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Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale

Percentile
75
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5743.31/5.03.3/5.05.2%75.5Lager 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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 GJF (501), Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/102/513/20
Oct 12, 2009  
Very drinkable but a bit boring for an APA. Medium body, bit of grapefruit hop in the finish. Yea, yea, it’s OK.


 Jukkabro (3023), Tampere, Finland
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/102/510/20
Oct 7, 2009  
(BBE 10/08) Orange colored with cloudy appearance. Little yellow head. Sweet and tangy aroma with honey and riped fruit lemony notes, some cardboard also present. Flavor is even more cardboardy with lemony and honeyish notes, definitely something to do with one year after BBE.


 Rciesla (3670), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/513/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Very classy ipa name. Pours an amber body with an off white head. Citrus, pine, caramel with a thin body. Some floral fruit notes not as bud like and resinous as the name would suggest. Still a decent session ale.


Pyner (4), Buffalo, New York, USA
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/516/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Got this beer in a bottle. gold, lighter color. Defintely a lighter beer, smooth beer that goes down easy. Not overly strong hops (expected more) but definetly enjoyable.


 jbye4334 (710), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/513/20
Oct 2, 2009  
(draft). Clear gold color. Small white head. Grassy hop aroma. Light grassy flavor. Avg duration. Smooth finish. Thin/slick texture. Soft carbonation. Spare lacing.


 BeerFanDan17 (621), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/58/104/514/20
Sep 27, 2009  
A nice smooth pale ale. Pitcher at poor paul’s in tallahassee. A full frothy head. Flavors were hops, sweet malt, and lightly floral.


baileyj327 (2), travelers rest, USA
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3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/510/20
Sep 20, 2009  
420 Extra Pale Ale is copper colored with little to no head. Taste is some what smooth, but the finish needs work. Aromma is citrus, and has a strong citrus taste!


 italianjohn (361), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Clear copper color light creamy white head hoppy aroma light citrus and lacing nice citrus flavor not too heavy pretty much hop from start to finish and refreshing ... good stuff



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