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Catawba Valley Firewater IPA 3.32 72

Catawba Valley Firewater IPA

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76
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723.37/5.03.32/5.05.2%49.3Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
A wonderful golden straw-colored India Pale Ale we developed using five varieties of grain and five separate massive hops additions.
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 kp (8500), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: January 25, 2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Asheville Pizza & Brewing
Appearance: Clear amber
Aroma: skunky light hop aroma
Flavor: starts with a big burst of hop flavor and settles down to a long bitter finish

Date: April 12, 2003
Source: fest
Aroma: light sweet hop aroma
Flavor: hop flavor beginning to end

Date: December 21, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: barleys
heavy lace, picking up lots more bitterness with only a touch of the balancing sweetness, touch of citrus character, settleing down nicely over the years into a good drinking IPA on the bitter side of life

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: *4


 argo0 (6958), Washington DC, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Sep 21, 2008  
(draft) Clear amber body with beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, orange, light bread. Taste is medium sweet, orange/grapefruit, some earthy, light peach. Light-medium body, some acidity.


 jcwattsrugger (5532), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 28, 2007  
on tap-pours a white head and amber color. Aroma is piney and English hops. Taste is piney and English hops.


 CaptainCougar (5519), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Tap at Barley’s in Asheville on 2/3/08: Pours a clear orange bronze with a well-lacing off-white head. Aroma of semi-sweet caramely toasty pale malt and some fresh grapefruity hops. Body starts fairly full and caramely sweet with some toasty notes and fresh piny resiny hop balance. A pretty good IPA.


 Tmoney99 (4771), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
Sep 5, 2007  
Draft at Barley’s Tap in Knoxville. Poured a hazy copper color with an average frothy white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Good hoppy citrus aroma. Medium body. Moderate bitter hoppy citrus flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of average duration.


 ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Feb 16, 2005  
On draught at Barleys, Knoxville Feb 2005. Medium golden hued body, slight haze to it with a firm white head. Aroma has plenty of hops appeal as does the flavor and there is a typical caramel malt backing on this. Well-executed on all levels. Very drinkable, with a strong floral hops flavor that complements the honey-like sweetness of the beer well. Dry, bitter alpha hops finish, medium body, moderate carbonation.


 BeerandBlues2 (3225), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Sep 12, 2005  
Draught at 11th Southern Brewers Festival in Chattanooga. Pours copper with a thin off-white head. Yeast (dough) and fruity hop (pear, peach) aroma. Moderately heavy acidic hop rind and caramel malt flavor combination with a slowly forming sour rind aftertaste. Medium bodied and fizzy slightly creamy palate.


 PorterPounder (3146), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jun 17, 2007  
Chattanooga, Tn. - Mellow Mushroom - on tap. Bright orange pour, nice white head - sticky lacing. Faint sprucey aroma. Solid fruity flavor with some subtle citrus notes. Good malty balance though with some strong nutty notes. Thickish mouthfeel. Soild IPA.



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