High Rider
Varietal Beer Company
- From:
- Varietal Beer Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 01, 2023
- Added:
- Aug 01, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by flagmantho from Washington
3.82/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Poured from 16oz can into a dimpled mug. Can says best by 10/2023; this is labeled a West Coast IPA.
Appearance: light golden hue with a dash of haze and a finger of frothy ivory foam.
Smell: quite sweet with a piney, earthy hop character. It's not bad, but the sweetness is a bit much for me, and the hop character, while good, lacks depth.
Taste: sweet malt with a piney, citrusy hop flavor. There's more depth to the hops here, and I like the juicy result of the kind of citrusy hop meets sweet malt, but it's just a bit too treacly for me.
Mouthfeel: medium-rich body with a good carbonation and a rather excellent creaminess for the style. So, the syrupy sugar isn't great for flavor, but man is the texture great for an IPA!
Overall: great mouthfeel notwithstanding, I don't think this beer is going to enter my pantheon of favorites. It's a totally decent beer, but I think maybe I'm just not the audience for it.
Aug 01, 2023Appearance: light golden hue with a dash of haze and a finger of frothy ivory foam.
Smell: quite sweet with a piney, earthy hop character. It's not bad, but the sweetness is a bit much for me, and the hop character, while good, lacks depth.
Taste: sweet malt with a piney, citrusy hop flavor. There's more depth to the hops here, and I like the juicy result of the kind of citrusy hop meets sweet malt, but it's just a bit too treacly for me.
Mouthfeel: medium-rich body with a good carbonation and a rather excellent creaminess for the style. So, the syrupy sugar isn't great for flavor, but man is the texture great for an IPA!
Overall: great mouthfeel notwithstanding, I don't think this beer is going to enter my pantheon of favorites. It's a totally decent beer, but I think maybe I'm just not the audience for it.
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