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Widmer Brothers Broken Halo IPA

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75
overall

bottled
common

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2363.31/5.03.3/5.06%46.6Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Broken Halo IPA is a beer produced in the spirit of traditional IPA products shipped from the UK to India in the late 1800s. The almost excessive amounts of Cascade and Columbus hops used in Broken Halo give it notable citrus and grapefruit aromas and flavors. The beer bitterness measures high but tastes smooth due to the full-bodied, Caramel malt sweetness. The finish is juicy, clean, and short lived. A devilishly bold, heavenly smooth India Pale Ale. malts: PALE, CARAMEL 10L & 20L,carapils hops: ALCHEMY, CASCADE, zeus
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 mjg74 (1995), La Mesa, California, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Dec 19, 2007  
Bottle from BevMo. Medium amber/golden colored upon pouring. Some sweet citric hoppy qualities in the nose. Decent hoppiness. Some bready qualities. Drinkable IPA with decent bitterness.


 Swalden28 (1449), McKinney, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/512/20
Dec 16, 2007  
Im not a big fan of IPA’s, but I like the Widmer’s beers ok. Obvious use of hops and good head retention....This one seemed like a nicely balanced IPA for the masses and you can tell some quality ingredients were used.


 can8ianben (903), Pasadena, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 8, 2007  
Nice and hoppy, but not much else. There is little detectable malt and the aroma doesn’t impart citrus as much I I hoped it would. It’s a decent beverage, but not one I’d want to seek out to have again.


 RSRIZZO (1362), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 1, 2007  
Had this beer on 6/30/2006. Aroma is a sweet hoppy scent. Color is a deep golden with light carbonation and a thin head. Taste is mildly hoppy. Starting with a light/medium body that goes down easy with the air of hops coming on. Finish comes on with light maltyness that is backed by a full bitterness and a citrus like fresh hop flavor. Its a nice hoppy IPA with good fresh hop flavor.


darbish (81), Portland, Oregon, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 15, 2007  
I really like this one, it’s a solid IPA in my opinion. Nice and bitter, but not so much to keep you from enjoying it. The description lists a citrus flavor, and while this is definitely true, the flavor is subtle and gives the beer a refreshing taste. Recommended for sure.


 FROTHINGSLOSH (1984), GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2007  
Thanks to Pigboy for brining me this one from a trip out of state. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a hazy bright golden-amber color with a small white head. The aroma was very nice with sweet with strong grapefruit and pine elements. The flavor was sweet, fruity and lightly peppery with notes of grapefruit, pine and floral hops. Quite nice.


SamAdams777 (37), Abilene or Stephenville, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 2, 2007  
This is a really good India pale ale. Its definetly a grapefruit flavored beer. The flavor is bold and big. Not as bitter as some ipa’s, so if thats your thing, you might want to look here. Its internation bitterness unit scale(IBUscale) is up there in the 40s no doubt.


 jmcguire1969 (149), Lafayette, Colorado, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/514/20
Oct 13, 2007  
This tastes like a Bridgeport clone...nothing special but drinkable. These English IPA’s sure are salty.



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