Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

damndirtyape

Ohio

4.08/5  rDev -2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

12oz bottle poured into a milkshake pilsner glass. Batch/date stamp is 128722356 - whatever that may mean.

Appearance: Coppery-orange translucent/slight haze beer with a persistent 1/16" off-white head. Very persistent lacing in big sheets, and strands. Nice looking beer.

Smell: Grapefruit citrus, pine, orange, and a nice malt backbone. Quite appealing.

Taste: As expected, a very hoppy beer. Bitter at the start and the finish, with pine notes, a good malt in the middle to counter the hoppiness a bit, and then a strong grapefruit citrus flavor throughout.

Mouthfeel: Good carbonation, but nicely thick and creamy underneath the carbonation. Some hop oil sticking to the teeth.

Overall / Drinkability: Nice looking beer with an outstanding mouthfeel. Very hoppy and pleasurable to drink, but one is enough per evening. The grapefruit citrus does get a bit tiring after awhile, but that's the point of this beer, isn't it? The hops are the showcase of this IPA, and in that regard, they do show off nicely.

Serving type: bottle

01-22-2012 23:46:12 | More by damndirtyape

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