Dugges Segraren 2006 Gnoffs APA

Formerly brewed at Dugges Ale & Porterbryggeri
Style: American Pale Ale
Mölndal, Sweden

Had this from tank at the brewery, draught at The Rover and Bishops Arms in Göteborg as well as at GW68 in Stockholm. The beer was brewed according to my recepie, but I had no commercial interests in it. Have been thinking about whether or not to rate it, but here goes.

Clear amber color, fluffy off-white head. Citrus and grape scent, hoppy and sweet. Grape, citrus hoppy taste, also sweet. Smooth nice mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
I still have some bias I guess, but rating for me would be like 9/4/9/4/18=4.4

Special bottling by gnoff - thanks a lot! Sampled with Rune. Dark brown ale, rocky head. Very dominated by the pleasant hoppy aroma. Flowers and straw. Some fruity sweetness underneath, combining into a long orange/grapefruit finish. A splendid ale, which should have a wider distribution!

Draught at Bishop’s Arms
Hazy amber color; frothy head. Wonderful hoppy aroma, fruity. Good malty body, medium structure, with a good hopping, powerful and aromatic; in the end the malt is fading (what a pity), to leave room for the strong bitterness and dry resins from the hop. Powerful and good.

Bottled (Thanks gnoff!). Amber coloured, beige huge fluffy head, lacing. Aroma is flowery hops, caramel and fruits. Flavour is flowery, fruitish and caramellish. Very smooth and pleasant. One of the best APA’s I have had. When I think qúickly of it, I think only brunnsbe’s homebrew APA would beat this....

Amber color with a creamy off-white head. Malt, fruit and citrus tones. Medium body with a very complex, long bitter sweet finish. A very nice brew !

Hand bottled, courtesy of Gnoff via oh6gdx. Dark nut brown color, big cloudy off-white head. Very fresh grassy hoppy aroma. Good balance of malts and hops with very nice aromatic hops dominating (Challenger?). Lots of pine needles and grass in the flavor. Tasty hoppy aftertaste, which unfortunately is not very long. We were comparing this to Stadin APA and consensus was that this is slightly better and tastier.

Draught @ Bishop’s Arms, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy amber colour with an off-white head. Malty floral hoppy aroma with some piny hints. Malty bitter hoppy flavor with some hints of pine needles. Dry malty finish with some bitterness.

[On draught at the Rover] Light, light hazy charneol colour, moderate foam. Big, yet balanced aroma from hop juice, almost tea-like. Nice. Piney-grapey backbone in flavour, mouthfeel bit like jelly(light syrupy), yet light-ish and pleasant. Medium, marked bitterness that lasts long. Light berry-ish notes with residual sugars and incredibly soft mouthfeel. Good balance here. There might be a bit of yeasty bitterness. Great beer!