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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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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
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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BCMike22 (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
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
6/102/57/103/515/20
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.


LLee (20), Brandon, Mississippi, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/102/58/20
Aug 25, 2006  
Had this beer on tap at the Boar’s Head Tavern in Savannah, Ga. After the first swallow I had to force myself to drink it just so I could justify the 5 or 6 bucks I spent, hoping that it might get better. Not everyone can be satisfied...


 ¾ (5009), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 24, 2006  
Bottle, purchased either in Nashville or in Bellevue, KY (Cincy). Clear copper and gold colored body. Crisp and bitter pine sap hops up front, piney, syrupy and oily like a proper APA... classic pale ale fresh hop cone grassy flavor, really nice actually. Lightly sweet, crisp with a bit of a plastic malt flavor behind. Decent, certainly drinkable, something I would buy in 6 or 12 packs for sure, but we’re not talking about any best-of lists.


Casteel420 (59), Bristol, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 23, 2006  
A damn fine southern-brewed beer from Atlanta. A pale shade of amber upon pour with piney overtones in the aroma. Tastes excellent going down with a little bit of a bitter aftertaste. A little lighter than most pale ales


vince98 (2), Florida, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sweetwater 420 Extra Pale Ale does not count
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Aug 18, 2006  
what can be said other than talk to Tinsley, this is a solid effort that was well appreciated at the AD05 part 2 event, surprisingly stood up to repeated usage. thank you macon, ga


 thedm (3836), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/511/20
Aug 7, 2006  
This bottled brew from a bottle shop marked best before the 2nd week of month 7 (what? No year??? thats lame) poured a small sized head of fine to large sized white colored bubbles that was long lasting and left behind a transparent typically carbonated light orange brown colored body and a good lacing. The mild aroma was hoppy malty and dough. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The crisp flavor contained notes of malt hops. It was not overly done, but had a nice balance of hops and malt on a malty base. A decent one that I would consider buying again.


 BeerRules (237), Houston, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 29, 2006  
Light orange color with a slightly off white head. Aroma is grainy, pine/citrus, and sweet, nice. Taste was a bit astringent, lemony, lightly toasted, and rather dry. Medium bodied mouthfeel, and my sample had rather low carbonation. Overall, a very decent pale ale.



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