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Widmer Brothers Broken Halo IPA 3.3 240

Widmer Brothers Broken Halo IPA

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2403.31/5.03.3/5.06%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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 Beardface (1036), Eugene, Oregon, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Dec 28, 2008  
Probably the best beer I have ever had from Widmer outside of their Snow Plow seasonal. Still pretty weak for the style though, not nearly hoppy or flavorful enough.


 jah noth (1023), Rochester, New York, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 20, 2006  
Hazy gold in color with a smallwhite head. Cascade aroma - lemon and cat pee. Fairly juicy hoppiness surronded by caramel malts. Not stellar, but quaffable.


 erway (1002), Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/105/514/20
Jul 18, 2006  
Pours a light cloudy orange with a whipped lasting head. Aroma is heavily cascadey, pine, citrus, and spice with almost no hint of malt. The body is med.-light. Flavors are balanced, lots of good chewy hop juiciness and a nice soft biscuity maltiness. The finish is dry and appropriately bitter. In no way a standout example, but a fine IPA nonetheless.


 kidmartinek (1001), austin, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 12, 2008  
Pale golden brown. A good amount of foam. Medium/weak hop aroma. Good strong hop flavor that is refreshingly light. A little funky dirty, sweet aftertaste. Overall a tasty brew.


 pinkzambia (989), Boise, Idaho, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Jun 5, 2006  
Bottle: Clear gold like apple juice with no head. Hoppy aromas of juniper and grass clippings. It has a nice bitter taste with a little sweetness. The feel is fairly thick and syruppy - full body. Not bad.


 Soonah (980), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Poured a relatively pale copper color with a solid, two-finger tall white head that produced good lacing. The aroma was mostly pine hops. Some softer floral and citrus notes were present but were washed over by the pine. The flavor was dry pine hops and only a touch of sweeter caramel malts. Very little citrus in the flavor. Thin and dry. Not bad, just pretty one-dimensional.


 FoolishMortal (966), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/517/20
Mar 4, 2008  
12oz bottle. Medium orange color with a thin film of white head. Juicy candied citrus and pine hop aromatics. Citric metallic, tropical fruit, and lemongrass hop flavors up front. Unobstrusive caramel malt base balances a bracing herbal bitterness. Lingering vegetal hop components, some bitterness in the finish. Mouthfeel is a light medium, somewhat dry.


 LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 12, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours clear amber in color with foamy white head. Aroma citrus hops and grapefruit. Taste hops and grapefruit with grapefruit bitter finish.



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