Schlafly Export India Pale Ale - Saint Louis Brewery / Schlafly Tap Room

Lupe

New York

4.38/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 5

Pours a deep golden color with a fluffy white 2 fingered head. Good retention and lots of sticky lacing down the glass.

Fresh hoppy aroma of cut grass and light citrus give off fragrant bitterness. Solid biscuity malt lies in the background.

Citrus leads in the flavor profile, but not as biting or acidic as a typical American IPA. This citrus is more mild and marries well with other light fruity flavors. Hops are bright and clean, and well balanced by the malt - some toasted grain and caramel. Very well balanced with plenty of flavor and the right amount of bitterness. The label says 8% abv, but not a drop shows up in the flavor. Finishes dry with some lingering citrus ans toasted malt flavors. Very nice.

Medium bodied and smooth. Goes down real easy and uber-refreshing. I don't believe this is 8%, as it drinks as easily as a bitter. A session beer that you would have to watch yourself with. Highly recommended.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2008 13:10:20 | More by Lupe

Nutwood

Kentucky

3/5  rDev -20.8%

06-19-2013 16:18:23 | More by Nutwood

pointone

Missouri

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

06-19-2013 13:21:37 | More by pointone

nmann08

Maryland

2.75/5  rDev -27.4%

06-15-2013 22:12:15 | More by nmann08

SDG1070

Ohio

3/5  rDev -20.8%

06-15-2013 15:18:51 | More by SDG1070

JoEBoBpr

Missouri

3.96/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured into a pint glass from a 12oz bottle.

Pours a very nice hazy golden color with some amber hues in there. Nice 1 inch head that is white and dense with some nice sticky notes to it. Pretty nice looking brew. The head retention is great and reduces to some nice soapy lacing and film.

Aroma is yummy. Herbal and grassy English style hops. Notes of grass and tea notes are present. There is some nice yummy caramel malt notes in the nose that blend perfectly with each other. Biscuity bread notes are present and give the brew a nice inviting aroma.

Flavor starts off perfectly. Nice sweetness comes up first with some slight caramel notes and some bread and then is quickly enveloped in awesome grassy and fresh herbal hop awesomeness. The hops are fresh and more herbal in nature with some slight pine notes to it. There is also a nice slight bitterness on the middle-back end of the brew that follows through till the end of the sip. Nice British bitterness. :)

Body is nice and crisp but also smooth and velvety. Overall, I've had this once before and enjoyed it very much. I don't know why I waited years to finally buy it in bottles and finally try and review it. This brew is worth it and Schlafly continues to do good by St. Louis beer geeks.

Serving type: bottle

06-13-2013 23:05:02 | More by JoEBoBpr

JMUbrewz

Virginia

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

06-12-2013 21:01:37 | More by JMUbrewz

IpeeA

Missouri

2.75/5  rDev -27.4%

06-09-2013 00:04:19 | More by IpeeA

DIPAFAN

New Jersey

3.5/5  rDev -7.7%

06-08-2013 01:08:33 | More by DIPAFAN

polishkaz

Massachusetts

3.25/5  rDev -14.2%

06-07-2013 14:05:29 | More by polishkaz

cosmonick

Indiana

3/5  rDev -20.8%

05-24-2013 01:56:08 | More by cosmonick

MikeDahlstrom

Ohio

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-15-2013 23:17:04 | More by MikeDahlstrom

jharris0624

Missouri

4/5  rDev +5.5%

05-12-2013 18:33:33 | More by jharris0624

dalepryor

Kentucky

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

05-07-2013 21:40:19 | More by dalepryor

vidguy17

Iowa

4/5  rDev +5.5%

03-30-2013 14:43:29 | More by vidguy17

match1112

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

03-03-2013 00:22:24 | More by match1112

ssimpson89

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

03-02-2013 16:02:36 | More by ssimpson89

JeremyBoeckmann

Missouri

4/5  rDev +5.5%

01-31-2013 22:54:22 | More by JeremyBoeckmann

FLBeerGuy

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

01-20-2013 02:48:07 | More by FLBeerGuy

Archimedes

Kansas

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

12-28-2012 15:15:54 | More by Archimedes

JohnnyHopps

Indiana

3.08/5  rDev -18.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Poured into a snifter from the bottle, the beer was a copper color with a white head. A slight lacing was apparent. The aroma was a faint grapefruit aroma, leaning more toward earthy notes. The initial taste was a sour, unrippened grapefruit. Big hops were present, but the hops were more tongue bruising than tasty. In some ways, the hops were almost medicine-like. Did somebody put Nyquil in my IPA? There was no real sense of sweetness or citrus as part of the hops, making the taste one-sided. On close observation, one might detect the malts and a certain biscuity quality that allow the taste to linger. In the aftertaste, the acidity of the hops becomes more harsh. While this has the texture of an IPA, it hardly has any of the taste characteristics.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 23:58:00 | More by JohnnyHopps

beernads

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -1.1%

09-15-2012 10:40:21 | More by beernads

jpmajors

4.5/5  rDev +18.7%

08-20-2012 21:57:57 | More by jpmajors

captainbearcat

Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +12.1%

08-18-2012 13:26:00 | More by captainbearcat

RickS95

Indiana

3.6/5  rDev -5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a light amber color. A bit clearer than I expected. The head is bright white and hugely thick. Major retention and that classic IPA look where it falls in on itself.

Good balance smell with enough malty notes to work in conjuction with the floral, slightly fruity, and earthy hops.

Clean, biscuity flavor. It's mostly a hop bomb so you get a hit of malt early on, then it's all hops.

The hoppy bitter is aggressive, but not offensive. It's there from beginning to end, but you can still feel your teeth after each sip. Medium to full bodied. As opposed to an American IPA, it's got an English IPA's wet finish. No resiny coating of the tongue.

I really prefer American IPA and don't care much for their English counterpart, but this was pretty appropriate for the style. Not sure what the IBU count was, but it's up there, though it's still very drinkable.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2012 02:21:56 | More by RickS95