Bison Brewing Company Organic IPA

Organic IPA

 

Bison Brewing Company in Berkeley, California, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular Out of Production
Score
6.36
ABV: 6.8% IBU: 64 Ticks: 31
Our organic IPA uses Tomahawk, Cascade, and Centennial hops for a rustic, rough-hewn hop character that pairs great with food or relaxing among friends. Prominent citrus and pine aromas and bitterness that is not over the top balances this medium bodied copper-colored brew.

2010 vintage 6.0% abv
 

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

Bottle from Bottle Barn;Nose immediately shows grain and caramel, with vanilla notes; a tiny bit of piney hops is there, but faint; clear yellow-orange with a medium yellow-tinged head; flavor has hop bitterness and a lot of malt, vanilla and caramel mixed with some sweetness; hops show up as a lot more bitterness in the finish. Enjoyable flavors, but not the way I find them in most IPAs.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jul 2007 at 23:04


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

LIght hoppy aroma. Kind of floral. Orange amber color with a decent off-white head. Starts a bit citrus, gets even more citrus, and the malt is playing background. Some stone fruit shows up. Floral aromas revive. The finish is still citrus, the malt is not all that there, but the hop drops off enough that the finish is nearly balanced. Very different IPA.

Tried on 29 May 2007 at 21:14


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Clearish golden coloured body with a nice dense tan head. Aroma of fresh hops, citrus, pale malt and a very ligth sweetness. Medium-bodied; Sharp hoppiness up front with fresh apricots and pears following behind with a good malt backbone throughout. Aftertaste shows hop bitterness and malt going on, with some alcohol and sweetness as well. Overall, a decent IPA - nothing amazing, but nothing horrible either. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Joe’s Place in Oklahoma City (Norman), Oklahoma on 27-May-2007 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Tried from Bottle on 27 May 2007 at 23:15


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

bottle - Pours copper colored with a thin head and a citrus hop aroma. The fruity hops come through pretty well in the flavor, though overall it’s a little on the light side. Still, this ale is fairly enjoyable and easy to drink.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2007 at 22:49


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

Bottle, marked organic. Pour is rather boring... no head, amber/straw color. Blah. Aroma has some grapefruit/tangerine citrus with a grassy backdrop. Somewhat weak for an IPA. Flavor is a little more interesting... a bit of a pine resin character comes through and balances a slightly sweet caramel malt presence fairly well. That said, it is a little bit watery and would be a lot better if not for that.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Feb 2007 at 21:32


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

22oz bomber. Color is copper with some red and some sort of hazy orange. Thin long lasting off white head. The aroma is a bit too light to really get a good sense of it. I think I get some vague hoppiness like pine and also a hint of malt. The flavor is up front pine hop bitterness with slivers of sweeter pine hop flavor. Following that I occasionally get a thin watery flavor. Then the malts enter with light roastiness, biscuit, melanoidin and wet hay. This IPA is maltier than most and one of the better organic brews I’ve tried.

Tried on 02 Feb 2007 at 20:46


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Citric and floral with an orange blossom character. Fresh bread. Medium palate, and medium bitterness. Pale copper color.

Tried on 27 Dec 2006 at 19:39


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Organic IPA. Seems to be bottle conditined. Medium orange/amber with an averge sized, sticky white head. Caramel and apricot orange aroma. The sweetness is very subdued and what there is quickly turns to a long smooth dryness that’s not too bitter. Very drinkable and a bit different. Mine was a little flat. A better carbonation would improve the mouthfeel some. Thanks to droopy49 for sending this one!

Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2006 at 17:11


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

Hazy amber body with a thin white head. Sweet light floral aroma with some citrus hints. Slightly malty flavor, with some citrus hops, and a hint of floral hops.

Tried on 03 Sep 2006 at 23:10


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Hazy deep amber, small beige head.Malt nose with light hops.Starts malty, light hops in finish. More of an ESB than IPA

Tried on 12 Jul 2006 at 19:43