Sumptuous coppery bitter brings initial spice-hopped lemon-orange peel zest and grapefruit souring to full-on pine needle mouthfeel before underlying caramelized pale-crystal malts adjoin toasted biscuit spine. Turning sweeter with each passing, as baked apple illusion and floral adjuncts overtake receding citric tartness.
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LONG TRAIL INDIA PALE ALE
Crisp, clean, mellow-fruited IPA much less bitter than its style presumes. Scant orange-soured apricot-tangerine tang, acidic grapefruit-lemon rind souring and unripe white peach tartness cut through mild grassy-hopped bittering and resinous pine slither to musty cereal-grained finish that subdues up-front assets and brings about tinny aftertaste.
(MIDNIGHT SUN) SOCKEYE RED I.P.A.
PAPER CITY INDIA’N PALE ALE
(ROCKIES) MOJO INDIA PALE ALE
Arguably the best of Rockies’ brews, viscous amber-hazed IPA segues from perfumed honeysuckle nectar sweetness to thrusting citric hop bitterness, enveloping piney finish with orange-peeled grapefruit luster. Sweet cereal- grained cracked wheat center absorbs herbaceous snip, adding to fruited red ale-like sentiment.
SILETZ PADDLE ME INDIA PALE ALE
STONE RUINATION I.P.A.
VICTORY HOP WALLOP ALE
ALEXANDER KEITH’S INDIA PALE ALE
BARREL HOUSE BOSS COX DOUBLE DARK I.P.A.
Bold scarlet-hued spruce-wafted full body with varied complexities makes for heady elixir. Harsh hop-charred spicing and metallic alcohol-burned bitterness cattycorner chewy cereal-grained caramel-chocolate malting up-front. At midst, sticky cotton-candied anise tenacity cushions red apple ripeness and sherry-burgundy-barleywine heft, overcompensating gooey cherry puree, rum raisin, and stewed prune illusions. Chestnut, hazelnut, and butternut fade in and out.
(BUTTERNUTS) SNAPPERHEAD I.P.A.
Cordial yellow-canned all-malt India Pale Ale plies buttery almond, sugared oats, and honeyed marzipan to zesty floral-hopped tangerine tang. Sweet hazelnut-almond reminder nips toasted barley base. Tinny corrosion doesn’t negatively affect biscuit-y finish. Unlike most (bottled) IPA’s, lacks pronounced wood chip burnt hop-spiced bittering.
DAVIDSON BROTHERS INDIA PALE ALE
Tenuous IPA lacks stylistic complexity and depth but retains crisp, clean template. Phenol-spiced red-fruited complacency and shrill orange-peeled pine-hopped astringency falter to dim cereal-grained wheat-honeyed backbone. Distant floral-dabbed peach-cherry-apple illusions receive weird sunflower-seeded herbal fungi nuance. Bland metallic finish worsens over time.





