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21 IPA
Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company
- From:
- Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 82
- Avg:
- 3.6 | pDev: 12.78%
- Reviews:
- 79
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Aug 27, 2014
- Added:
- Nov 30, 2008
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 4
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by donkeyrunner from Massachusetts
3.66/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
3.66/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle dated to not expire until 7/12. Even if this was brewed yesterday that's a long time for an IPA.
Amber with a proud white head. Great retention paints a foamy mess on my glass with one large deposit in the shape of Idaho. Boring bottle art.
Spicy orange citrus and toffee aroma. Tastes...malty. Buttery, rye cracker and caramel malt came to the front first but probably because I wasn't expecting it. There's ample spicy citrus hops in here for balance. Sticky, tongue coating hop resin.
"Balanced" IPA: a dirty word? Discuss.
Feb 25, 2012Amber with a proud white head. Great retention paints a foamy mess on my glass with one large deposit in the shape of Idaho. Boring bottle art.
Spicy orange citrus and toffee aroma. Tastes...malty. Buttery, rye cracker and caramel malt came to the front first but probably because I wasn't expecting it. There's ample spicy citrus hops in here for balance. Sticky, tongue coating hop resin.
"Balanced" IPA: a dirty word? Discuss.
Reviewed by RobertColianni from Pennsylvania
2.48/5 rDev -31.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
2.48/5 rDev -31.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
CASK @ Ram's Head West Chester, PA
A: Hazy amber. Frothy head. Very thick and white.
S: Smells like watered down pine-sol.
T: I feel bad saying this, but it tastes like water that had a wet sock soaking in it for days with a slice of lemon.
M: Thin. Pleasant. Casking absolutely added a great mouthfeel quaity.
OVERALL: It's sort of a running joke that the Ram's Head ruins good beer from casking them. This one fell into that stereotype. It was thin and watery and, honestly, tasted like shoe smells. Had Gritty's 21 before and loved it, but this was just a miss. I feel bad pulling down the ratings, so just know not to get this one on cask.
NOTE: Live review. (I will revisit this as a non-cask review)
Jan 26, 2012A: Hazy amber. Frothy head. Very thick and white.
S: Smells like watered down pine-sol.
T: I feel bad saying this, but it tastes like water that had a wet sock soaking in it for days with a slice of lemon.
M: Thin. Pleasant. Casking absolutely added a great mouthfeel quaity.
OVERALL: It's sort of a running joke that the Ram's Head ruins good beer from casking them. This one fell into that stereotype. It was thin and watery and, honestly, tasted like shoe smells. Had Gritty's 21 before and loved it, but this was just a miss. I feel bad pulling down the ratings, so just know not to get this one on cask.
NOTE: Live review. (I will revisit this as a non-cask review)
Reviewed by BeerKangaroo from Alaska
3.18/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.18/5 rDev -11.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Into a pint glass:
A: clear amber body with a lumpy super bubbly foamy head, some light lacing
S: hops, pine, malts
T: bittersweet through the pine, and hops, subdued malts
M: light, watery, sessionable, no aftertaste, malty finish
O: decent for the style, unsure if I would pursue this again
Jan 21, 2012A: clear amber body with a lumpy super bubbly foamy head, some light lacing
S: hops, pine, malts
T: bittersweet through the pine, and hops, subdued malts
M: light, watery, sessionable, no aftertaste, malty finish
O: decent for the style, unsure if I would pursue this again
21 IPA from Gritty McDuff's Brewing Company
Beer rating:
82 out of
100 with
105 ratings
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