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Smuttynose: Big A IPA

This imperial IPA is/was brewed by Smuttynose in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 78.33%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 9.20%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Big, stickey sweet hop aroma. Thin clingy head. Light orage in color, lighter than I exspected. Big hops flavir, balanced pretty well with malts and sugar. This is a good IPA, that is not overly "green" with hops, but has a warm, deep hop flavor. Damn Good!
Kind of a weird hazy-orange color. Very good tasting IPA - lots of hops to chew on without going overboard. Very well balanced and clean.
Hops and citrus nose, deep orange, small white head. Very hoppy taste, fairly well balanced. Well made example.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
19th May 2018 at 7:10 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 9.20 orange with some haze Taste: 94.12%
Head: 84.44%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 40%
 78.328% burning 749

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Other Beers (etc.) by Smuttynose

Apart from Big A IPA, Hop Horizons lists 8 others by Smuttynose. These are:
Finestkind IPA
Hayseed
Old Brown Dog Ale
Pumpkin Ale
Robust Porter
Shoals Pale Ale
Star Island Single
Summer Weizen Ale

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