IPA

12oz can-shared by jtclockwork-pours gold with a foamy light tan head. Aroma is lemon zest/pineapple, light/medium malt-caramel. Taste is spice/lemon zest hops, 2nd light malt-some caramel.

Can. Pours clear light amber with white head. Nose/taste of grapefruit, citrus, caramel malt, spicy hops, pink pepper and resinous pine. Dry spicy hop and pink peppery finish with some resin on the palate. Medium body.

Growler at Maltzilla’s tasting. Pours clear copper color with off white head. Aromas of floral hops and some bread. Pine hop flavor with some caramel sweetness. Medium body with average carbonation.

Growler shared by Brew Engineer at the 15th Richmond Ratebeer Gathering, 7/16/11. Pours a clear copper color with a medium sized creamy offwhite head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral, resiny hops and caramel malts. The taste is bitter, resiny hops with a malty finish. Medium bodied.

I’m kinda ashamed that it’s April and I’m just now trying my first official Westbrook beer, especially since this IPA is such a solid creation. The malts are heavier than the description would leave you to believe, giving the beer a nice, bready, caramel-tinged base and providing enough sweetness to counter the huge wave of hops that follows. No clue what kind of hops they may be-- I’m guessing Simcoe, just because I always guess Simcoe (thus meaning one day I’ll be correct.) A stronger nose would be nice, but that’s the only real drawback to this pint, and even that complaint is minor. Good beer.