Acme California IPA

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

Cloudy straw pour, medium head, and lace. Sweet hoppy aroma. Very fruity, strawberry or watermelon with the bitter piny hops. Very nicely carbed. Not as dry and overwhelming as some IPAs, but very nice light, fruity IPA.

Label is different than one that is displayed...has a blonde in a yellowish skirt swinging from a rope. Hazy golden pour into thick foamy off white head that dissipates into melting lacing as minimal amount of carbonated bubbles rise from the bottom into a pool of foam in the center of the glass as unfiltered peppery citrus bits float freely in the glass. Aroma of light malted grain and peppery rye with hints of flowery hoppy pine and fruity citrus. Initial flavor of sweet citrus with a peppery malted bread and bitter hoppy finish. This could easily become a regular distraction from my favorite stouts for summer drinking.

Clear gold with a thick white head. Subtle aroma of piney hops. Flavor is soft and hoppy with a mild malt undercurrent. A very subtle and mild IPA overall. Not bad.

Faintly sweet aroma... Light gold orange color... Sweet and gently bitter flavor... Not terribly bitter for a west coast IPA... Very drinkable IPA, palate is slightly sweet and bitter.. Pretty good beer.

I don’t know if this heat is getting to me or not, but I was thankful I had a bottle of this in the fridge. I had finished doing some yardwork, sweating like a friggin’ pig and man this was nice. Aroma is mildly hoppy, citrusy, and a smidge of pine. Not really as assertive as I like my IPA’s to be, but still good nonetheless. Flavors carry a nice balance of hop-to-malt flavor with citrus and caramel supporting each other very nicely. Nothing over the top, nothing underwhelming, just a really nice beer at a really important time...I was freakin’ thirsty. In fairness, it didn’t last very long in my glass. I think it was gone in about 30 seconds.

pours a nice blond with a great fluffy white head and some good lace. Aroma is kind of faint with some good maltiness and a little bit of citrus hoppy notes. The flavor is has a good fruity hoppiness with some citry s and a largely dry flavor. The palate is well rounded.

(bottle - 12 oz) Hazy amber color with a thick and fizzy white head. Mild hops in the aroma with a very slight touch of citrus near the end. A decent amount of malts as well. Flavor has a nice citrus and bitter taste at the beginning with some light flower and grain notes. Some light caramel malts blend well and finishes with a bitter and citrus finish.

Pours a clear medium amber color with a well retained, foamy, off-white head. A sudsy wash dries as a sticky panel of broken, cobweb lacing. The nose is relatively hoppy, showing mild orange and grapefruit bitterness over a backdrop of sweet crystal malt. Flavors are equally balanced and simple, decent citrus hopping going against caramel malt and mild grains. There’s a bit of unfortunate soapiness that fouls thing up a little. The palate is medium bodied and lightly astringent, finishing with a soapy aftertaste. Not very good. A boring IPA.