Elephant Rock IPA
Pikes Peak Brewing Company in Monument, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.64
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
IPA at Restaurant near Manitou Springs CO. Decent classic west coast IPA. bitter - nice hops
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Can at the flat in Sofia - sourced from 100 Beers online. Pours very slightly unclear, deep orange-gold with a creamy, white head. Medium sweet flavour with hearty bready malts, gooey pine, semi-ripe citrus, a nip of brown sugar, a little earth. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Subtle piney resin in the finish, more rich, lightly toasted bready malts, citrus fruits. It takes some cajones to brew a beer like this in 2021. This is real old-school sauce, and I like it.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Appearance: cloudy gold, decent white head. Aroma: tropical fruit including passion fruit and pineapple. Citrus including orange. Background malt. Taste: relatively dry, fruity, tropical, not much malt. Pronounced still soft bitterness. Palate: medium minus body, average carbonation. Overall: a proper American IPA.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Got in a trade from beergoot. 12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 5/14/2019. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy deep golden/orange/amber color with a 1 finger dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, honey, toasted biscuit, light caramel, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with an awesome malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying/astringent flavors after the finish. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 7.7%. Overall this is an excellent IPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the modestly bitter/resinous/drying finish; no aggressive. Feels like Columbus, Centennial, and Simcoe. Very juicy, vibrant, dank, and earthy hops; with a great balanced dark/bready malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive classic tasting Midwest style IPA.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can at the meet and greet for volunteers for the Feast of Saint Arnold. Orange peel, dust, cloves, pine sawdust, and roses. Sweet, with a light bitterness. Medium body, with a lightly acidic, grainy mouthfeel. This is a nicely balanced and aromatic IPA.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Can. A- Pine, caramel. A- Orange color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Pine, bitter, resin, caramel. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, bitter finish. O- This is borderline Imperial. Not a fan of the floaties. Not bad but too bitter for me.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can - labeled at 7.7 percent - pours a hazy medium amber - very malt-forward, which I am usually not a fan of when is comes to ipas, but something about this works to an extent - flavors and caramel, candied cherries, kumquat - slick mouthfeel - dank and resinous hops arrive late to cut the sweetness - almost drinks more like an American barleywine (think Bigfoot junior), but I’m liking it okay.