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Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale 3.3 576

Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale

Percentile
75
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5763.31/5.03.3/5.05.2%75.4Lager glass, Shaker
Commercial Description:
Our most popular beer. 420 Extra Pale Ale is a tasty West Coast Style Pale Ale with a good hop feel to it and a crisp finish. First brewed on April 20th, 1997 this beer has developed quite the following in the Southeast. Drink em if you got em

Medals: 2002 Silver Medal - Great American Beer Festival; 1997-2003 Creative Loafing - Readers and Critic’s Choice - Best Local Beer; Silver Medal winner at the 1998 World Beer Cup; Voted top ten beers in Atlanta by the Atlanta Journal Constitution

Malts: 2 Row, Munich, Carastan 30-37

Hops: Centenial, Cascade
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 dkachur (2411), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20
Mar 19, 2009  
12 ounce bottle. Pours a light copper color with a medium head. Aroma is leafy citrus hops with a nutty grainy note. Taste is citrus hops, apple, honey and a bitter finish. Medium bodied,


 biznizness (952), Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Mar 17, 2009  
We were in ATL this past weekend for the Elton/Billy show. Since they gave us drink tickets (yessss) with our hotel room, we tried out the hotel bar and I had some of these on tap. Tasty. I could drink this stuff all night. Wait, I did. It was also on tap at the arena, and then still on tap when we got back to the hotel and drink it some more. Tasty.


 dwaggs2 (560), Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Mar 4, 2009  
Wow. This was a really good beer. Well balanced. Thought it would have more hop flavor and bitters to it. It was perfectly balanced. Poured an orange color with a two finger white head. Aroma was citrus and some floral hops, but they were weaker. Flavor explodes on the tongue. Which I lived in the Southeast so I could get this beer on a regular basis.


 garmonbozia (231), Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/516/20
Mar 3, 2009  
Bottle: sweet grassy smell with no head. nice orange color. mouthfeel was sorta thin with a nice malt charcter


 carboloader (321), Houston, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Pours bright orange with medium sized white head. Dissipates quickly. Nicely hopped and dry -- a decent example, for the style.


 awaisanen (1279), Irvine, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 20, 2009  
On draft. Mostly transparent, honey gold colored pour with a two finger layer of well sustaining, fizzy white head. Big, fresh c-hop aroma bursting with a light orange citrus on top of a mild honey malt tone. Clean. Light bodied, crisply carbonated mouthfeel with a moderately dry finish. Flavors of light caramel and honey sweetness up front on the palate, followed by a fresh barrage of orange citrus and grassy hop flavors. A mild, but pleasing hop bitterness lingers in the finish. Enjoyable beer overall; very clean, drinkable, and well executed. A little bit more hop bitterness would be a welcome addition, especially at the front of the palate to cut the initial perceived sweetness and help the hop flavors toward the finish to "pop" a bit more.


 Lowe1983 (1029), Fairborn, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/515/20
Feb 16, 2009  
Bottle thanks to osu97gp. Pours an amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet with caramel malts and a hint of citrus hops. Flavor is light at first put finishes with a decent bitterness from the citrus hops. Slight lingering flavor as well.


 nathan30533 (158), Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Pours a wonderful lite copper color with a white head. Smell the hops, taste the bitter hops. Good american pale ale with that sweetwater taste.



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