Battle Axe IPA
Kelsen Brewing Company in Derry, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA Regular|
Score
6.83
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from bottle fresh from brewery light clear gold with a white head. Aroma is biscuit floral hops light pine and citrus. Taste follows aroma easy drinking floral light pine needs a little more citrus to balance.
solidfunk (22078) reviewed Battle Axe IPA from Kelsen Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tangerine and some citrus. A little fresh green onion like baked potatoes. Orange golden pour with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Tall can thanks to Johnnnieee.
iphonephan (11573) reviewed Battle Axe IPA from Kelsen Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
From 16 oz. can. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of orange and tropical fruits, Smooth finish with low bitterness.
tfontana (7512) reviewed Battle Axe IPA from Kelsen Brewing Company 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Taster pour at the source. Appearance is cloudy orange-yellow with a small white head fading to ring quickly, nice sparkle, fair lacing. Taste is malt base with tropical fruit. Aroma is tropical fruit. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture, average carbonation and mix of sweet fruit and bitter finish. Overall, a nice IPA with a good malt balance to the hops but the hop profile is fairly one dimensional.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Pours deep gold into a tulip. Off-white micro head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Earthy hop aromas. Sweet caramel and super elastic bubble plastic upfront turning to hot earth in the lasting finish.
JK (8171) reviewed Battle Axe IPA from Kelsen Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by Bob. Dry and bready with a mild bitterness, almost like an American pale ale. Very drinkable, a change from overly sweet ipas.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22oz bottle in trade with mcox90 thanks-foamy lt tan head with trailing lace-amber. A-pine/citrus, yeasty, lt/med malt. T-citrus zest/pine/spice hops with some bite,lt/med malt-caramel/bready, some yeast.
CLW (17000) reviewed Battle Axe IPA from Kelsen Brewing Company 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle purchased directly from the brewery on the release day. Served this only slightly chilled. Orange amber color with plenty of head retention. Aroma is very mild. Hints of fruit and hints of sweet bread.
The flavor is on the sweet side with the backbone being large amount of malts. The bitterness almost doesn’t exist. The taste is sweet bread with hints of citrusy and earthy hops, again with a sweet malt presence in the background that dominates the hop profile. The texture is almost sticky aftertaste and finish.
Overall, I feel like this should be marketed as an English IPA. The hop profile is overtaken by malt and also has an herbal /earthy note that reminds me of English beers I have sampled. I understand English hops and malts are not used here, but it just reminds me of a British IPA. This brew is drinkable and doesn’t have any problems. I have no issue drinking this, still tasty. I just think that a customer buying this in a bottle shop should understand it’s very malty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle from the brewery open house. Pours a slightly hazy reddish copper color with a huge frothy bubbly off white head that persists forever. Earthy, pine, citrus, and stone fruits meld with light caramel and bready malts in the aroma. The flavor holds a bit more maltiness than the aroma suggested. Solid bready caramel base with an earthy citrusy flavor. Moderate hop bitterness. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick resinous mouthfeel. A bit old school with a heavier caramel and toffee malty presence, but the use of newer hop varieties make this one stand out. Nice brew.