Asheville Pizza Shiva IPA

Brewed by Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Cloudy copper with a nice lasting head and lace. Aroma of nutty malt. Flavor is toasted nut, followed by a sour fruit twang and a peppery, bitter-herby hop finish. Creamy smooth and light-medium bodied with some tingle from the peppery hops.

Date: January 25, 2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, whispy head
Aroma: light hop aroma
Flavor: lots of low hop flavor, a lot like an esb, slight bitter finish

Date: March 31, 2006
Score: ii to iii
Appearance: opaque dark yellow, frothy cream colored head
Aroma: big sweet citrus hop aroma
Flavor: nice sweet carmel malt flavor, tons of hops to balance, good citrus character, touch of diacytil sweetness that works well, light bitter finish

Date: September 21, 2007
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Score: 3.6 to 2.9
Score: iii to ii
the hop aroma and flavor has faded back to the old days, picking up a bit of dyactyl

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

Had at the Greensboro Summertime Brews Festival. Pretty good appearance. Nice aroma. Sweet and fruity. Good flavor. Nice all around. Not super standoutish. But still very good.

poured into pint, very armotic this one, pours a cloudy pale yellow, with fizzy head, taste is hops, little much on the bitterness but good

on tap-pours a foamy to rocky off whit head and cloudy gold color. Aroma is citrus hops, medium malt. Taste is citrus hops-bitter, crisp, medium malt. OK carbonation.

Draft at APBC. Cloudy orange pour with a white head that has some yellow tint to it. Citrus hops dominate the aroma, leading other scents of sweet malt, pine needles, grapefruit, peach and apricot. Flavor is unbalanced and overly acidic, proving a difficult quaff. Palate is rough and unrefined. Despite all this, it is a tasty IPA, but I wonder how much of my favoritism here can be attributed to the fresh keg and the awesome vibe at the brewpub. just a little too much bite on this for me. I would like to retry this in the future.

From notes 2/22/05: Pours a hazy golden copper, with more emphasis on the "golden", that seems to be illuminated from within. Aromas of citrusy hops and juicy goodness. Malt notes are mostly lost in the scent, this one is all hoppiness to the nose. Flavors exhibit a slight malt backbone, but this is quickly annihilated by a flurry of hops. Cascadey hop presence (or is it omnipresence?) coats your tongue and shrivels your tastebuds. Not as aggressive to ruin your palate for the night, but sturdy enough to give it a good once-over. A sweet, almost Juicy Fruit note peeks through. Modest mouthfeel. Very drinkable for the hophead

Draught at the brewpub. Clear dark golden color with thin white head. Citrusy grapefruit hop nose and flavor. Dry with a bitter hop finish. Not as good as the Red Light IPA.