Unfiltered IPA
Long Trail Brewing Company in Bridgewater Corners, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
6.40
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Nice sharp attractive sticky pine sap aroma. Hazy off yellow sparkling appearance. Big obnoxious shockingly bitter taste bud impact. Bitter sappy middle of the tongue roto-tiller. Terrible soapmix with grapefruit pulp lasting linger. On style, perhaps double or impy territory. Quite difficult, yet does not trigger gag reflex.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Really floral smell. Taste has moderate hops. The finish is actually really nice and refreshing, different from the rest of the beer. A little bitter and a little fruity. A quite all right IPA, probably under-rated by at least a little.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Cloudy dark golden color with distinct orange....a light scented brew with a crisp flavor profile like the original long trail ale...very tasty straight out of the bottle...not the greatest IPA aftertaste almost as if the citrus fruits are starting to turn a tad..oh man i turned a 40 to a 39...:(
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a light hazy amber into a shaker. Microbubble head with good staying power, leaves lacing as it slowly recedes. Pine and citrus notes. Upfront sweet malt with a quick turn to puckering sour bitterness. Not really grapefruit, but a lasting bitter metallic finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Unfiltered IPA from Long Trail Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Julios consumed on 12/10/2005. Nose is foresty, soft, fuzzy hops supported by light sourdough-like malts. Interesting that canary dog feels he can tell the difference between pelletized hops. Smells fine to me, it’s certainly not any knock your sox off west coast ipa. Whatever. I also didnt get any oxidized/stale flavors. And furthermore, what’s so remarkable about Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA?? A drinkable beer? sure, but it’s quite bitter, acidic and heavily filtered now, leading to a thinned out and very lacking mouthfeel. I guess it’s remarkable in that regard, as in, I might remark "Boy, this beer sure sucks now compared to how good it was 3 years ago." I also think their marketing is talking in that guy’s review. Sure it says on the bottle that they boil the hops for 60 minutes, and it’s nothing but the freshest ingredients blah blah blah, so it’s easy to turn around and talk shit about Long Trail and call their hops stale and pelletized. There certainly is more to the IPA style than just how strong and bitter your hops are. It seems like a cop-out to just say, "DFH 60 minute is a more bitter, hoppier IPA, therefore it’s better". I guess that works for some people though, and maybe, in the end, the IPA is just about how hoppy and bitter you can make it. I think filtration is a huge aspect in any beer, though, IPA or otherwise (maybe not kristalweizen) so that should play a role and 60 minute isnt bottle conditioned. I’ll take unfiltered over whole leaf hops anyday. Well, anyways, I forgot where I’m going with this.