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Back Road Midwest IPA 2005 (and earlier) 3.15 31

Back Road Midwest IPA 2005 (and earlier)

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
313.17/5.03.15/5.06.3%20.4Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
You say you like Hops? Lets just see if you can handle this! Our IPA (Indiana Pale Ale) has enough hops to float a battleship. Let the resiny grapefruit-like hop flavor and aroma stimulate the senses and smack your buds. This beer style is extremely high in hop flavor and aroma, not to mention alcohol.
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 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Apr 5, 2005  
Bottle. Nice hopppy aroma of citrus fruits with a thick, lasting head which produced nice lacing throughout. Clear amber color. Taste is mostly on the pine side with some toased malts. Not great but enjoyable.


 Pailhead (2609), Allen Park, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Apr 3, 2005  
Bottle: Decent hop and lots of malt aroma almost give it a light orange juice smell. Pours a mostly transparent orange, just a slight haze. Small off-white head. Nice lacing. While the aroma is very malty, not a ton of malt in the flavor. Real big hop finish is more pine than citrus. With so much hops and very little malt, balance needs improving. Thanks to wolhfs.


 11026 (1779), Alabama, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 28, 2005  
Bottle. Nice orange amber color. Off-white head leaves good lacing. Medium bodied. Aroma is different, not hop, not malt and not a balance of hop and malt. I can’t really place it. Sourish, citrus rind bitterness throughout. Decent malt. This is a decent IPA, in my opinion it just needs a little refinement.


 rudolf (1784), Buffalo, New York, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/103/59/20
Jan 20, 2005  
Not much of a nose here - perhaps a little fruit. I suppose this is an english pale? Toasty malt, light herbal hops. A bit of cherry. not something I’d purchase


 Lubiere (4551), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/512/20
Dec 14, 2004  
Golden with reddish hue, with no aroma, but decent hops and grapefruits, lacks malts, unbalanced. (July 31 at Indiana Microbrewers Festival)


 igneous1 (1374), Davenport, Iowa, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jun 23, 2004  
color is a caramel, with a minimal beige head. aroma is mild with pine notes, maybe a little butter...malts are pretty subdued. Flavor has a little honeydew, some citrus, some butter, and slightly vegetal in the finish. hops are pretty subdued in the flavor. not hoppy enough for me...decent effort though.


 BATLMULLET (127), Highland, Indiana, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/59/20
May 12, 2004  
Bottle. Heavy yeast at the bottom. So much that I had to decant too much. Anyway, very thin body, no head to speak of. Not a whole lot of maltiness to balance the hops, which all appear at the end...too bitter with not enough aroma.


 5000 (2600), Hardened Liver, Washington, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/513/20
Feb 20, 2004  
Bottle pours a hazy orangish yellow with a very minor dishwater like head.   Carbonation is almost non-existant and the lacing is so-so.   Major piney aroma, very similar to cat urine.   Initial taste is somewhat piney, but not hoppy.   Very earthy in the middle, or basement like.   Some mild hop bitterness & pine resin follows through at the end.   Mouthfeel is fine, and its definately not watery, but that aroma just makes me think of the days when the cats were let loose on the furniture.   Thanks goes out to acrodizer for the trade!



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