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Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale 3.3 577

Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale

Percentile
75
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
5773.31/5.03.3/5.05.2%75.3Lager 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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 KieferUGA (461), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 26, 2007  
Draft. Pours a darker golden amber with a medium, fluffy white head. Citrus hops dominate this brew. Body of a bready malt leads to a smooth finish. Great session beer to beat the heat.


 altonbrownd (1966), Amsterdam, Netherlands
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Aug 25, 2007  
Bottle from Cracked Kettle. Malty and toasty nose. Strong. Nice texture to it. Fruit flavour of citrus and dark berries, also caramel. Smooth finish with some carbonation. Nice one.


 Palidor19 (1798), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/512/20
Aug 11, 2007  
This beer has some potential. While the palate is thin, it still have some malty character that gives a bit of oomph. overall this is a decent beer.


hopslayer (9), Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 10, 2007  
Nice use of the hops, fairly great balance with the malt, excellent session beer


 BDR (2170), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Aug 10, 2007  
thanks badgerben for sharing. Malty nose with cerail grain. Yellow gold body with off-white head. More cereal grains and sweet malts in the body.


gski (2), Florida, USA
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3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/104/515/20
Aug 9, 2007  
a good pale ale with a wonderful aroma and a bitter aftertaste. A great beer for the summer.


 badgerben (3610), Blaine, Minnesota, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Aug 9, 2007  
Thank you to Brentfeesh for the trade! Gold color with no head. Very earthy hop aroma, definitely more like the aroma from an English Pale Ale than American. The hop bitterness in the taste is almost completely subdued by the sweet malt, making it close to an Amber in my opinion.


 JK (2967), Richfield, Minnesota, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/514/20
Aug 7, 2007  
Gold in color. Moderate carbonation. Hop aroma. Biscuity, bready malt body with some hops in the flavor. Very smooth and drinkable. Well balanced, if the flavors are understated.



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