Nepenthe Ales Hop-ful IPA
Candia Road Brewing Co. in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.71
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours gold into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to skim surface. Mild resin aromas. Thin with sweet caramel upfront turning to mild earthy resin in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22 oz. bottle from On the Vine. English pint shows an unfiltered Straw color liquid. Ample carbonation gives a fluffy, soapy white lasting head. Nose is underwhelming. I left it reach room temperature before I drank my second glass and still only shows light citrus notes. The flavor is a traditional IPA. Mixture of sweet malt and pine hops and a touch of honey. Bitterness is a pine or spruce. Body is medium with low Co2. Not bad but… after trying all of the other brews from Nepenthe Ales, this really is my least favorite.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
22oz bottle-pours amber with a rich light tan head. Aroma is lime/some lemon. Taste is lime/some lemon/orange hops, medium malt-caramel. Slight earthy/spice finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours a deep orange brown amber color with a huge creamy off white head that persists forever. Smells of citrus and pine with enough caramel and toffee to provide some balance. Taste is malty with brown sugar and caramel off set with some pine and citrus. Grapefruit apricots resin and a little bit of sharp astringency. It’s a bit on the sweet side for me. Medium body with a spirited level of carbonation and a sweet almost syrupy mouthfeel. I’m not digging this one as much as their other beers. Its a bit dark for the style, its a bit sweet, and it could really use some more hop flavor and aroma. Not bad, but could be better.