Proxima India Pale Ale

355ml bottle. Minimally cloudy, orangey golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma with hints of grapefruit, biscuity malt basis, hints of almond, sugar powder, marzipan, also a touch of ’Sauerkraut’. Taste is initially simply bitter hoppy, later citrusy with lemon notes, minimally sweet biscuity malt basis, hints of lemon biscuit; bitter finish with almond touch. Second class IPA.

On IPA day. 12 oz bottle from De Bierkoning @ home. Golden color, slightly hazy. White head, not too long retention. Aroma’s: citrus (notably grapefruit), fruit, light earth. Retronasal there’s citrus, light malt sweetness. Flavor is rather bitter, with a light sweet backbone. Medium bodied. Normal carbo. Finish is bitter, somewhat dry. I’m starting to really like this Hop Valley Brewing.

35,5 cl bottle @ hotel room, Amsterdam
Aroma has fruity hops, peaches and caramel. Flavour has gluey tones, gooseberry bush leaves, grapefruit, caramel and tropical fruits. Also some biscuits. Finishes with lingering hops and herbal bitterness. The hop profile is not a perfect match with my taste buds – it feels bitter in a harsh way.

Clear golden colour with bright white head. Strong hoppy aroma. Piney and has a touch of tropical fruit. Very bitter but the creamy, slightly oily texture makes it very palatable.

Bottle shared thanks to Deanso. Pours clear golden with an off white head. Aroma of caramel and biscuity malt with light fruity hops. Flavour is light moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.

35cl bottle from ABCBeers. Thin creamy white head. hazy golden pour. Malty hoppy flavour. Very nice.

Super hazy light copper and orange coloured body with a thin one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of bright cascade hops with some pine and resin notes, a hint of passionfruit and a little bit of pineapple smell as well, coupled with some good malt as well. Medium-bodied; Assertive cascade hop flavour at first that fades into a smooth tropical fruit flavour with the sweetness really coming out near the end. Aftertaste shows a good balance of malt and hops with a pleasant sweetness and some subdued complexity from the tropical fruits and resinous flavours. Overall, a nice IPA that could use a bit more hops, but that could be due to it’s age. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Belmont Station in Portland, Oregon on 11-November-2013 for US$3.49 sampled at home in Washington on the other end of this fine country on 21-March-2014.

Bomber. Pours a dark copper color with a large white head. A light fruity nose. Sweet, biscuit, oranges, lemon. Tea. Pretty good and smooth. Pretty good bitterness.