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Long Trail India Pale Ale
Long Trail Brewing Co.
- From:
- Long Trail Brewing Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- English IPA
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 13.09%
- Reviews:
- 419
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 09, 2021
- Added:
- Jul 08, 2000
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 195
Real India Pale Ale (IPA), as it was first brewed in the days of the British Empire, was not the carefully filtered brew that we call IPA beer today. The first IPAs were unfiltered and featured extra hops and higher strength as a preservative for the long trip from England to the colony of India. Our Traditional IPA ale is naturally carbonated, dry-hopped & unfiltered like the old days.
42 IBU
42 IBU
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Ratings by illpass78:
Reviewed by illpass78 from Maine
3.94/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle poured into a tulip.
Appearance: Pours a hazy glowing orange with a big white head that sticks around a good while. Head recedes to film and stays present throughout. Lacing is fairly heavy.
Aroma: The nose has some pine hops, citrus, lemon, and grapefruit. It's not a punch-you-in-the-face nose, but it's there and it's pleasant.
Taste: The taste follows the nose, with grapefruit and lemon leading the way. This beer is more powerful on the palate than on the nose. I like it. Nice bitter finish, too.
Mouthfeel: The density is about what I expect out of an IPA. It's got depth, but it's far from thick.
Overall: Solid IPA from the always reliable Long Trail. I paired this with some BBQ tofu, baked beans and potato salad and it worked perfectly. Is there such a thing as a "picnic IPA"? If so, this is it.
May 26, 2014Appearance: Pours a hazy glowing orange with a big white head that sticks around a good while. Head recedes to film and stays present throughout. Lacing is fairly heavy.
Aroma: The nose has some pine hops, citrus, lemon, and grapefruit. It's not a punch-you-in-the-face nose, but it's there and it's pleasant.
Taste: The taste follows the nose, with grapefruit and lemon leading the way. This beer is more powerful on the palate than on the nose. I like it. Nice bitter finish, too.
Mouthfeel: The density is about what I expect out of an IPA. It's got depth, but it's far from thick.
Overall: Solid IPA from the always reliable Long Trail. I paired this with some BBQ tofu, baked beans and potato salad and it worked perfectly. Is there such a thing as a "picnic IPA"? If so, this is it.
More User Ratings:
Rated by mmalon19 from Massachusetts
2.48/5 rDev -30.9%
look: 1 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.75
2.48/5 rDev -30.9%
look: 1 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.75
Too thicc
Feb 27, 2019Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Reviewed from notes. The appearance is a golden colored body with no head and leaves a ringy spotty laciness around the glass. The smell has hops, subdued pine, mild malt background. The taste is bitter through the hops and the pine, subdued malts coming through as the beer warms. The palate is about a medium, sessionable, bitter yet malty coating over the mouth and tongue, no aftertaste, watery finish. Overall, not a bad IPA, good.
Jun 25, 2017Rated by Imakecoolstuff from Indiana
3.64/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.64/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Average but good
Dec 18, 2016
Long Trail India Pale Ale from Long Trail Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
1227 ratings
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