Brutal Bitter
(has 2 batches)

Average American IPA. Fruity and hoppy, but a bit too modest and watery. Decent.

660ml Flasche. Orangegelbe Farbe, schöne Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, hopfig, Citrus. Geschmack leicht malzig, dann sehr bitter fruchtig nach Citrus, Grapefruit.

Bottle 50 cl. Orange, hazy with offwhite head. Hops , hops, and lemon. Light bittersweet taste with a soft Hoppy end. Ok

Botella de 65 cl. en el Lúpulo. Septiembre 2013. Porque llaman Brutal Ipa a esta cerveza? Esta claro que no es una cerveza cualquiera pero tampoco es una Ipa brutal.Cuerpo ligero - medio tiene una buena combinación de aromas y sabores pero no destaca ninguno en especial. Buena calidad y materias primas que ofrecen una cerveza sin grandes sorpresas. No estaría mal repetir para ver si se le puede sacar algo mas. Buena para empezar la noche o la tarde.

22 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, no bottle dating. Pours lightly hazy golden amber color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, lemon zest, floral, grass, light pine, light honey, bread, herbal, and floral earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop notes with moderate malt presence; and good strength. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, lemon zest, orange zest, floral, grass, light pine, herbal, light honey, bread, and floral earthiness. Fair amount of earthy floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, floral, grass, light pine, bread, herbal, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and complexity of citrus/floral hop flavors and moderate malt presence; with a crisp malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice IPA. All around good balance and complexity of crisp hop flavors with a fair amount of malt presence; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.

On tap @ Rogue Distillery & public house, Portland. Pours dark golden with a finger thick head. Aroma is sweet hops with apricot and orange peel. Full body with soft carbonation. Flavour is bitter with pine and orange peel, as well as a quite sweet caramel malt backbone.

7% 1100 yen draft pint but 200 off during happy hour at Tadg’s. It pours a nice light amber color with a dank hoppy aroma. The taste is a clean bitterness with a slightly ascerbic puckering finish. Nice but bitter. ---on tap at Nakanoshima Awake. Rogue brutal bitter pours a great clear copper with a malty sweet yet pungently hoppy nose of grapefruit & citrus. Medium bodied with a somewhat raspy carbonation. The taste is bitter hoppiness with a sweet malt hit then a bitter piney hop finish. A nice IPA.

On tap @ Animal. Orangish colour with a white head with good lasting. Aroma is mainly citrus, floral notes. Flavor is light with hints of pine and citrus with a very good balance.

On tap @ Euston Tap. Cloudy darkish gold. Aroma of buttercream and gooseberry, like a good Sauvignon Blanc. Taste in surprisingly slight, balanced with bitter aftertaste. This IPA is better than the sum of its parts, however I still found it missing something that the great IPAs have.