Barley Island Barfly IPA

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

Hazy copper pour with foamy off-white head. The beer looks thick and feels thick and has a decent balance between bittering hops and sweet malts. Citrus aromas of grapefruit with notes of pine and flowers. Some caramel in the background. The flavor is moderately bitter and lightly sweet. Thick mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Finish is bitter. A bit too full-bodied for my taste in an IPA, but certainly ejoyable enough nonetheless.

Nice IPA I got from my Secret Santa. Thanks man! Aroma was kind of weak but what was there was all hops. Pour was a beautiful dark burnt orange with a nice 1 finger off white head. Taste was mostly citrus hops with a little malt in the background, but this is definately a hops oriented IPA. Not too strong or overbearing however, just a good sessionable IPA which is rare nowadays.

Bottled sample via mnurda. Orange in colour with a bit of haze and some floaties. Average carbonation. Aromas of citrusy hops and roasted malt. A bit of vanilla sweet malt in the mouth, with the grapefruit-orange hop elements showing up mid-sip. There’s a nice black pepper bitterness on the back finish, which sharpens up the mouthfeel nicely. Could use a bit more hop presence on the nose, but a pretty good IPA otherwise.

Pour is amber orange with a somewhat thick head for the style. Aroma is vegetal, herbs, and some grapefruit hops. Flavor is more on the malty side with some bitterness in the finish. Not the smoothest IPA, but then again, most IPA’s aren’t supposed to be smooth. Very average within its class, which makes sense given it’s style pct.

Kind of an interesting side note. My wife picked a 6 pack of this up thinking my friend liked IPA’s. I told her that one of the few styles my buddy didn’t care for were IPA’s (which meant score more for me). Yey!

12oz. bottle. Predominantly citric, fruity hop aroma, some faint lemon and grapefruit detected along with touches of doughy yeast and toasty malt sweetness. Hazy light-medium amber color, full of particulates, with a very fine but lasting head. Flavor profile follows the aroma rather closely, primarily showcasing the hop presence, which makes itself known here in the form of a light acidity and increasing bitterness, alongside the juicy citrus, leafy herbal qualities and faint, grainy malt sweetness. Semi-dry and thin on the palate with plenty of effervescence and a medium body. Does feature a nice amount of hoppiness, but is a bit thinner and less complex than many others of this style.

Pours to a hazy copper body with tons of large particulate and a tall lasting slick off-white head. The flavor is full of toasty bread, interesting specialty malts, bitter herbal grassy hops. Overall, pretty decent. The flavor is toasted specialty malts and light herbal hops. Quite toasty but also, that makes it more APA-ish. The palate is bitter and medium bodied with a nice malty texture. Very drinkable, but not overly superb.

Dark amber color with clinging and long-lasting off-white head; lots of sediment in my glass too. Lots of pine, some orange (not so much grapefruit to me); decent aroma. The flavor is more ambiguous, with a lot of malt backbone, but giving it a mix of vegetation, beer-stained carpet, and smoker’s breath. Moderate astringency, long-lasting bitterness, not to my preferences. Decent carbonation and body support. Halfway through my glass I ate a slice of watermelon--note to self: IPA and watermelon do not mix.

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear bright copper body under a fizzy off white head. Minimal to no visible carbonation, and lots of sticky lacing. The aroma hops are very leafy and earthy smelling with a slight tea like quality. Minimal malt impact. The flavor is very earthy and quite bitter with a moderate toasted malt base. Nice lingering bitter finish. Mouthfeel is light-medium bodied with a moderate fizzy carbonation level. A pretty nice drinkable IPA.