Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale 3.3 577

Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale

	Percentile
	75
	overall

Brewed by Sweetwater Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Atlanta, Georgia USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Regional Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
577	3.31/5.0	3.3/5.0	5.2%	75.3	Lager 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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joekfsu (138), Boardman, Ohio, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Nov 29, 2007

12 oz bottle. Pours a copper/gold with a 1 cm off white head that is slowly diminishing. Aroma is citrus mostly, but hints of hops and pine are present. Citrus initial taste with some maltness, aftertaste is hoppy. Light to medium body, almost no carbonation. Light and drinkable, standard beer when I’m in the south, but it doesn’t beat out the high end hoppy beers.

pantani (1902), Salinas, California, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Nov 24, 2007

Aroma is lightly hoppy, light apricot, citrus. Taste is much like the aroma, lightly hoppy, with a fruity element to it, and nice lightly malted background.

dolemite77 (184), Maryville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	4/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Nov 23, 2007

One of my favorite "basic" beers. Easy to drink. Light yellow in color and similar taste (if that makes any sense). But unlike a lot of weak colored beers, this has a hop kick to it. Some banana esthers are also present. The malt isn’t hidden by the hops.

ChetLemmons (87), orlando, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	2/5	16/20

Nov 6, 2007

light gold, slight white head. floral and malty in aroma. not very smooth. hoppy flavor, malty aftertaste.

jcwattsrugger (5582), Florida and, New Jersey, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Nov 1, 2007

on tap-pours a retaining thin off white head and gold color. Aroma is pine/spice hops, then medium malt-caramel. Taste is pine/spice/citrus-lemon hops, then medium malt-caramel. Finishes somewhat dry. OK carbonation.

bierkoning (6110), La Tropica, Netherlands

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Nov 1, 2007

Bottle. Orange blonde color. Delicious aroma of grapefruit and red berries. Also grapefruit and red berries in the light but oily hoppy flavor. Fairly short aftertaste. Thinnish, but tasty.

alexsdad06 (1136), Ohio, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	13/20

Oct 29, 2007

Draught. Pours a mostly clear copper color with a thin white head. The aroma was citrus and light pine hops. Flavor was citrus and light pine hops with a medium sweet malt base. Dry finish. This is a solid yet unspectacular APA.

fro2218 (466), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Oct 26, 2007

Always a good brew to have aroun home. Nice light copper color and fresh hoppy aroma. The maltiness is just in balance with the hops.

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