Recalcitrant
AleCraft Brewery
- From:
- AleCraft Brewery
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.3%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.01 | pDev: 3.74%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 07, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 11, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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A double helping of Citra Hops added to the fermenter makes this a beer delicious treat. Well-balanced, and a bit hazy, it fits into the NEIPA/NEDIPA style.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
4.04/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A pint can purchased from the brewery poured into a Nonic glass.
A beautiful lasting foamy head with generous lacing.
A flavorful medium bodied beer, the 8.3% ABV is fairly well masked.
A malty citrus flavor dominates. Some orange/tangerine, a bit of grapefruit and notes of persimmon come to mind.
Hints of pine, faint resin, lemon.
A little tangy on the finish. With a somewhat pleasant tropical, but mildly bitter and earthy aftertaste.
Nov 07, 2025A beautiful lasting foamy head with generous lacing.
A flavorful medium bodied beer, the 8.3% ABV is fairly well masked.
A malty citrus flavor dominates. Some orange/tangerine, a bit of grapefruit and notes of persimmon come to mind.
Hints of pine, faint resin, lemon.
A little tangy on the finish. With a somewhat pleasant tropical, but mildly bitter and earthy aftertaste.
Reviewed by dbl_delta from Pennsylvania
3.93/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.93/5 rDev -2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at the Railroad PA taproom. Pours a slightly hazy gold with a modest off-white head. Initial impression is citrus, pineapple, pine, and a touch of hops bitterness. Mouthfeel is slightly on the thin side. Finish fades to citrus, malt, and pine resin. Overall, a decent if somewhat marginal (style-wise) NEIPA.
Dec 28, 2023
Reviewed by mynie from Maryland
4.29/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Self-proclaimed "New England IPA" from our friends in north-central Maryland.
The pour is indeed quite cloudy, though not as aesthetically bilious as the worst offenders in this style. Not bad looking at all, I must say... really probably would have been classified as a simply an unfiltered IPA in 2015 or so, before the damn punk teenagers changed how we talk about beer.
The aroma is quite good. Not Treehouse-level good, but it could be mistaken from something from Foundation or Bissell Bros. Bright orange fruit against fluffy, bready yeast. Well balanced, fruit-forward but still distinguishable as a beer.
The flavor very nearly matches the aroma. Bright, sweet clementines up front, more generic citrus hop oil in the middle, and mildly yeasty end and some not-overwhelming graint sweetness on the finish. Maybe would have liked a bit more of a bread doughiness to the yeast but that's just me, I am old and irrelevant.
Sep 17, 2020The pour is indeed quite cloudy, though not as aesthetically bilious as the worst offenders in this style. Not bad looking at all, I must say... really probably would have been classified as a simply an unfiltered IPA in 2015 or so, before the damn punk teenagers changed how we talk about beer.
The aroma is quite good. Not Treehouse-level good, but it could be mistaken from something from Foundation or Bissell Bros. Bright orange fruit against fluffy, bready yeast. Well balanced, fruit-forward but still distinguishable as a beer.
The flavor very nearly matches the aroma. Bright, sweet clementines up front, more generic citrus hop oil in the middle, and mildly yeasty end and some not-overwhelming graint sweetness on the finish. Maybe would have liked a bit more of a bread doughiness to the yeast but that's just me, I am old and irrelevant.
Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania
3.94/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I didn't add this beer, but I will be the first to review it. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a hazy orange color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of oranges, grapefruit. Taste is like an alcoholic orangina, some light grapefruit, moderate bitterness. Feels full bodied in the mouth and overall is an enjoyable beer.
Aug 16, 2020
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