Two Paws IPA
Paw Paw Brewing Company in Paw Paw, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle from Paw Paw mixed six. Pour is amber, almost brown. Surprising color for an IPA. One finger wide head. The nose shows some brown ale malts, and more of an English hop smell. I would almost think this could be a mislabeled amber ale. But the taste does have a more pronounced note of northwestern hops. still some earthy English hop note, but it's now overwhelmed by bitterness. Unfiltered, leaving a residue of yeast on the bottom. I poured the yeast dregs in, and got a slight extra note of cocoa. Interesting brew.
superspak (10160) reviewed Two Paws IPA from Paw Paw Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle into tulip glass, no bottle dating. Pours moderately hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper/amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with good 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 grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance and complexity of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, apricot, melon, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, pine, caramel, toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance. Mild lingering hop astringency through the glass, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and sticky/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is good. A bit too resinous/drying. Zero warming alcohol for 5.8%. Overall this is a pretty good IPA. All around good complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/earthy hops and dark/bready malt flavors; smooth and easy to drink, despite the increasingly bitter/resinous/drying finish; not overly aggressive. No idea how old it was, but the caked yeast/protein on the bottom says too long. Pretty muddy aromas/flavors. Probably Chinook, Columbus, Amarillo. Dank, earthy, and fairly juicy hop complexity; balanced dark/bready malts, minimal residual sweetness from lingering dryness. An enjoyable offering otherwise.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Two Paws IPA from Paw Paw Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of earthy grass and grains with a hint of bitter citrus underlying. Flavor has bitter citrus and resin with notes of grain and grass underlying.
flatmatt (2380) reviewed Two Paws IPA from Paw Paw Brewing Company 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
On tap at MBGSF 2015. Pours a clear amber gold with a white head. Floral hop aroma. Floral and citrus hops with some biscuity pale malt. Solid.