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Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale 3.3 574

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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 dmac (1487), Toms River, New Jersey, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Apr 7, 2008  
12 oz bottle from ucusty, thanks Dave. Pours an orangey amber with a small to average fluffy white head. Aroma doesn’t really have the hop prescence that I was looking for. Mostly a sweet malt thinkg going on here. Palate is on the watery side with average stingy carbonation. Flavor is very similar that has some initial sweetness but is a little on the weak side and finishes only with a tad bit of bitterness. Not really what makes this an "extra" pale ale, "extra" average beer seems more accurate.


tympanic (50), Alabama, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 7, 2008  
The king of Atlanta brews. I’ve enjoyed this beer while living in the Atlanta metro, with its sweet, lightly syrupy notes and muted aftertaste. "Not with a bang but a whimper" -T. S. Eliot


emarkd (24), Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 31, 2008  
Pours a nice orangy-yellow with a pale head. Citrusy and hoppy aroma with a nice clean pale ale taste. Just a touch of lingering bitterness. Overall, a very nice pale ale from a local brewery.


 naivepegasus (186), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/515/20
Mar 29, 2008  
Pours orange yellow with a little bit of white head. Slight citrus to the odor. It’s got the crisp taste of most pale ales, but with a nice citrus hop aftertaste. One of the better American Pales I’ve had.


 drfabulous (1254), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Mar 26, 2008  
At the brewery. Straight up pale ale. Crisp. Clean. Nicely done. While not exciting, not bad at all. Drinkable.


 johnadam2002 (529), Hainesport, New Jersey, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 21, 2008  
Poured yellow with a fluffy white head. Aroma of citrus. Pretty good hop presence in this one. Light and watery finish. Good session brew.


 puzzl (2635), New York, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 18, 2008  
Bottle from BeastieFan2k (aka Peter Parker aka Spiderman aka Webslinger aka That Russian Jew). Not that pale, if you ask me. Certainly not Extra Pale. More like a light auburn, or a dirty gold. Foam is fleeting, sitting only lightly upon the top of the beer, like spit in an ocean. Light does pass through, but minorly so. Through the bottom of the glass this appears as honey, yet leaves no legs with vigorous swirling. MaLtY oUt.


 fiver29 (726), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/510/20
Mar 13, 2008  
Bottle thanks to ucusty. Pours a golden color with a white head. Very little aroma and has a decent body. Not enough flavor for me though. Decent beer for the style.



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