Blind Pig IPA

Bottle fresh from San Francisco care of deeblo. I can’t thank you enough Bruce. A beer I’ve been after for the past 2 years. Pure clear gold colour with a thick cream coloured head. As I poured it, all I could smell was PNW hops. As I bring the beer to my nose, it’s all concentrated grapefruit hoppy. In the mouth it’s smooth and well balanced. Yes hoppy but there is just enough pale malt to keep it in check. It’s very clean. Not overly bitter on the finish. Yes big aroma, big hop flavour in mouth, but a clean refreshing finish. I mean stupidly drinkable. You could down pints and pints of this stuff. None of that sweet crystal malt character you get with many US IPAs. This is clean and showcases the hops perfectly. Comparing this with Thornbridge Jaipur, BrewDog Punk or Marble Dobber almost seems unfair. Jaipur probably comes closest. beautifully clean and elegant. But it has the everyday drinkability that you’d kinda like this in your local pub every day and would be your regular beer. Not sticky nor cloying. You know you shouldn’t meet your heroes but this and the Pliny the Elder were both better than I expected. And then Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads came on the stereo........Yep a really great beer.

0.5l bottle from Bierkoning. Sweet! This is a blurry honey-orange one with a nice medium sized and somewhat lasting white bubbly top. It smells fresh, sweet and fruity. Green pine cones, some cortex, sweet malty caramel and glazed sweet tropical mango on the nose. Really fresh and good. It has a average carbonated thin oily mouthfeel. The taste is also dominated by green pine cones and a nice bitter fruitiness. More soft cortex and branches, I get a fruity mango and pineapple thing with a nice balanced hoppy and fruity bitterness. Also, something that reminds me of mixed and thinned out strawberry and raspberry syrup. Scary light drinkable this. I could drink many of these before I had to say stop. A shame I only have this bottle. A really nice non-extreme American IPA. 07.10.2012

Shared bottle through RB user kaufmanised; Clear amber pour, forthy off white head, glorious hop aroma very floral and piney, taste is well balance hop and malt quite bitter, but hints of tangerine and grapefruit. Really enjoyed this.

27th September 2012
Borefts warm up -bottle in the Hotel. Light haze on this gold beer. Tidy white head. Palate is light and crisp. Minerals. Mellow but fully flavoured hops. Orange, tangerine and floral flavours in great balance. Not a shouty IPA by any means - but very seductive and so very drinkable.