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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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 CaptainCougar (5520), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Sep 28, 2005  
On tap at the Heston Bar: Pours a clear copper with a puffy and long-lasting white head. Aroma has lots of citrus grapefruity hops with a touch of caramel malt underneath. Body starts with a touch of sweetness and some diacetyl and plenty of hoppy bitterness toward the dry finish.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jan 24, 2004  
A robust pine, grapefruit and peanut aroma, and a pretty decent bitterness throughout. Not a sweet IPA, more nutty and musty but the bittering hops do their job.


 Cornfield (4964), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Jun 17, 2005  
Not overwhelming, but a nicely hopped up, enjoyable IPA. Hazy orange in body, it sports a rocky off-whitw head that laces the glass heavily as you drink. With a mild caramel malt beneath, the aroma is predominantly grapefruit and pine hop scents. The caramel backbone supports some fine hop bitterness, and this finishes on a long, piney hop note. Very good.


 Lubiere (4549), 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)


 BBB63 (4267), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Jul 4, 2003  
Copper hue, with small white head and little lacing. Light to medium-bodied. Piney/grapefruit floral aroma with a hint of vanilla. Very hoppy taste with lingering bitterness. Dry and lively mouthfeel. Slighty astringent feel. Alcohol is detectable. A hop head beer, not very complex but quaffable when looking for something with some bite. I guess that the water in La Porte is so bad, it must be why I drink so much beer... Really past comment about the water is b.s., like the water in Lake county is any better, please spare me.


 thedm (3836), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 7, 2003  
This brew poured a small head of off-white fine to medium sized bubbles that was mostly lasting and left a fair lacing. Its body was a transparent low carbonation light orange brown color. It has a mild malt hop aroma and a strong initial IPA hop bite that later settles down into a smooth hop finish.


 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.


 hotstuff (3175), Indiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 7, 2003  
First of all, very, very hoppy in flavor and aroma. The head was small and off-white with small bubbles that quickly dissipated. There was no to speak of and there was carbonation observed. The nose was that of grapefruit and the flavor was bitter from start to finish and then some. I still am not a fan of IPA's.



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