AVL IPA
Highland Brewing

AVL IPAAVL IPA
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From:
Highland Brewing
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,711
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
88
Ranked #14,621
Avg:
3.92 | pDev: 7.65%
Reviews:
32
Ratings:
106
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 02, 2024
Added:
Mar 18, 2018
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  23
American Chinook, Citra, and Centennial hops from the Pacific Northwest shine in our West Coast style IPA. A sturdy malt bill frames hints of tropical fruit, lemon rind, grapefruit and dank hops notes. Brilliant and golden in color. Expect a dry, resiny, citrusy finish.
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Ratings by sd123:
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Rated by sd123 from Georgia

4/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Jul 28, 2019
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Rated: 3.85 by animal69 from Louisiana

Jan 02, 2024
 
Rated: 3.5 by Stengelfoot from California

Dec 26, 2023
 
Rated: 3.77 by lakewy17 from New Hampshire

Nov 13, 2023
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Reviewed by mvanaskie13 from Pennsylvania

4.04/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured into a wide mouth, grip shaped goblet: color is gold, transparent, head presents 2 fingers thicck, then dissipates to a ring with some nice lacing on the glass sides.

Smell is toasted malt, light caramel, herbal and citric hops, light earthy note.

Taste is similar with malt forward flavor but not sweet, notes of toast, caramel, bread, hop notes are citric, herbal, some pine and earth.

Mouthfeel is moderate carbonation, lower sweetness, moderate bitterness.

Overall a very good, clean, malt forward IPA.
Sep 01, 2023
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Rated by Danmooney40 from Virginia

3.99/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A good non hazy AIPA. Poured into a whiskey glass dark golden. A citrus nose. Straight up bitter hops taste. A good straight up old school AIPA.
Aug 07, 2023
 
Rated: 3.75 by lsudduth from Ohio

Jul 18, 2023
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Reviewed by mothman from Minnesota

4/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Can. White head. Clear golden color.

Nice west coast style with good bitterness. A bit dank, some sticky/resiny hops, some citrus fruit. Finishes bitter with some weedy notes. Solid.
Jun 10, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by BEER88 from North Carolina

Jun 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by HighwayChile from Kansas

May 22, 2023
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Reviewed by NiceTaps from New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +8.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 12 ounce can into a stemmed tulip IPA glass. Canned 5 weeks ago.

Translucent gold color brew with a massive white cap that trims to 1-plus F of soapy foam. Heavy lacing. Nice look.

Pleasant malt aroma wetted with grapefruit and lemon. Fresh dough and multi-grain with a whiff of pine.

Malt driven to start. The citrus hops come through like grapefruit and lemon peel. A touch of tropical note blends in the finish.

Nice medium West Coast IPA body style. Malted, refreshing, and hoppy, too. The malt aroma strengthens as time passes.

This brew improves every time that I drink it !
Apr 24, 2023
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Reviewed by tone77 from Pennsylvania

3.56/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of citrus, light pine. Taste is the same as the aroma, some herbal notes, moderate bitterness. Feels medium/full bodied in the mouth and overall is a decent beer.
Mar 05, 2023
 
Rated: 4.27 by b-ri11 from North Carolina

Jan 14, 2023
 
Rated: 4.06 by lonestarshield from Texas

Nov 22, 2022
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

3.85/5  rDev -1.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Firm, pure and somewhat simple, Highland Brewing has enough courage to make an ordinary beer. -and ordinary beer with extraordinary drinkability on the backs of Centennial, Chinook and Citra hops.

The resulting AVL IPA is a fairly bright golden ale with a frothy white cap. with a fruity and herbal scent, hints of dried citrus, fresh grassiness and floral geranium frame a familiar scent for '90's hop heads. Scant sweetness graces the tongue with a light and wafer-like grain profile. Lightly bready and faintly sweet with honeysuckle a light malt balance is set.

As the hops billow on the middle palate, the classic fruitiness of grapefruit and orang peel come about but does so also with a more vivid valencia character with hints of lemongrass, lemon peel and a peppery fruit flavor. As the bitterness evolves, the late taste is peppery with pine, fruit peel and herbal verbena.

Light, crisp and ultimately refreshing, the beer quenches the thirst with a brisk and bitter finish that trails with dry hemp, green tea, spruce and sassafras.
Oct 27, 2022
 
Rated: 3.67 by benjaminsa from Vermont

Aug 22, 2022
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Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania

3.84/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12oz can into a pint glass. Canned 6/9/22, so about 10 weeks old.

Looking very good in the glass. Bright golden yellow body with a substantial white head which persists in good form throughout leaving a latticework of lacing.

Aroma is a little off. Hard to describe. Funk and dead flowers is the best I can come up with.

However this does not translate to the taste. Pine and grapefruit hopbite, quite aggressive. The malt struggles to hold it's own, mostly fails.

Mouth close to full, finish grapefruit bitterness.

Overall, pretty good west coast ipa. Can proclaims unfiltered, but this was crystal clear. Also boasts of a strong malt base, which I didn't find. Tasty drink though. Shame about the aroma.
Aug 20, 2022
 
Rated: 3.5 by RochefortChris from North Carolina

Jul 27, 2022
 
Rated: 4.04 by Sethw400 from South Carolina

Jul 10, 2022
 
Rated: 3.99 by Gerred from Missouri

Jul 04, 2022
AVL IPA from Highland Brewing
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 106 ratings