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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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 hopdog (5630), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 12, 2007  
22oz bottle acquired in trade with Larry_Pitonka (thanks!). Poured a medium and cloudy golden / amber color with an averaged sized white head. Aromas of pine, somewhat earthy, and a trace of citrus. Tastes of pine and citrus. Also has a sweeter side to it (almost like a sweet juicy orange).


 rmussman (906), California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 5, 2007  
A very nice beer. Pours nice. The beer is live so the yeast still is growing. I had mine about a month and had a lot of sedement, which i like. The beer is golden and with a nice head. Very hoppy. A great IPA.


 HopDevil1979 (117), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Jan 14, 2007  
Pours very hazy and unfiltered with medium head size. Color is yellow, very light amber. Tastes like grapefruit hops and its a little too bubbly on the palate. Pine finish confirmed.


 beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/58/20
Jan 11, 2007  
From the 22oz bottle. A cloudy dull gold body with a very small white head, with this beer’s flatness I had to pour very hard to get any head on it. An almost belgian yeast like nose shows that this beer might be a bit off, and the taste in the finish proves it to me. Slightly sour and funky in the finish shows that this might have slight infection, slight taste of mildew and mineral flavor. The hops are sharp and citrus sweet, tangerine flavors and slight pine in the finish. Light caramel flavors in the malt, almost feels heavy on the palate for a second then the body lightens up from the hops.


 bitbucket (2036), Kirkland, Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/514/20
Dec 18, 2006  
Bomber. Pours a foggy apricot with tan particles suspended in the haze, and surmounted by a white ring of foam. Citrus nose. Light body, somewhat watery. A bit of toffee and fruit in the taste. Pine-bitter finish. A good IPA, but there area better choices out there. And what’s with the particles?


 SpringsLicker (2043), Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 6, 2006  
Thanks to droopy49 for sending this one! The pour produces a clear gold body that supports a huge, creamy off-white head. Fruity aroma with light, flowery hops. Moderately bitter, with just enough underlying malt to support this one nicely. Some spicyness suggestive of cinnamon toast. It looks like my rating is going against teh grain here. Maybe my bottle went good?


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 25, 2006  
Citrus aroma with something off in the nose. Cloudy orange, creamy, with a decent off-white head and some lace. The palate struggles after being treated to a Stone 10th Anniversary. This is the second organic IPA I’ve had that had a strange aftertaste. Not sure I like this. Plenty of hops. The palate adjusts to it after awhile, Sweet with plenty of flavor, just questionable in its quality.


 AleDrinker (1090), Sunnyvale, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Oct 29, 2006  
Pours golden with very thin head. Aroma is hoppy of pine. Lots of bitterness in this puppy. Flavor is sweet with some malt backbone. Decent.



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