Lubiere (24459) reviewed 480G IPA from The Beer Research Institute 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
A golden orange ipa with a thin off white head. In aroma, nice biscuit malt with grassy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, resinous character, nice. In mouth, a nice biscuit malt with loads of orange pulp, citrusy floral hops, grapefruit pulp, sweet final, nice. On tap at brewery.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Lolli Blonde from The Beer Research Institute 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A pale golden ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity caramel malt with light grassy hops, light sulfur, OK. In mouth, a sweet fruity malt with light acidity and cloves, grassy hops, banana esters lingering on, a tad cloying. On tap at brewery.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a dark mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head. The aroma offers up malts, a dash of sweet chocolate and then bits of dark roasted malts and faint earthy coffee. The taste delivers solid dark roasted malts to burnt malts and then a pleasing load of chocolate goodness. I’m struggling to find hops here but there seems to be a few slivers of black licorice spiciness blended into pine hops somewhere in the background. Solid roasty brew that could use more of a hop presence for the style. Deep into the after taste there are notes of lingering hop bitterness and dark roasted malts. I like it.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Lolli Blonde from The Beer Research Institute 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear deep gold body that supports a tiny dirty white head. The aroma offers up smooth fruity apple sauce, pears and a dash of plum. The taste starts with smooth supple fruitiness that’s apple, pear and peach like. To midway it picks up a raisin to slightly cherry sensation as the mild yeasty spices come to the surface. Solid offering here where the sweet fruity notes are balanced by spicy yeast and a raisin sort of bite.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Mo Wheat from The Beer Research Institute 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a clear gold body that supports a near white head of foam. The modest aroma offers up malts that have a wheat like edge to them and then a dash sweetness and bitter citrus hops. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of bitter citrus hops and mild wheat maltiness. Cool, fresh hop forward beer that ends a bit dry with hop bitterness. All 28 IBUs are firing here!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a somewhat murky deep copper body that supports a light tan head. The aroma offers up some brighter grapefruit like citrus hop notes alongside smooth sweet tropical fruit mango goodness with a faint earthy hoppiness at the edge of the experience. The taste is both smooth and bright with hops much like noted in the nose. Bitter grapefruit hops get bear hugged by smooth deep mango tropical fruity yum. Wow. Solid balance and depth and a pleasing degree of hoppiness that fills in all of the gaps in the fruity sweetness with spikes of bitter grapefruit notes.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Jed-IPA from The Beer Research Institute 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Poured up on tap at the brewpub where it exhibits a nearly clear deep gold body that has copper hues and supports a full almost tight light tan head of foam. The aroma has a pretty nice mix of pine, mango, pineapple, cantaloupe and the modest sweet malty base. The taste starts smooth and approachable where the sweet malt base blends in with a brief hoppy citrus juiciness. The to midway the hop bitterness and resiny pine hop notes lined thinly with onion spiciness take over the experience. Toward the finish the hops reveal additional facets of pineapple and cantaloupe but remain firmly bitter to the end.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Growler pours with a deep dark amber body that has dark red hues and supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up sweet malts, some caramel malts, a nice layer of spicy hops, earthy sort of fruitiness and just a hint of pine. The taste is similar where I get smooth, almost silky, sweet malts rolling into malt and caramel malt sweetened spicy and earthy hops. To midway the sweetness persists as the hops take on a more bitter and resiny edge that is nearly even in strength with the sweetness and creates a malt sweetened pine hop sensation. It seems this could be a bit less sweet and it can lose the caramel almost diacetyl sensation.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed 480G IPA from The Beer Research Institute 11 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Poured up on tap (just a few hours after its first tapping) where it exhibits a slightly hazy deep gold body that supports a near white head of foam that leaves behind some sheet lacing. The aroma offers up grapefruit, mango and a bit of resiny smelling pine hoppiness where there’s also a mild malty base off in the background. The taste delivers chewy grapefruit and mango and resiny pine hoppiness. This is working very well as the balance between hop juicy flavor and hop bitterness is spot on. Lovely West Coast with plenty of bitterness and malty backbone to keep me happy.