Acme California IPA

Brewed by North Coast Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fort Bragg, California USA

Pours a clear medium gold with a touch of orange and amber, has a white head that diminishes to a ring and thin cover, starts with good effervescence and tapers off, looks pretty in the glass, aroma of malt sweetness, orange and peach fruitiness, herb/grassy and floral hops, flavor of pine needles and citrus with a touch of malt sweetness and toasted malt, this IPA is brewed to the hop side of things, starts with a little malt flavor and sweetness but goes hoppy quick and stays that way until the finish, hop bitterness lingers for a bit, has a medium mouth feel and hops make this dry on the palate, a touch of bubbly creaminess on the tongue, a hoppy IPA with a small amount of malt flavor

(Bottle from Tully’s) Pours a quite hazy light apricot-amber. Quite light-looking for an IPA. Three fingers of rocky biege head. Aroma of sweet and sticky caramel and vanilla along with piney hops. A slight bit of a weird, sourish off-note in there as well that detracts a bit. Mouthfeel is fairly smooth with a decent amount of heft. Lots of fairly heavy, foamy, broken lacing. Tastes big and hoppy with a good malt presence as well. Slightly biting pine/grapefruit with caramel and vanilla sweetness underneath. Mild fruitiness. Good bitter pinch in finish and bitterness coats the tongue afterwards. The sour dishrag from the aroma is barely noticeable. The 6.5% is well -covered. A pretty decent hop-bomb regular IPA. Ratings seem strangely low.

Bottle. Pours a nearly-crystal clear medium gold color with a full off-white head and plenty of carbonation. Hoppy aroma with citrus and pine as well. Regardless of the commercial description, I was not bowled over with the hops. It’s a bit wimpy for an IPA in my opinion (I like an in-your-face IPA that brings on a a bit of a scowl), but it’s still a decent brew. This beer would do well paired with a tricked-out turkey burger and spinach salad on a warm summer day.

Poors a medium-high bodied copper with a decent head on it. The hops waft up from this baby high avove the glass--mmm! It’s slightly bitter and citrusy on the palate and just taste mostly of pure hops, perhaps with some caramel. The hops are pleasingly bitter on the back of the throat and it’s full flavor hits you. Although heavy it’s still a very drinkible beer, and a superb IPA. Would definitely get it again. (not sure why this one has so many low-ish ratings--I didn’t find this brew weak in neither scent nor flavor!)

12oz bottle, another I found buried in the fridge. Light pale body with a big white head. The aroma is light, some citrus. The flavor is grapefruit and oranges. Medium body with a bitter finish.

Descentr IPA at best. Only slightly hoppy and not much body...way too watery for my liking....next!

This golden ale poured with a decent off-white head that shot out of the bottle as soon as I opened it. There is a hearty malt base that is balanced out by citrus and hop bitterness. A decent brew.

Golden pour with a thin head that disipates quickly. Watery malt nose with a hint of hops. Malty flavor with a dry finish.