Spring India Pale Ale
Choc Beer Co. / Pete's Place
- From:
- Choc Beer Co. / Pete's Place
- Oklahoma, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.6%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 15.49%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 20
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- May 29, 2014
- Added:
- Feb 19, 2011
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 6
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Skywave from Oklahoma
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours out to a frothy head that persists and laces well. Color is a cloudy orange-gold due to bottle conditioning (forgot to decant). Aroma is piney, herbal , and citrus hop notes with bready malts. Flavor is spicy, tangy hops up front with a resiny bittersweet finish with a sweet malt aftertaste. Mouthfeel is light to medium with appropriate carbonation. Overall a very good AIPA.
May 29, 2014
Reviewed by Beerbuddha from Florida
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance - The beer pours a nice cloudy orange with a nice white head. Lacing present.
Smell - Very nice. Aroma of grapefruit and pine along with a slight floral hint.
Taste - Crisp and clean beer. Nice grapefruit flavor with a nice bready maltiness. Very well balanced IPA. Not in your face like a lot of American IPAs are btu still has a nice hop presence. Very approachable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium carbonation.
Overall: Very solid brew from these guys. Very easy to drink IPA. Too bad it is seasonal and too bad we can't get it in New Orleans. This seems to be a theme.
May 25, 2012Smell - Very nice. Aroma of grapefruit and pine along with a slight floral hint.
Taste - Crisp and clean beer. Nice grapefruit flavor with a nice bready maltiness. Very well balanced IPA. Not in your face like a lot of American IPAs are btu still has a nice hop presence. Very approachable.
Mouthfeel: Medium body with medium carbonation.
Overall: Very solid brew from these guys. Very easy to drink IPA. Too bad it is seasonal and too bad we can't get it in New Orleans. This seems to be a theme.
Reviewed by soju6 from Missouri
3.38/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at Pete’s Place.
A: Served a copper color with a small head and bits of lacing.
S: Aroma is a mixture of citrus and pine with some malt sweetness and hint of spice.
T: Taste is similar with citrus and pine and malt sweetness. Nice bitterness and a clean finish.
F: Fairly medium body, crisp and a bit refreshing 7.7 % ABV is well hidden.
O: Decent drinker, good for a couple. Nice offering from a small regional brewer.
May 23, 2012A: Served a copper color with a small head and bits of lacing.
S: Aroma is a mixture of citrus and pine with some malt sweetness and hint of spice.
T: Taste is similar with citrus and pine and malt sweetness. Nice bitterness and a clean finish.
F: Fairly medium body, crisp and a bit refreshing 7.7 % ABV is well hidden.
O: Decent drinker, good for a couple. Nice offering from a small regional brewer.
Reviewed by DrinkSlurm from New York
3.82/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.82/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks Wade for this brew! What a great surprise. Had right from bottle...but I did pour a sip out to get a color profile...
Nice golden brown color. Smells of fresh hops and malts. Taste is very mild hops and lots of malts. Nothing amazing here, but it is a very nice IPA. Very mild, sessionable, drinkable, and easy. I wish it was a bit more fruity or sweet, but overall it is a really nice session IPA...which is scary due to its ABV.
May 23, 2012Nice golden brown color. Smells of fresh hops and malts. Taste is very mild hops and lots of malts. Nothing amazing here, but it is a very nice IPA. Very mild, sessionable, drinkable, and easy. I wish it was a bit more fruity or sweet, but overall it is a really nice session IPA...which is scary due to its ABV.
Reviewed by Hopswagger from South Carolina
4.09/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
P: 1/2 in of off white head that hangs around a bit. Thin and airy. Cloudy yellow gold with yeast floating at the bottom. Similar to weak brewed tea
S: super clean tropical fruit hops, yeast esters, toasted grains. Crisp and clean aroma. Soft wood in the background.
T/M: taste follows the nose with a healthy dose of tropical fruit hops, great sloshy body with a bit of thickness to it. Great carb level with a nice toasty grains and a peppery bite. Finish is dry with a linger of timidly smoked orange peels.
O: A fantastic spring IPA that is crisp, clean and full of well balanced flavor. I love the burst of bitterness with the subtle spicy grains. A spring favorite for sure.
Apr 29, 2012S: super clean tropical fruit hops, yeast esters, toasted grains. Crisp and clean aroma. Soft wood in the background.
T/M: taste follows the nose with a healthy dose of tropical fruit hops, great sloshy body with a bit of thickness to it. Great carb level with a nice toasty grains and a peppery bite. Finish is dry with a linger of timidly smoked orange peels.
O: A fantastic spring IPA that is crisp, clean and full of well balanced flavor. I love the burst of bitterness with the subtle spicy grains. A spring favorite for sure.
Reviewed by BrewerB from North Carolina
3.62/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Kevin hooked me up with this beer recently just for the heck of it. It arrived via his beer of the month club and he wanted to share it with me.
Pouring into a Firestone Walker pint glass. Hazy orange/brown with a thin off-white foam that's partially retaining.
Moderate candied orange peel/lemon hop in the nose.
Moderate bitterness up front with a lemon rind citrus essence. Somewhat dank. Dry, clean finish.
Medium-light in body, modest carbonation.
Overall a decent example of the style but far short of memorable. Not one I'd seek out again but glad to have sampled it.
Dec 14, 2011Pouring into a Firestone Walker pint glass. Hazy orange/brown with a thin off-white foam that's partially retaining.
Moderate candied orange peel/lemon hop in the nose.
Moderate bitterness up front with a lemon rind citrus essence. Somewhat dank. Dry, clean finish.
Medium-light in body, modest carbonation.
Overall a decent example of the style but far short of memorable. Not one I'd seek out again but glad to have sampled it.
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