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MacTarnahans Summer Grifter India Pale Ale 3.29 44

MacTarnahans Summer Grifter India Pale Ale


Percentile
74
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
443.37/5.03.29/5.0Summer6.2%44.7Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
MacTarnahan’s Summer Grifter™ is a limited edition IPA for the summer whose cunning malt taste and hefty hop aroma will steal your attention and disappear in a wink! It’s unique and thought provoking packaging depicts a mysterious character known by our brewers simply as "Clem", and who’s haunting stare is just intriguing enough to make you want to know a little more. Summer Grifter IPA, is a deliciously wayward ale, lurking wherever thirsts gather! Malts: 2 Row, Munich and Caramel Malts -- Hops: Chinook, CTZ,Cascade and Centenial. IBU: 54 -- ABV: 6.2%
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 Ungstrup (15385), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 14, 2009  
Draft at the brewpub in Walnut Creek. A pale amber beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of grapefruit and other citrusy hops, on a malty and caramel back ground. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of grassy and grapefruity hops, on a medium malty back ground, leading to a bitter finish.


 Papsoe (15107), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 5, 2009  
On tap. Clear pale amber with a creamy off-white head leaving broad curtains of lacework. Medium body, lightly sweet fruit and caramel and a fresh and peachy hoppiness. 250709


 yespr (12411), Copenhagen O, Denmark
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jul 28, 2009  
From tap at the Pyramid taphouse in Walnut Creek. Pours clear and golden dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is light citrusy and peach fruity. Fruity and crisp bitter flavourd finish. Nice fruity and smoothly balanced with the malt.


 hopdog (5614), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 8, 2009  
22oz bottle. Poured a medium and clear orange color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of floral hops, pine, and some citrus. Tastes of the same citrus, floralness, pine, and some toasted graininess. Lively and carbonated body with a medium bitter finish.


 ¾ (5006), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/513/20
Apr 27, 2009    Updated: Apr 29, 2009
Fresh bottle.
Appearance: clear nut colored copper.
Nose: Surprisingly fresh and intense cut grass, sweet mulch and super-fresh c-note hops... some lime, orange and lemon zest, a bit of amber/sap and some pungent, peppery, spicy and salty notes.
Body: medium to light, somewhat thin, weakens over the back, falls apart and finishes transparent and watery.
Flavor: Very faint, no depth, medium to light bitterness, overall a disappointment given the vibrant and fresh hop nose.
Overall: An amazing introduction with the nose but flatly disappointing after that.


 BückDich (4857), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/102/513/20
Oct 8, 2009  
Bottle: Pours a light amber color with a little white head. The nose is light and hop forward with a touch of malt and husk. The flavor has a nice little piney hop note along with some toasty light caramel and berry notes in the tail. Clean finish and a grassy tail. Not too bad, not something I’d reach for again though.


 bhensonb (4371), Woodland, California, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/514/20
Jun 8, 2009  
Bomber from Liquid Solutions. LIght copper color with a large white head. Lots of citrus/floral hop over light caramel. Near medium body with light carbonation. Tis is a light IPA in terms of body, and perhaps malt, but the citrus hop is decently strong for the style. Finish is rather clean, and continuously bitter. Nice brew.


 Ughsmash (4077), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottled. Poured clear, light coppery-amber with a short cap of white head. The aroma picked up juicy grapefruit meat and sweet caramel with more citrus and some pine around.. sweet overall and rather candy-like. The flavor found caramel, grapefruit meat, and redder fruits on the sweet core with earthy and citrusy bitterness around.. finished with a kiss of sweetness and resiny pine bitterness. Light-medium bodied and increasingly bitter as it moved through the mouth.. not a bad feel.. just alright overall.



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