting through. Get orange, mango, melon, peach, some earthy pine, bit of a dough/bread note
T: follows the nose well, with that malt flavor more prominent than on the nose. Excellent mix of citrus and tropical flavors with that malt sweetness from the nose playing against it and carrying through the finish. Get that mango/orange peach mix, with some enjoyable bitterness. Piney character shines shortly after the swallow/into the finish. Some more biscuit/dough/cracker flavor during the medium/long finish
F: medium body, medium carbonation, slightly drying, quite drinkable
O: one of the best APAs I’ve had in a very long time. Great mix of tropical and citrusy fruit on the nose and swallow, with nice malt character and some welcomed bitterness
Dec 18, 2020L: pours a very turbid yellow gold, thick white head and moderate+ carbonation (if I stare, given how hazy it is). Great chunky lacing left with each sip
S: citrusy and piney hop character leads the nose for me, with a bit of malt sweetness cutting through. Get orange, mango, melon, peach, some earthy pine, bit of a dough/bread note
T: follows the nose well, with that malt flavor more prominent than on the nose. Excellent mix of citrus and tropical flavors with that malt sweetness from the nose playing against it and carrying through the finish. Get that mango/orange peach mix, with some enjoyable bitterness. Piney character shines shortly after the swallow/into the finish. Some more biscuit/dough/cracker flavor during the medium/long finish
F: medium body, medium carbonation, slightly drying, quite drinkable
O: one of the best APAs I’ve had in a very long time. Great mix of tropical and citrusy fruit on the nose and swallow, with nice malt character and some welcomed bitterness
Hecto from Suarez Family Brewery
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
141 ratings
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