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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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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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 mcbackus (751), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/510/20
May 27, 2008  
bottle: pours super clear and clean honey colour lots of carbontion witha thick pithy white head.aroma is very faint almost non exsistant.very small wafts of caramel malt and light earthy hop with lemon. flavour is a light sugar malt and small amount of hops. not alot to it but it is very easy to drink withit lack of flavour.


 kevd193213 (506), Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/513/20
May 26, 2008  
Draught. Light orange pour with an off white head. Aroma of hops and sugar. Nice smooth taste with a solid hoppy finish.


 jaymobrown (1360), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 22, 2008  
Light golden color with different copper hinge. Minimal head. Hoppy with bits of sugar. Bits of lemon and citrus flavor. Not overly amazing. Pretty solid though. I had two of them on tap.


 phishpond417 (1953), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/513/20
May 13, 2008  
Awesome tasting brew. Exactly what I was hoping it would be. Medium bodied, amber/light brown colour with a soft sweet head. Well integrated hop flavor, smooth touch of floral and piney aromas. Citrusy at times with a long lingering hop finish.


 nick76 (2675), Tampa, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/510/20
May 13, 2008  
This one smells less like 420 than the road trip. It does have lots of grassy hops along with lightly toasted malt and caramel. The appearance is almost amber gold with an average head. The flavor is like the aroma and quite drinkable. The palate is average. Overall it’s fine without being great.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
May 12, 2008    Updated: Dec 31, 2008
Bottle courtesy of robbmotiwalla. Thanks!
Pours a clear orangish amber with a light whitish head. Smell is more whole grain unmalted barley than anything, along with some mild hops. Interesting. Taste is unusual again with raw barley flavor and somewhat faint hop flavor and mild bitterness. Slightly fruity flavor, but very raw grain like. Not bad, just very unusual and unexpected. Somewhat full mouthfeel and slightly rich. Interesting beer. Rerate of it fresh on tap was quite better. Very solid and sessionable. Fresh, fruity bitter hops. Nice pale.


 EithCubes (2162), Indiana, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
May 9, 2008  
Bottle from jrob_21 - thanks, Jonathan! Floral, slightly pungent aroma that’s loaded up on the lemon and orange C-hops and is neatly grounded in a whiff of bread. Pale orange body with a short, tightly-knit beige head. Light body is sharply crisp and refreshing, taste lightly bitter and hoppy. Some really nice Centennial shining though. Floral, slightly citric (grapefruit) notes and a slightly soapy, washy quality toward the back. End isn’t as dry as I’d like, but there’s a nice maltiness here, if you look for it. Nice, calm summer APA.


RH (2), Quebec, Canada
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 6, 2008  
Draught. An ideal Pale Ale tasty, fresh, flavourfull and stil refreshing and drinkable. After few unbalanced IPAs and other of hopped and malted beer, this one saved the evening. The only one I took twice. I was really surprised to see the waiter sorry because he made a little head of foam (!?!) Is a beer usually served without any head in Georgia ? Une Pale Ale idéal, savoureuse et toujours rafraichissante. Après quelques IPAs et autres bières du genre, la 420 Extra Pale Ale a sauvé la soirée. La seule que dont j’ai bu deux pintes. Le waiter était désolé d’avoir fait une petite mousse de 5mm (!?!)



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