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Sprecher India Pale Ale 3.2 191

Sprecher India Pale Ale

Percentile
66
overall

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
1913.21/5.03.2/5.0Summer8.6%7.7Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
This traditional ale was originally brewed in England for the British troops stationed in India. Double dry-hopped,it has intense hop flavors and aromas delicately balanced with a potent, yet delicious, malty sweetness.

Randy's Notes: "Our IPA is of the imperial or double style, therefore much stronger than the normal IPA's now found everywhere. It has a very balanced but different flavor than most US micro types focusing on more on malt and hop balance where CA IPA's emphasize massive hop aroma and bitterness."

Editor's Note: also known as IPA2 Double IPA.

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 screigh (262), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/512/20
Sep 15, 2009  
For an IPA there isn’t much aroma. Color is a nice hazy copper. Almost no head at all. Taste is slightly better than the smell. Malty, grassy and slight citrus taste. No real hop flavor or bitterness. Very dry finish.


 blutt59 (2147), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 12, 2009  
bottle, thanks to bu11zeye, clear golden with a slight foam, bitter faint aroma, flavors are buttery caramel, some citrus, grainy bitter finish


 bu11zeye (5608), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Sep 9, 2009  
( 16oz bottle ) Pours a hazy golden amber body with a small off-white head. Aroma of pineapple, orange pulp, caramel, light chocolate, resin, and toffee. Flavor of caramel malt and hops (herbal, grass, citrus) with moderate bitterness in the finish.


 waolsen (1223), Littleton, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/514/20
Sep 8, 2009  
bottle at Milaukee airport. copper pour with thin head. lacing. sweet mild aroma. oily texture. sweet and bitter. does the job for the airport.


 Swalden28 (1512), McKinney, Texas, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/58/20
Sep 7, 2009    Updated: Sep 12, 2009
Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours a orange/Amber with off-white head. Aroma is a little dull, some pepper, a little lemon and a little malt....Flavor was not very good, kinda yuk, some malt and nasty hop flavor and nasty bitter. Mouth feel is light body, medium-high carbonation. Overall, not all that good.


 paulmetzger (152), Pocatello, Idaho, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/103/514/20
Sep 7, 2009  
IPA^2 - Double India Pale Ale Cashed in my Apollo beer card for this as a birthday gift to myself. Gorgeous deep blue 1 liter swing top bottle. Pours mahogany brown, very light carbonation, not much head. Sweeter aroma, toffee, skunkier hops. Complex taste, somewhat maple at first very roasty at the end. More flowery than bitter hop flavor, with some hints of yeast flavors.


 ericandersnavy (1131), crossroads, Texas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/103/510/20
Sep 7, 2009    Updated: Sep 8, 2009
bottle thanks to bu11zeye. poured amber with a white head. aroma of citrus and honey. flavor of grains, pine, and caramel with a rather light body.


 Cavie (1448), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 5, 2009    Updated: Sep 12, 2009
Bottle courtesy of bu11zeye. Golden appearance, only slightly hazy. Weighty hops on the nose. Lightly sweetened but big presence. Big hops upfront as well as on the finish. Sweet medium body. Tasty but for a double could use more of a bite.



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