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Santa Cruz Mountain IPA 2.74 75

Santa Cruz Mountain IPA

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752.74/5.02.74/5.07.5%2.3Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
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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homeslice (36), , California, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 28, 2008  
Light orange appearance. Sour taste wit no citrus. Light bite just enough to recongnize it’s pale, nothing close to an IPA. Not recommended as a shot to determine full flavor but still expected more during taste test. Did not enjoy.


 yobdoog (1476), Woodridge NY, New York, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 12, 2008  
The flavor masked the alcohol in this for me. Nice flavor of hops and balanced malt. Overall not too balanced. Sticky hop and earthy flavor.


 doubleo (1121), San Diego, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head, some lace. Smells slight citrusy, sweet hoppy, slightly nutty as well. Tastes very nutty hoppy with some slight citrus sweetness. Not that good. Medium body, slightly subdued carbonation.


 Snojerk321 (2002), San Diego, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/511/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Bottled. pours a murky copper color with an off-white head. Pine, roses and cereal aromas. Flavor tastes like burnt grain.


 illidurit (891), Santa Cruz, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/104/512/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Fresh from a newly filled keg at the brewery. Pours a murky orange-goldenrod with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is earthy and, well, very ’organic.’ Flavor misses the style mark, with more bay laurel and chalk notes than citrus/pine. Again, very earthy and lemongrassy. Not a lot of bitterness. Mouthfeel and drinkability are fine.


 brianprentiss (475), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Jul 12, 2008  
quite a disappointing beer. it’s very sour with a lingering bitter aftertaste. drank 12 oz and chuncked the other 10.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/513/20
Jun 22, 2008  
22oz bottle. Lightly cloudy golden wheat colored body with a white head. Nose of dry pine scented hops, some pine wood and some peanuts - but overall light and hoppy, with just a lttle dried fruit. Flavor: nutty, sour grains, putrid old hop leaves mixed with nuts and butter, astonishingly horrid sour, moldy peanut flavor... malt presence is minimal as it should be in IPA, but the sort of chemical nut flavors are hard to ignore.


 stefanje (947), (Santee) San Diego, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
May 29, 2008  
650 ml bottle from I can’t remember where. Pours a hazy orange-gold color with a small white head. The aroma is moderate in strength with banana esters and a bit of grapefruit. The flavor is ripe with more grapefruit, some sweet oranges and banana--all set in a mildly biter hoppy backdrop. The mouthfeel is a bit on the thin side. The finish is sour with lingering limes. Overall: Another organic letdown--this whole beer is out of balance and awkward. Not recommended.



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