Roscoe's Hop House Original India Pale Ale

Original India Pale Ale

 

Roscoe's Hop House in Rochester, New York, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
5.95
ABV: 6.3% IBU: - Ticks: 25
Harkening back to old world brewing styles, Roscoe’s Hop House uses the highest quality malts and hops to bring forth this smooth, bright flavored India Pale Ale. With a nod to the past, this nicely balanced, true ale is brewed using traditional brewing methods for a unique flavor profile. The password to our best kept secret is found inside the bottle.
 

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

Bottle. Medium gold color with a medium head. Aroma is a weak grapefruit. Taste is also a weak grapefruit. Not one of the better IPAs.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Mar 2025 at 06:54


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

Bottle 12fl.oz. @ chriso Post-GBBF Tasting 2014. [ As Roscoes Hop House Original India Pale Ale ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a small average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, brown caramel, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, malt sweet, hop bitter, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20140816]

Tried from Bottle on 18 Aug 2015 at 14:32


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared at chriso’s post GBBF minidig 16/08/2014 . Aroma is medicinal berry hop with a touch of resin, and alcohol. Clear golden / orange coloured pour with a loose white head . flavour is composed of nutty, slightly stale malts, chive hop, metal finish. A bit of hop berry flavour as well. Palate is medium carbonation and medium sweet. Pretty bad.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2014 at 14:06


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle shared at chriso’s Post-GBBF 2014 Tasting - London. Pours perfectly clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose has light paper notes, caramel, bread, melon. Medium sweet flavor with more mellow caramel, melon, citrus candies. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with simplistic bready malts, caramel and mild leafy bitterness. A lowest common denominator IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2014 at 16:04


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

13th September 2014
Bright clear gold - amber beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is light and crisp. Mild minerals. Airy malts, little creamy sweetness. Hops are pretty light - mild citrus, touch of marmalade. Light semi dry finish brings a little dry floralness. Fine.

Tried on 14 Sep 2014 at 05:52


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle@Lord Northbrook, Lee, London (11/08/2014) - amber coloured pour with white head. Sweet fruity and malty aroma and taste, citrus fruity, some caramel and light toffee, slight herbal, not bad.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Sep 2014 at 02:27


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottle shared at Chriso’s post GBBF minidig, 16/08/14. Clear golden with moderate off white spotting and edgeing. Nose is earthy hop, bitter orange, light spice, citric peel, light bread notes. Taste comprises malty tones, bread dough, orange pith, straw. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close with a limited hop presence. Sub par IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Sep 2014 at 14:12


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

Bottle from Tesco, Stockport. Slightly deeper amber colour with a bubbly head. Has a fine IPA texture despite its strength being more than evident.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Aug 2014 at 13:55


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

355ml bottle from Tesco, Hermiston Gait. Pours clear amber, no head, big bubbles. Aromas of honey, floral hops. minerals and light orange. Taste has more orange, but not in a bitter way, more honey sweetness. Oily texture, thin finish. OK.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Aug 2014 at 08:15


5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle - Acetone and herbal. Clear gold with a rich white head. Sweet caramel malts, orange and a light earthy bitterness. Bleh.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2014 at 09:24