The Orange Curtain
Barley Forge Brewing Company in Costa Mesa, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.65
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6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle split at Chriso pre Xmas tasting, 06/12/15. Clear golden topped with a decent off white covering. Nose is pale malt, straw, light caramel, bitter orange. Taste comprises light toasted malt, bread dough, tangerine, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Very average IPA, bland and little in the way of hops on offer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 10:43
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle at ChrisO’s Pre-Christmas Tasting. It pours golden - orange with a thick white head. The nose is soft, fresh, juicy, tangerine, candied orange peel and sherbet. The taste is bitter - sweet, earthy, toasty, soapy citrus, lemon peel, orange, tangerine, waxy citrus peel and a touch of alcohol in the background. Medium body and moderate carbonation. A bit hot for the abv. Fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2015
at 13:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 fl.oz bottle. Pours clear deep golden colour with a huge most good lasting white head. Aroma of mild hops, grains, mild sweet fruits. Taste of bitter hops, grains, citrus, melons, zest, okay!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2015
at 14:55
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Clear, orangey golden colour with huge, frothy, fairly lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Piney, hoppy aroma, hints of tangerine and orange, biscuity and caramel malty background with a peanut touch. Taste is dry hoppy, slightly piney, cumulating hop bitterness, (zesty) notes of orange and tangerine, a touch of peach, caramel and biscuity malty basis, lingering bitter finish. Rather weak aroma, concerning taste almost paradigmatic for a special niche: the exposition of orange flavours in a typical West Coast IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2015
at 14:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at the chriso and Ruth pre-Christmas/post-Pigs Ear holiday tasting of 2015 - London. Cheers! Pours unclear yellow-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds citrus hops, lemon and tangerine, pine needles. Medium sweet flavor with some white grape gummies, more tangerine, pale bread. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet on the finish, with pale crackers, grass, citrus and pine. Just OK.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2015
at 16:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear golden body with a thick white head. Clear golden body with a huge white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of marmalade, autumn leaves and fig. Flavour of blood orange and bitter hops. Medium body with an oily texture. Not bad, but not very complex.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2015
at 15:09
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle (AIH53, from ABM)
Hazy orange color, steady small white head. Light apricot fruity aroma. Medium-bodied, robust palate. Apricot and grapefruit in the flavor. Sweet and orangeish. Citric hops. Ok.
Hazy orange color, steady small white head. Light apricot fruity aroma. Medium-bodied, robust palate. Apricot and grapefruit in the flavor. Sweet and orangeish. Citric hops. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2015
at 13:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled@AIH53 (from AbM). Hazy orange colour with a mediumsized foamy/fluffy white head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some herbal and wooden notes along with mild bitterness and grass to it. Flavour is floral, herbal, some wooden and zesty notes along with a nice grassy bitter throatdrying finish to it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Nov 2015
at 13:24