Canteen Brewhouse Il Vicino Wet Mountain India Pale Ale

Il Vicino Wet Mountain India Pale Ale

 

Canteen Brewhouse in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
7.23
ABV: 7.2% IBU: - Ticks: 16
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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at GBBF 2011. A golden/orange coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, malty, fruity aroma. Tastes hoppy, malty, quite sweet, tropical fruit and citrus fruit. Really easy to drink and damned tasty too.
Tried from Cask on 05 Aug 2011 at 05:10

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle via a trade with jbye4334. Pours with a small white head fading over an orange body. Aroma is orange, caramel and grain. Taste is hops, citrusy, some caramel and a bit faded. Medium carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Mar 2010 at 10:31

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8
Draught: Poured a copper amber color with a white froathy head (which you have to watch while being poured because the staff knows how to fill your glass to the top). The aroma is citrus and hops that pull on your inner spirit. The taste is quite devine, has that sweet rich malt start that quickly transfers between citrus and hops.
Tried on 08 Nov 2007 at 04:25

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Liquor Mart in Colorado, bottled in June 2005, remained on shelf from then until purchase in late September. Refrigerated from the beginning of October until consumption on 1/31/2006. The fill line was at the very bottom of the neck. I do not remember if this was the case when I bought it (most likely).
With such a poor fill and an aging period of 7 months, I was expecting the worst. To my great surprise the beer poured with a very large amount of head that even laced quite well. A light eggshell-beige color, atop a chill-hazed deep copper with light auburn tinges. Head retention is moderate, and probably even better had this been fresh. The nose is rather soft and mossy. Damp, leafy hops, soily and light bits of minerals and old oranges. But though it is not strong, it is a lasting aroma with substance to it. The malt is lightly peachy-sweet, with honey and some munich-like sourness. The flavor boasts of a very rounded, soft, citrus and floral hoppiness, with definite light peach and apricot notes. Plenty of sugary malt, light caramel and more of the munich sourness, more pronounced in flavor than aroma, comes out on the finish. Low carbonation, pushing watery, but not overly so. Very drinkable, medium bodied. Lack of lively, poignant hoppiness is the biggest problem here, but the flavors seem on for what it is. No doubt the fresh draught version must be a knockout.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Feb 2006 at 10:50

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
[At GABF 2004] A hazy orange beer with a small off-white head. The aroma is sweet and very grassy and hoppy, while the flavor contains lots of hop oils, with a dry grassy end.
Tried on 14 Jun 2005 at 10:50

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled with Bristol bottlecap. Amber colour with a very thin (1 centimetre) tan head which dissipates quickly. Very thick bodied in the pour...appears to be a very nice beer. Very strong, grassy, floral hops are very pleasant and DEFINATELY mouth watering. Medium-bodied; Grassy taste with a perfect balance between the malt and hops, but the hops come out and play very nicely. Strong floral presence, a bit piney and definately citrusy. I'm really glad I picked up this beer when I was out in Colorado, this is one of the best IPAs i've had recently! The aftertaste is pretty bittering, but in a good sense. Definately try this if you can find it! I wish I could have another bottle or two, but since I got it on a trip, i'm lucky to have one! Overall, this is better than the average IPA, especially from the east coast. I bought this twelve ounce bottle from Liquor Mart in Boulder, Colorado...but carted it back out to Washington, and it still tastes great!!!
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2003 at 21:09