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Santa Cruz Mountain IPA

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752.74/5.02.74/5.07.5%2.3Shaker, Tulip
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From the cliffs of Seabright beach, wind your way up the San Lorenzo River to where the sun filters down through the redwood branches of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Call up your sense of adventure and appreciation for the lusty flavors of organic hops and try our India Pale Ale.
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 ghawener (963), San Salvador, El Salvador
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
May 2, 2009  
Bottle: This try from this brewery. Sample was sent from San Diego to El Salvador where we tasted it with ramenen. This first a an IPA sample series; light and soft, some off flavors not expected in an IPA, lacks punch.


 Cletus (5057), Connecticut, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of citrus, wheat germ, earthy. Tastes astringently bitter and soapy with a thin watery mouthfeel.


 asedzie (456), San Francisco, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 24, 2009  
Bottle. Aroma is vegetable/herbal rough, raw hop aromas. Very strong oily hop flavors, along with some light citrus-like fruitiness, finish has lingering bitterness - again, very raw tasting, as if these hop cultivars are very hardy but not delicate varieties. I did enjoy this beer, a nice local homemade brew.


 chandler0201 (341), Durham, North Carolina, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/510/20
Mar 11, 2009  
Orange pour with minimal head. Smells of an IPA with bitter citrus flavors. Kind of metallic not a great aftertaste. Mediocre for an IPA.


 RedSox2004 (356), Pacific Palisades, California, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/58/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Hazy orange with a one-finger head, little retentionand nice lacing. Subtle hop aroma (for an IPA) with some woodiness and peaches. Bitter citrus up front on the tongue, with a bit of metallic sourness. Rather unpleasant sour aftertaste. This does not hit the mark in any way.


 marcus (1869), Sacramento, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/53/102/58/20
Feb 20, 2009  
This amber ale poured with a decent off-white head and a citrus aroma. Organic hops should taste basically the same as non-organic hops, so their inclusion is no excuse for this less than mediocre brew. There is quite a bit of flavor. Unfortunately, it’s not good flavor and it stays on the palate for a while.


 Taverner (853), San Ramon, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/52/102/58/20
Jan 14, 2009  
Perhaps its infected, but this actually came out tasing like Orval (seriously! But I do love Orval) Taste of Brett funkiness, and fresh bittering hops. I hate to give this a high rating - since this is a mistake on the brewers part. But I am enjoying the brewers mistake. Pours gold with white head. Smell, horseblanket. Almost no carbonation.


 hoppopotamus (185), Santa Cruz, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/512/20
Jan 7, 2009  
A slightly hazy orange/amber beer with a small off-white head that dissipates fast. The aroma is like if you added a little bit of fruity hop aroma to a boring american macro-brew. The flavor is oddly simiilar, a bit of hop bitterness on like, PBR. This is shitty beer, no matter how organic the hops are.



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