Summer IPA
McNeill's Brewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.57
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Bierkoning (17699) reviewed Summer IPA from McNeill's Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, GBBF. Orange color, cloudy. I can hardly notice the aroma, but the taste is big. Too big, in fact. Loads of hops and blackcurrant. Harsh and oily. Some oak and licorice. Medium to full bodied, harsh and heavy for an ale.
jcwattsrugger (14787) reviewed Summer IPA from McNeill's Brewery 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
on tap-pours an off white head that laces and hazy amber color. Aroma is some citrus hops-grapefruit, musty. Taste is citrus/resin/pine, secondary musty, medium malt-caramel.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Summer IPA from McNeill's Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Draught pint at Redbones on 7/11/06.
Dark burnished copper with a hint of light auburn and a bit more dull beige on the edges. Quite dark, surprisingly. Beige head is small, shows moderate retention and laces brilliantly in full sheets on the glass.
Strongly earthy, grainy malts in the nose suggest very high attenuation, while English hops combine with lightly floral and citric American hops to provide a balanced, dry and slightly herbal nose (hints of white pepper, oregano, dill). Strong yeastiness adds nuttiness, as in all McNeill’s beers and further contributes to the drying effect of the aroma. Perhaps some fruitier hops would enliven things and break the somewhat monotonous, bone-dry nose that is mostly hops. The earthy, soily, grainy malts are lightly toasty as well and show an ever-so-slight hint of toffee sweetness/chewiness upon warming.
Bitter hops pack quite a punch upon first sip, as yeast is woven in to the mix, keeping things dry and adding a chewy nuttiness. Malts become dirty, lightly tannic and very grainy on the end. Extremely attenuated, and in that regard, a wonderful sessionable beer for Summer. But with the drying floral bitterness, grapefruit and lemon notes, and only a hint of sweeter melon, things are borderline too dry. And I love dry beers, so I could see this being a bit too much for many. Flavoring hops, again, could be more expressive/unique, but for a session ale, the moderate bitterness and less-than-intense hop flavor allow it to be drunk in more quantity, one might argue. As always though, the mouthfeel is soft in carbonation, yet chewy and supportive in body, without nearly any wateriness. No alcohol noted in aroma or flavor.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Summer IPA from McNeill's Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A hazy orange beer with a disappearing white head. The aroma is quite hoppy as well as grassy, while the flavor is primarily sweet and dry, from the hops, but without that much hop flavors.