Misery Bay IPA
Erie Brewing Company in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
5.98
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The view from Oliver Perry Monument across Lake Erie’s historic Misery Bay provides a constant reminder of the hardships endured during the Battle of Lake Erie. Misery Bay IPA is brewed as a tribute to Misery Bay and Graveyard Pond, final resting place for many brave sailors and soldiers. Misery Bay IPA offers a complex malt profile loaded with American hops at 75 IBU’s, and finishes at 6.5 % alcohol by volume. 15.7°
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Served in a tumbler glass on tap at the Oldsmar Tap House. Pours copper with thin off white head. The mild aroma has a background of malty sweetness with some near tart grapefruit hops running up into the front of the experience. The taste begins with tart grapefruit hops that move into sweeter tangelo and orange wedges. By midway the sweet malty backbone rises up for a moment or two and then fades among suitable levels of grapefruit and tangelo hops. Nice IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2008
at 19:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A golden IPA with a thin white head. A light floral aroma with a light pinhey notes. In mouth, a dry crisp nondescript IPA with British hops. Medium bodied, a bit too mineral. Flour City brewfest, August 15 2008.
Tried
on 08 Dec 2008
at 22:19
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft @ Belmont St. Portland, OR. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a malty hoppy aroma with some citrus hints. Sweetish malty hoppy citrus flavor. Has a sweetish malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2008
at 07:23
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Vintage Cellar. Pours a darkish orange amber color with an ok white head. Excellent floral aroma over some caramel. Medium body with frothy carbonation. Flavor is rather fruity and floral, with light biting spice, and some astringency. Finish is astringent, though not all that bitter. It’s a really tasty ale, badly underrated, and quite floral in the end. Hooah!
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2008
at 21:26
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle-pours a big foamy off white head that laces and amber color. Aroma is (centennial?), wood/pine/some citrus, secondary medium malt. Taste is (centennial?), wood/pine/some citrus-slight bitter, secondary medium malt-caramel. A bit thin, light/medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2008
at 17:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz Bottle Pours out a clear amber topped with a soap off white head. Aroam of ligth sweet malt and floral hops. Tast of bitter hops and more bitter at the end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2008
at 23:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Sampled on draft at the Rivertowne Pub this beer poured an orange-amber color with a medium sized orange-white head. The aroma was sweetish fruity and spicy hops. The flavor was dryish, tangy and had a strong floral, fruity, piney and resiny hop presence. The beer sweetened somewhat towards the finish and the finish was long with floral and citric hops. The mouthfeel was moderately thick. The overall hop profile was rather harsh. The hops really lingered forever. Interesting but something did not quite work for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2008
at 19:31
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Translucent gold body with a slight bit of an orange to it. Head is small and leaves a little lacing... pretty unispiring look for an IPA. I was hoping for a touch of hops in the nose... fruity nonsense and sweet sticky sugar notes are dominant. There is a bit of a peppery hops to the flavor, though. Flavor is unbalanced and undisciplined. Alcohol has a a moonshine-like edge to it that I have seen in other Erie products. The rest of the flavors don’t cover it well and it just sits there like paint remover or something. I’m not sure they hit their mark by calling this an IPA. The only thing I can think is that as it warms a bit the hops does take on a slightly resin-like flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2008
at 21:09
3.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
So what if I don’t like IPA, I’m allowed to still sample them! It’s a free country. Besides, this makes 100%for the Erie Brewing company for cheap dark. This is a new one from Erie. Pond water aroma of hops but not like clean pine or floral hops. Clear yellow orange with no haze. Yes I dislike most IPA but can identify a good representation of the style. More bitter than the wax from your favorite girl’s left ear. Terrible, rude misery. Yuk triple times over on a logarithm scale. Pungent punishment. Borders on double imperial IPA territory. Bitter medicine lingers for what seems like forever. Perfect example of an IPA! You IPA lovers better seek this out, Erie makes some wonderful brews within their style.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2007
at 11:39