Atwater Salvation IPA

Brewed by Atwater Block Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Detroit, Michigan USA

Butterscotch is strong in the nose with underlying grapefruit and floral hoppiness. Clear, deep bolde body is topped by a decent and lasting fine bubbled head that leaves some nice lace. Caramel malt, citrus and floral hop flavours are rounded out by light butterscotch. Some toasty malt character is notable especially in the lingering sweet aftertaste. Medium light body with strong soft-bubbled effervescence. Bottle sampled at a tasting chez MartinT after the qualifying session for Grand Prix 2008.

bottle. Clear light orange-copper-ish color, decent white head with fair amounts of lacing. Smells of sweet toasted nuts, light floral and lemon notes. Flavor consists mostly of too-sweet malty backbone fighting with some sharp lemon-ish hoppiness. Light on the bitterness, with a sweet slick finish on the palate. Not too bad, but not too good, either.

My Bottom Line:
Spicy grapefruit-like hoppiness surfs on lean honeyed cereals before a timid buttery smirk surfaces in this drinkable but slightly awkward India Pale Ale.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A slice of foam dwindles into the shiny pale bronze.
-A pleasant peppery, spicy bitterness lingers nicely in the finish.
-The grain bill does not seem to contribute to the hops’ efforts much.
-If it weren’t for that butterscotchy character, we might have had a decent IPA here.

Bottles.

Bouteille de 12 oz partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal chez MartintT. Arôme: Légère odeur de caramel au beurre. Apparence: La couleur est blonde légèrement orangée. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Léger goût d’houblons avec une très légère pointe de caramel. Longue durée de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est mince avec une texture légèrement huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de zeste d’orange en arrière goût. (Rating #1740)

Bottle. Amber pour. Large white head. Sticky lacing. Nose is surprisingly malty with spicy hops and caramel. taste is very hoppy. Lots of caramel, strong citrus and spicy hops, soft malt and orange peel. Body is medium with creamy carbonation. Ends with more spicy hops, citrus notes, caramel and a strong flavor of orange peel. Very resinous towards the end as well. Different but good.

Melon, butterscotch, sunny hop aroma. Cloudy, wit-looking beer with a fluffy white head. Label looks like it was peeled from a can of organic peas. Fizzy, kumquat, light diacetyl, lemon pith bitter. Medium light body, mish-mash aftertaste.

Pours a copper color with foamy white head with loads of lace. Aroma is very faint hop aroma and it is mostly dominated by the earthy malt aroma. This is also true for the flavor. The beer is more like an English IPA then anything else. Not bad, but not what I look for in the style. with foamy white

Smells like birra del borga Te. I think its infected? Funky barny aromas with spicy hops, smells like Brett. Pours blonde and exploded on opening. Funky flavor, definitely has some Brett infection, i’m thinking this wasn’t intentional but it does taste damn good! Its either great or horrible!