21st Amendment Brew Free or Die IPA

21st Amendment Brewery
Brewed at Cold Spring Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Francisco, California USA

12 oz can purchased at 99 Bottles in Federal Way, Washington. Pour is copper golden with a slight haze and a two inch off white head. Nice lacing. Aroma of soft and faint pine resin and fruit bitterness. Bready mild caramel malt present. Taste is apple fruit, slight sour bitter, and earth resin. Palate is medium. Drinkable, though not that clean.

Can Pours a clear golden with a decent off white head. The head seems to last well and produce pretty good lacing. The aroma is hoppy with touches of citrus, mostly grapefruit and pineapple, sweet malts, and faintly pine. Has a good carbonation. The flavor is good and bitter. I love the hops. Has a good balance though and not over the top. Has a medium body. The texture is resiny. Has a good finish with a good aftertaste. I saw a sixer of this and because of the name had to buy it even though it was in cans. The can explains why and it makes sense even though it feels wt. Good drinking beer.

Good sized bright white head of fine bubbles. Reduces slowly. Nice hoppy citrus aroma with plenty of sweet malts and some tangerine and pineapple. Color is a clear golden orange except for when I poured the bottom of the can in. I guess I did not expect this can to be "bottle conditioned". Just never thought about it I guess. Nice swirl of yeast and sediment. Kind of flat and overly sweet . Lifeless in the mouth. More bitter hops and toasted grains. Oily palate. Not very dry or crisp like you would expect from an IPA. Finishes sweet and oily with some lingering fruit. Not as good as expected.

Indy Brewers Fest 2009 - Hopapalooza - Stinky aroma of citrus hops with a nice malty back. Flavor is chewy citrus hops with a malty finish. Nice balance. Tasty

Lightly hazed gold with a large off-white head. Smells of tangerine, [pineapple, grapefruit, and a hint of caramel. The flavor had notes of grapefruit, toast, tangerine, and caramel. Has a nice lasting finish that just sits on your tongue but doesn’t totally kill you with bitterness. As an IPA is was maybe a step above average but is one hell of an argument for craft beer in a can.

Lots of carbonation to start, poured half and had to let the glass set for the head to go down. Foamy head, transparent yellow colored body. Once I poured the rest of the can it was rather cloudy and slightly darker. Smell was all sweet citrus. Not a bad taste at first, good hoppy flavor. Offputting bitterness towards the end that I didn’t really understand. Overall pretty decent IPA though.

I sampled this beer on draft at Max’s Taphouse in Baltimore. The beer had a straw-gold color with a hazy appearance and an average sized head with good cling and medium retention. The beer had a pine and citrus hop aroma with some grain and yeast notes too. The taste was a sour grainy effect with some bitterness too, which was less pronounced. The beer had a wet start and body, with low carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel and finish.

Hazy dark orange/light copper color with a fine 1/2" white head. Aroma is very floral, citrusy hop combo with a suprising amount of sweet malts in the nose. Flavor shows a nice hop/malt balance...lots of hops, lots of malts. Reminds me of Drakes IPA in some ways. Solid IPA, especially from a can.