Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale 3.3 574

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
574	3.31/5.0	3.3/5.0	5.2%	75.5	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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beerwinepimp (1), beckley, West Virginia, USA
does not count

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	17/20

Oct 1, 2006

loved this beer had it this summer went to Alanta to see a show ............. omg thought we need this beer in West Virginia

kenb (1100), Oregon, USA

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	5/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	9/20

Sep 30, 2006

12 oz bottle from Decaturstevo (thanks!). Pours a semi-clear golden/orange with a small head. Not much arooma except a bit of caramel and grassiness. Flavor is pretty mellow and a bit bland. Not much to say here...less than average. Thin and watery. Maybe i need to try a fresher bottle?

JonnyC22 (164), Huntsville, Alabama, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	5/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Sep 22, 2006

Sweetwater, while gaining commercial appeal (not the Memphis paper) still manages to crank out some of the better brews in the South. The 420 is excellent...it has a very unique flavor that is fairly hoppy. Cool, light brown, good laces. Excellent on tap.

StevenSimpson (10), Starkville, Mississippi, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	7/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	7/20

Sep 19, 2006

You know. I am not sure how my opinion on this one should be taken. I had just finished a Terrapin Rye Pale Ale and this one was nowhere close to the beer that the Terrapin was. So I may actually be rating it low due to the circumstances.

zhandolf (5), USA
does not count

2.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.4	7/10	4/5	5/10	3/5	5/20

Sep 16, 2006

Bottle nice white head diminished quickly. taste was of pine and orange ,nice hoppy flavor very smooth indede. A pleasent reward after a hard days work

hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	13/20

Sep 5, 2006

Bottle. Small white smooth and somewhat of a fizzy head that mostly diminished, poor lacing, carbonation, transparent, and a gold hue. Nose was malty, piney hoppy. Piney, hoppy flavor but not overly done.

BCMike22 (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	18/20

Sep 1, 2006

Very tasy brew! Make sure to check the drink by date because this local treasure is not pasteurized and therefore has a unique taste that is sacrificed with a short shelf-life. Pick one up if you’re in the area, you won’t be dissappointed!

Haack (101), Hornslet, Denmark

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	2/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Aug 28, 2006

This is a really good beer. I drank it after a 7 hours drive. Just what I needed. I tasted kind of fruity with a nice bitter taste of hops. There wasn´t really any head on the beer.

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