21st Amendment Bitter American

Clear golden with a fizzy white head. Strong grapefruit aroma and taste with some caramel and pine notes with amildly bitter finish.

From tap at the brewpub. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mango and grapefruity hops. Light bodied with a solid citrusy fruity hops base flavour. Bitter and citric finish. Lasting dry and fruity finish, no sweetness at all.

Date: July 09, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear gold, scant head
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma, lots of citrus
Flavor: sweet citrus flavor, lots of crystal malt sweetness, light bitterness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

This was my favorite beer for the sampler I got at 21st. While everything is hoppy in this place, there is nothing as good as a hop only beer that is 3% (it was listed at 3% on the menu). This is definitely the most hop bang one gets for the abv buck. The brew is a clear dull golden color and has a very sticky lacing. The beer is all clean, crisp, and bitter hops. The malt is almost a non-factor. Long bitter finish, damn the bitterness never goes away. This is the most hoppy beer I have had that was only 40 IBUs.

I had this on draft at 21st Amendment. I thought this is a very nice example of a flavorful, yet low in alcohol, beer. Dry citric hoppy flavor and aroma, but at 3%, a fine session beer.

~Pours a clear gold color with white head. ~Citrus hops dominate scent. Has a biscuity malt backbone. ~Citrus hops again dominate flavor, some sweet malts. ~Light feel, bitter citrus finish. ~Bad example of style. Very high in hops, which i like.

On tap at the brewery. This blonde ale poured with a fluffy off-white head and a floral aroma. There is some nice hopping, resulting in a grassy bitter finish.

Tasted at GABF 2008. Gold pour with white head. Yeast, grains, grass and malts. Flavor was the same, although the palate was a bit thin.