Sacred Cow IPA
Arbor Brewing Company in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a fairly dark burnt orange color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated immediately. Left some speckled lace.
The aroma had some musty old grass, light citrus pulp, piney notes, and an earthy sort dried malt.
The flavor had that dried earthy malt up front with some mineral notes and the musty old grass. Faint breadiness. All seemed to blend in the aftertaste and finish.
The feel was about medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Decent carbonation and an ABV that felt right.
Overall, a bit different for me in the IPA category, not sure if I would come back to. Maybe.
cheap (9607) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1.5
Undoubtedly one of the most bitter IPA I have ever tasted. From a bottle, this stuff wanders into the imperial IPA territory without apologies. Rude, crude rototilling beer that that is terribly on style. Nothing else can be said. If you like IPA, flip my numbers because you need to try this, whew. My computer didn’t even like it, when I spilled this on the keyboard it gave me a bright screen of death and died.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle, via jsquire, poured into a snifter. Dull orange with medium off-white head. Aroma is bitter hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is herbal hops, bready malt, and some earthy grapefruit.
Edwgallo (6794) ticked Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 11 years ago
Ferris (26026) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask - Light orange and earthy hops. Cloudy gold with a nice white head. Nice orange and earthy flavors, balanced caramel sweetness and a slight bitter finish. Nice.
superspak (10160) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours hazy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice dense soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, honey, bread, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with solid strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, apricot, lemon zest, orange peel, floral, grass, light pine, caramel, honey, biscuit, and floral/toasted earthiness. Fair amount of pine/grassy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, apricot, lemon/orange zest, light pine, caramel, honey, biscuit, and floral/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Nice complexity and robustness of citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with smooth, moderately creamy, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a nice IPA. Good complexity and robustness of citrus hops and moderate dark/bready malt sweetness; and very smooth to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
From a 12 oz bottle. Pours a clear dark copper with a bubbly off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of resin with lots of malt showing through. Smooth, slightly bitter finish.
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. An unclear amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of citrusy hops, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, straw, and citrusy hops, leading to a bitter finish.
yespr (55573) reviewed Sacred Cow IPA from Arbor Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 fl oz bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is peachy, mild grapefruity. Bitter, fruity, crisp hoppy and lingering citrusy. Smooth fruity, light bitter and medium dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft sample at the brewpub and bottle at home. Cloudy; not as crisp and hoppy as the usual IPA, but not in a bad way. Also, smoother and heavier on the palate. Grassy rye finish.