Organic India Pale Ale
Butte Creek Brewing Company in Ukiah, California, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.38
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Deliciously hoppy, with an undercurrent of flavorful and provocative organic malts, Butte Creek Organic Pale Ale is sure to please hop lovers everywhere. We hand craft this IPA with the generous use of Organic New Zealand Pacific Gem and Cascade hops in the brew kettle, after which we dry hop the beer with Organic Cascade and Wakatu hops to achieve that perfectly pleasant, piney aroma and floral, citrusy hop notes that make this IPA incredible. But beer is not only about hops, it is about balance. The powerful hop presence is equitably enhanced with our careful blending of Organic Pale, Caramel-60, and Wheat malts to provide a solid base and full bodied mouth feel. This is the IPA enjoyed by lovers of hops, lovers of beer, and lovers of socially responsible organic products. 6.5% ABV, OG 15.5, IBU 51.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Orange peel/quinine and orange malt aroma. Hazy amber with small head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter lemon peel/quinine flavor. Drinkable but only just.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Oct 2014
at 15:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
12oz bottle poured into a tulip. Pours a lightly cloudy dark orange with a quarter-finger of white head. Aroma of citrus, pine and resin. Taste is light bitter. Mostly sour citrus with some caramel malt and earthy resin. Light bodied with a thin yet slick texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, pretty good, it may have renewed my faith in "organic" beers. I would gladly drink this again.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2012
at 19:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a clear copper with a small frothy white head. The aroma is fruity pebbles cereal. Thin mouthfeel with a fruity hop and clean finish. Easy to drink a very good IPA from Butte Creek
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2011
at 04:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market, Charlottesville, VA, on 6/2/11. Pours a clear copper-amber color with a medium sized creamy white head. Good head retention and lacing. Aroma of earthy and citrus hops with caramela and toffee notes. The taste is leafy and citrus hops. Malty finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2011
at 23:59
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle picked up at Plaza liquors in Tucson
Appearance: Clear amber with a small off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Caramel malts and pine
Taste: Caramel and pine resin
Ok
Appearance: Clear amber with a small off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Caramel malts and pine
Taste: Caramel and pine resin
Ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Mar 2011
at 11:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a mostly clear, orange-gold with a small, filmy white head. Somewhat hoppy aroma with some melon and apricot notes. Flavor has mild caramel malt, then right onto the hops, mostly of the earthy, grassy, piney variety. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a slightly resinous mouthfeel. Finishes with lots of earthy, dirty bitterness. Not too shabby.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2010
at 18:05
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle, bought last October at the ex-Sam’s Wines. Well, definitely past its prime. Medicinal smell upon pouring, though it does dissipate and it sometimes makes me think of extra malts. Hazy copper color, short but persistent head. But hey, there are still hops in here. Mostly English, I think, but with a bracer of some citrus hop. Overall impression is dried grass and bittering alphas. After that initial bit of phenol, it proves to be a pretty nice, standard IPA. More full-bodied mouthfeel that previous organic beers I’ve tried.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2010
at 21:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught@SBWF2009. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some grains as well as some mild vegetably and grassy notes as well. Flavour is rains, vegetables, some fruity hops.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2009
at 01:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Draught@SBWF 2009
Clear amber color, small steady white head. Yeast, rubber, sweaty hops in the nose. Sweaty, fruity (peach, apricot), hoppy and alcoholic. A bit weird for being American IPA.
Clear amber color, small steady white head. Yeast, rubber, sweaty hops in the nose. Sweaty, fruity (peach, apricot), hoppy and alcoholic. A bit weird for being American IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Oct 2009
at 12:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Why is it that organic beers almost always suck? I’m thinking this as I pour this one out and hoping for the best. The body is kind of a reddish copper and has a fizzy/sudsy head that is thin, but already starts to cling to the side of the glass. Aromas are OK, but nothing spectacular. A bit of caramel with citrus and floral hops. Flavor is actually OK... not outstanding, and there is not enough hops for me to get excited about this as an IPA, but if this were a hoppy amber or something, I’d be mostly impressed. It has a very pleasant caramel malt body with some hops highlights that come through strongly at times, but never enough to be considered in control of the show. Still, this is a good step in the right direction for the organic beer market.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2009
at 23:35