Big Buck Brewery India Pale Ale

India Pale Ale

 

Big Buck Brewery in Gaylord, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
7.20
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Historically a stronger, hoppier beer - made that way to withstand the journey by sea from England to India. Medium bodied, bitter, aromatic and unfiltered.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4.5

From notes:
On tap at the brewery it is a clear golden color with a citrus aroma. The taste is grapefruit.

Tried from Draft on 21 Aug 2014 at 08:48


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of citrus and resin, with a dash of salt. Smooth, moderately bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2014 at 13:55


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

tap at the Gaylord location - Pours copper-gold with an off-white head. There’s a mild citrus hop aroma. The flavor has strong bitterness backed by a good medium bodied malt profile. The expected long bitter finish is there too. It’s fairly good. It doesn’t stand out for IPAs, but it’s works alright.

Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2012 at 17:09


8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Draught at the brewpub, as Armadillo I.P.A., 6.2% ABV
Hazy light amber color with a nice lace. Powerful hoppy aroma, fruity (oranges) and with a sharp pine needles character. Medium body structure, enough malt flavor, and most of all a strong hopping, (again with a lot of resins and pine needles). Very good!

Tried on 07 Jan 2007 at 02:08


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Sample at the Gaylord location: Pours a dark amber color with a medium ivory head that lasts a long time. Fair amount of lacing as well. The aroma is big on citrus and hops, with a nice malt undertone. Medium-bodied with a flavorfully bitter character. Citrus and floral hops up front, along with some sweet fruit and malt. The finish is crisp and hoppy with a nice aftertaste. A solid example of an IPA.

Tried on 11 Oct 2006 at 15:21


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Draught pints on 6/2/06 at Big Buck Gaylord. Deep bronze-brass color is very glassy, with only medium clarity. Head is large, white, frothy and mostly well-retained, fading eventually to cover, with light lacing. Strong centennial-like hops in the nose spell out melons, leafy, juicy hop buds and some floral notes. The toasty malt crowds in quickly as well, being both sugary and then lightly bready, perhaps some munich or heavy crystal malt in low doses. The strength is quite high, and for that it’s quite welcome. Just a bare touch of soapiness or sourish something on the very end, but the hops cover it up mostly. The juiciness continues in to the flavor, where the hops seem a bit bogged down by the sugary, perhaps slightly underattenuated malts (to my taste, anyways, it’s not like it’s worty or anything). Wet, with some wateriness, but still enough juicy, fat hoppiness and creamy sweet malts to hold on until the end. Again, a dry, sourish note builds up on the finish, not terribly disconcerting, but still enough to draw attention. Soft carbonation and a mostly chewy, lightly filtered body. No alcohol notable.

Tried on 08 Jun 2006 at 15:04


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sampled draught at Big Buck, Grapevine, Texas.
Amber coloured. VBig grapefruity hop aroma. Firmly malty with very bitter finish, but still rather balanced. Listed at 6.2%, 58 IBU.

Tried on 24 Mar 2003 at 04:36