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Mad River Jamaica Sunset IPA

Percentile
71
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bottled
common

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unknown

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2723.26/5.03.25/5.06.9%38.5Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This is the second offering in our JAMAICA line of ales. We didn't want to make another IPA like everybody else so we opted for our own style. Unfortunately the gang at the BATF wouldn't let us use "West Indies" on the label stating that there is no such place. We all thought that Columbus was looking for the West Indies and ended up here by mistake. Oh well. We call this beer Jamaica Sunset because of its golden reddish hue. We use five different hops for aroma, bitterness and floral character. You get a crisp clean flavor and complex hop finish.
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 anders37 (4658), Malmö, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Jul 10, 2007  
Bottle @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours a hazy orange color with a white head. Fruity hoppy citrus aroma. Malty fruity hoppy citrus flavor. Has a malty and fruity hoppy finish with a bitter aftertaste.


 ehhdayton (1113), USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 3, 2007  
Pours copperish with a white head. Slightly citrusy aroma but is rather subdued. Flavor is only moderately bitter with the slightlest hints of grapefrut and pine.


 Tmoney99 (4739), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/514/20
Jun 24, 2007  
Bottle. Poured clear copper color with a medium frothy white head that was mostly lasting with fair lacing. Moderate sweet citrus hoppy aroma. Medium body with soft carbonation. Medium citrus bitter and a medium smooth bitter finish of moderate duration. Solid drinkable beer.


 ryan (1776), Beltsville, Maryland, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/510/20
Jun 19, 2007  
Cloudy, light amber body with a small, white head. The aroma is citrus with lots of cotton candy sweetness. The flavor is quite sweet, cotton candy, honey with very light orange and tangerine. Medium body is round with medium carbonation. Blah.


 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/515/20
Jun 18, 2007  
Pours a cloudy amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of sweet malts, citrus hops, yeast, and caramel. A fairly light aroma. Hops are more present in the flavor then the aroma up front. Hop flavor dies away pretty quickly to the sweet malts and yeast on the finish. Slightly bitter finish but not as much as I would like an IPA to have.


 nick76 (2657), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/512/20
Jun 2, 2007  
The aroma is hoppy with lots of sweet malt. There is the necessary pine and citrus found in American IPA’s in both the aroma and taste but it also has an astringent quality that is not that great. But, the malt that is in it is quality. The palate is smooth. I really do like this beer but the astringent factor is a bit much.


 Ibrew2or3 (2761), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
May 31, 2007  
Pours clear copper until the sediment dropped into the glass. Now the copper has a hazy orange hue to go along with a thin off white head. There’s still sediment sludge left behind in the bottle. The aroma has sharp citrus hop notes with grapefruit juice bitterness being the main one followed by tangelo and a hint of sweet orange juice. I can just smell a vague malt sweetness too. The taste has several levels and varieties of citrus hops just like the nose. Initially I get sweet orange juice followed by a tart grapefruit and then tangelo hop bitterness. Very nice. There’s also a hint of malt behind all of the hops.


 DeweyDell (155), Columbus, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
May 30, 2007  
12 oz stubby bottle. Smells more sweet than hoppy, with lots of citrus. The hops are present in the flavor though... not very strong, but the flavor is actually really good. Not what I would expect from an IPA, but this is very drinkable... a great any-day beer.



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