Barley Island Barfly IPA

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Pours cognac-colored with a nice white head. Aroma is of citrus (oranges mostly). Taste is bitter with a nice maltiness in the finish. Not a great IPA by style, but not bad either. Just very simple.

Glowing orange color with huge off white head. Fresh hoppy aroma. The taste was the same. Smooth on the palate. Massive lacing.

Bottled. Poured hazy medium orange with lots of chunky sediment and a short, well-retained cap of off-white head.. nice lacing as it descended. The aroma picked up orange and other citrusy hoppage along with floral notes and some biscuity malts.. more-or-less malt-based and intriguing with the combination of elements. The flavor had a sweet, tacky caramel base that was rum (or more accurately some other raw booze) accented.. mild to moderate bitterness of the citrus variety.. pine notes on the finish.. a bit rough all-around. Medium-bodied and too sharp at several points on the palate.. could have perhaps used more hoppage to help the balance.

Date: 06/06/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip

clear orange, fine dirty white head, drippy lace, sweet caramel malt aroma with light citrus hops, lots of well balanced sweet caramel malt flavor, plenty of citrus hop flavor to balance the sweet malt, light bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4

Grat tasting IPA. Lots of fruit flavour. Well hopped. Winner all around. Can’t wait to have it agin

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a shaker. This beer poured a dark brownish copper color with a foamy beige head that slowly faded. Some uneven, sticky lace was left around the glass. The aroma consisted of a big citrus/grapefruit presence followed up by a nice caramel malt backbone. The flavor was super hoppy, with sweet grapefruit flavors giving way to the roasted caramel, and finishing just slightly bitter. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied with minimal carbonation. This is an excellent brew, done in the same vein as Alpha King. Very tasty, and vastly underappreciated.

Pours a beautiful orange amber with a one inch off-white head. Aroma is a great balance of floral/herbal, citrus hops with a touch of caramal malt. Not as strong as it could be. Flavor is surprisingly balanced--great floral front hop (slight grapefruit--not too much), a complex nutty, caramel malt background, followed by a moderate bittering finish. Not too bitter; not too sweet. Mouthfeel, for this size beer, is has a pleasant unexpected stickyness. I concur with many that this makes a great session IPA in an age of big beers.

Bottle courtesy of lewis13. Pours a cloudy orange-amber with a kajillion tiny little floaties and an average size off-white head. Aroma has a nice balance of citrus and pine hops and sweet malt. Simple flavour of hops and caramel malt, a bit of fruit and a quick bitter finish -- easy to drink and refreshing. Medium bodied. Good stuff.