Heavy Handed India Pale Ale

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée et claire. Nez de houblon résineux, légèrement floral et aux notes citriques (pamplemousses) et herbeuses, fruité (agrumes, traces d’abricots) et malté de grains sucrés avec des notes caramel doux. Moyenne-mince en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture moyennement crémeuse et aux petites notes aqueuses. Goût amer de houblon floral, légèrement citrique et aux notes terreuses (qui dure toute la gorgée avec une amertume qui diminue légèrement au fil de la gorgée) avec un goût fruité (agrumes, traces d’abricots et de mangue) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt sucrés avec des notes de caramel sucré puis en finale, le houblon reprend le dessus en étant plus sec, plus herbeux, et moyennement résineux. Post-goût long et un peu sec, amer de houblon moyennement résineux et herbeux avec des notes citriques ainsi qu’avec un léger goût fruité (zest d’agrumes).

Lot #2612 (Cluster - Field #1): Slightly hazy copper coloured body with an amber glow and a light ruby shine and a centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of pine, resin and a bit of pineapple with some good malt note and a hint of nuts. Medium-bodied; Assertive resinous and syrupy feel with a lot of pine, pineapple, honey and a bit of earthy flavours. Aftertaste shows some nice hoppy flavours with a bit of syrup and honey, a little earth and a good balance of hops and malt - more like a traditional IPA and not like a West Coast IPA at all. Overall, a nice beer and definitely worth trying if you can find it - not overloaded with hops, but a good balance for sure and nice to sample. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Half Time in Poughkeepsie, New York on 26-December-2012 for US$2.79 sampled at home on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 19-January-2013.

Draft at Olympic. Pretty decent IPA. Good bits of citrus and pine dancing on my tongue. Would like to try it out of a bottle, at home, where I can give a better rating.

Bottle - 2012 Lot 2512. Sweet orange, caramel, biscuit, and orange hops aroma. Hazy orange amber with a moderate ivory head, thick sticky lacing. Resinous piney orange hops and caramel malt flavor. Full sticky body.

Bottle shared by Kabutomushi. Deep copper, slightly cloudy, with thick lace. Restrained nose, caramel, citrus, classic style IPA aroma. Malty, with some alcohol. Flavor of vanilla ice cream, maybe creamcicle. Caramel and toffee malts, minerals, some pineapple, nice bitterness. Full and smooth body, slightly buttery. Old school.

Bottle. Deep amber body. Frothy, off-white head. Light aroma of bready malts, leafy hops, caramel, toasted grain. Hint of floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture and lively carbonation. Certainly can taste the wet hops, but the malt is more forward. Raw grain and caramel on top of the taste with some hop flavors below. Just OK.

Refrigerated bottle poured into a shaker. Pours tranlucent copper with small off-white head. Medium lacing, lightly carbonated, and sticky texture. Taste is bitter hops, some herbal, some pine, and long dry bitter finish.

Draft @ Two Brothers, Warrenville, IL. Pours an amber colorwith a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.