Barley Island Blind Tiger Pale Ale

Brewed by Barley Island Brewing
Style: American Pale Ale
Noblesville, Indiana USA

Slightly hazed amber color with a modest head of dark cream colored bubbles. Sweet aromas, with pale malt, caramel, cream, orange zest, and pumpernickel. A lot of things in the aroma, but none of it comes together that well. Caramel and orange flavors dominate. Some floor cleaner qualities, such as Murphy’s Oil Soap. I am reminded of a stronger amber with a touch more hopping. I’m just not getting it.

A good fruity drink with a mild hoppiness throughout. Pours orange and cloudy with a medium creamy head. A short lived tart aftertaste follows as you progress thru your drink. No punches here, its a decent brew.

pours a bubbly cloudy with sediment copper with persistant white fizzy head. sweet citrus hop aroma. mild front with acidic hints to mild bitter finish and dry aftertaste. mild hops showing a light citrus finish.

Pours a dark amber in color. There is no head on the pour, only a small ring around the perimeter of the glass. Smell is light hops with mostly malts. Taste is mostly cascade hops. There is a certain bitter, almost soapy taste to it. An alright beer.

Medium amber body with an off white head. The aroma is oranges with some almonds and toast. This is typical for an APA smell. The taste is soapy with some piney resin and grapefruit. There is no malt background to balance out this bitterness. The body is sticky with a fairly full mouthfeel for the abv. I am not impressed with this one.

Thanks to Acknud. Pour is deep orange witha frothy white head. Aroma of earth, sweet malt and a tiny bit of citrus/pine. Flavor is lightly sweet and has only a hint of bitterness. Finnish is sweet and fairly dry. Very highly carbonated.

Bottle from Acknud. Thank you sir. Pours a golden amber body with a smallish, off white head that quickly fades to a ring of foam. Spotty drip lacing. Nose of sweet malts, toasted grains, muted spice, hops, vegetal and floral notes. Not nearly hoppy enough on the nose for an APA. Flavor is more of the same, malt and grain sweetness dominating, with the hops cowering in the background. Light bodied, low carbonation. Watery palate. Finish is short, watery and bland. I hope this wasn’t fresh, because it was pretty bad.

Nearly clear golden body with a thin white head, quickly and fully diminishing. Vague hops leave the glass first in the aroma, vegetal and citric at once. Toasted malt is moderate and incohesive. DMS is scattered in clumps throughout each inhalation. The flavor is much the same, with rampant DMS and sad hoppiness. Malt is moderately toasty and everything is vegetal. The finish is lightly sweet, lightly bitter and oily. The body is prickly with light carbonation, watery and oily pockets inter-dispersed and colliding. Awful.