Piggyback Peach Session IPA
Uinta Brewing Company

Piggyback Peach Session IPAPiggyback Peach Session IPA
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From:
Uinta Brewing Company
 
Utah, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
4%
Score:
85
Avg:
3.72 | pDev: 11.02%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
21
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jan 29, 2019
Added:
Jul 05, 2016
Wants:
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Gots:
  5
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Reviewed by VoodooBear from Puerto Rico

4.1/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Presentation: 12 oz. can with a "best by" date printed on the bottom. Served in a pint glass.

Appearance: The two finger head stays around for a very long time and leaves a lot of lacing. It's a slightly hazy, dull gold color.

Smell: The aroma is very pleasant with some citrus fruit aromas from the hops at the beginning and a strong peach note at the end.

Taste: It's mostly fruit with the peach flavor front and center which is great. There's also some lemon, orange and orange notes with some fresh hop bitterness in the finish

Mouthfeel: It's light and refreshing with medium-high carbonation.

Overall: It's essentially a simple beer but the aroma and flavors are very pleasant. It should be no surprise, since it's in the name, but it's a very good session beer as well.
Jan 29, 2019
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Reviewed by woodychandler from Pennsylvania

4.02/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Just as I thought that I was nearly out of the woods on the first half of Uinta Abita New Beer This Sunday, Bro./GEN Woody (Week 721)?, this little Piggy came Back from the market! Oink!

From the CAN: "Beer Brewed with Renewable power - wind & solar"; "Pack it in - Pack it out"; "Stalk us?"; "Carried by Uinta Brewing Co Salt Lake City Utah USA"; "Goes well with Anywhere."; "Forget the map, pack the Uinta".

I always feel the need for full disclosure, so I will be upfront & say that I generally do not like Session AIPAs. I dislike that they are based on/around aroma hops & so the taste does not match the nose.

I beCAN by Crack!ing open the vent & in a ChANge of pace today, I gave it an inverted Glug. The head quickly rushed up to form just under two fingers of dense, foamy, rocky, light-tan head with moderate retention. Color was an oh-so-slightly-hazy Golden-Amber (SRM = > 5, < 7), but I CAN guarantee that it was NOT a chill haze! Piggy, what were you doing before I got to you? Oh, my. Nose had a pleasant softness, very evocative of peaches, but underlain with grapefruit & pine. Mmm. Mouthfeel was thin-to-medium, not quite watery, but if that is the worst thing that I write about this beer, then it is home free, Humphrey! I really liked the way that they allowed/managed the peach flavor to dominate while still having the grapefruit & pine to have a say. The label said it all - the piggy was carrying the peach first with the hop cone behind it. This was a really tasty interpretation of an often disappointing sub-style (Session AIPAs). I think that if I liked it this much on a chilly, damp, rainy day on the approach to Winter, then I would really dig it on a hot, humid Summer's day. Finish was semi-dry, but still very refreshing throughout. YMMV.
Dec 16, 2018
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pours an effervescent bronze with a thumb of pearl colored head. Great lacing & good head retention

S: Faint breadyness, alittle peach once warm

T: Breadyness, grassyness, a hint of pomelo & peach up front. More grassyness, some dryness & peach as this warms. Finishes dry, grassy & with a little tangerine & peach

MF: Medium body, firm carbonation, pretty good balance

Drinks easy enough, a solid session IPA
Aug 21, 2018
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Reviewed by Samlover55 from New York

3.71/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12oz can into Nonic Pint
BB 10/7/18
Pours an ever so slightly hazy gold with 2 finger thick cream colored head, with great retention that stays until the bottom of the glass
First sniff is pine, but after that it's peach all the way through
Lightly toasted malt, followed by peach, that leads into a nice piney finish
Feel is light but not watery, a bit of creaminess as well
Overall this is a pleasant surprise, while obviously very peachy Uinta managed to make this a balanced brew, with the pine standing out in a nice way
Aug 06, 2018
 
Rated: 3.9 by Tigerbrau from Louisiana

Jul 25, 2018
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Reviewed by dertyd from California

3.99/5  rDev +7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The beer pours out a slightly hazy dark golden orange color, with 1 finger of white head------------- the aromas are of peach candy, grapefruit and coconut------------- the flavors are of peach, grapefruit and lime with lesser pineapple, coconut and pine, the beer has a thin mouthfeel with a light bitterness on the finish---------------- overall this beer was exceptional, it had everything I want in a session ipa, it was super dry with lots of hoppy flavors and the peach came through very well
Jul 11, 2018
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Reviewed by VeganUndead from Virginia

3.42/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Honestly not as bad as I expected, however the peach is more dominant than i would prefer. Decent alternative to mango even keel if youre looking for one
Apr 25, 2018
 
Rated: 4.2 by bushwack from Alabama

Apr 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.24 by IDABEERGUY from Idaho

Mar 25, 2018
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.16/5  rDev -15.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Taster at PreFunk. Pale, hazy golden, small skin of head. Fruity aroma, peach skins. Taste too is mostly fruity, some bitterness, combo of peel and hops. Interesting, but not my style.
Mar 13, 2018
 
Rated: 3.67 by UtahBeerPleb from Utah

Jan 11, 2018
 
Rated: 3.5 by BarrelAgedG from California

Apr 30, 2017
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Reviewed by Copper_VanDraft from Georgia

3.43/5  rDev -7.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools, a corpus acceptus, a can of beer. Uinta unlike the moth or chipmunk, held in reference to the brewery, no jorum of skee, no shunning of youthful passions shall transgress. One could describe the rheological mouthfeel of Uinta Piggy Back Peach IPA as scintillatingly phosphorescent, with a body - dare I say - impregnated...almost plethoric. A snippet pastoral on the nose, yield ones hypotheses and wield ones olfactory acuity for this beer is worthy of empirical forbearance. Peach, I feel it, I smell, I accept it. Sterling notes of peach, recants nostalgia but remains recherche by proxy. The initial bouquet trots sprightly across the palate, preliminary to the trail unfolding before you and the susceptibility to a mellow yet harmonious cornucopia. A cacophony of satisfaction is unveiled in the aftertaste. The ardor of splendor rids all rancor.
Apr 19, 2017
 
Rated: 2.6 by hawkssb04 from Utah

Apr 08, 2017
 
Rated: 3.85 by MTKATL from Georgia

Mar 11, 2017
 
Rated: 4.52 by Jsteez from Utah

Feb 12, 2017
 
Rated: 3.56 by Dr_Fox from Utah

Dec 10, 2016
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Rated by rlee1390 from Indiana

3.8/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Decent peach. Session IPA is meh.
Nov 27, 2016
 
Rated: 3.55 by benloho from Utah

Nov 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.25 by DerwinWentworth from Utah

Oct 23, 2016
Piggyback Peach Session IPA from Uinta Brewing Company
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 21 ratings