Bethlehem Brew Works Hop Explosion IPA

Brewed by Bethlehem Brew Works
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania USA

On tap at the BBW Brew Pub. Poured a deeper orange/amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of overall citrus (grapefruit), pine with a splash of caramel. Tastes of the same. Very light alcohol in the finish. Nicely bitter. Light lacing left on the glass. Menu had the Alc Content @ 7.2%,

on tap-pours a light tan head with some lacing and copper color. Aroma is plenty of both medium hops-citrus and medium malt. Taste is plenty of both medium hops-citrus-pine-mild bitterness and medium malt-some sweetness-caramel. The bitterness at the finish increases through the beer. Good carbonation.

Draft at the Allentown brewery. Clear amber orange color, standard CO2 head, medium sized bubbles, no foam. Nose of earthy cannibus and grapefruit hops, some patchouli, a slight BO sweaty note and some pepper in the nose. Bitter wood sap and dry pine tasted along with more of the soapy patchouli hop flavors. Biting and astringent, good but isn’t exactly an upper echelon IPA. The perfume-chemical notes, which are very mild and just barely noticeable, probably need to be cleaned up.

Caramel colored pour with off-white head. Big fruity hop aroma, that tastes on the piney side, with a fair amount of balancing malts. A very drinkable, very solid IPA with a notable complexity. My menu stated that this one is 7.2% ABV.

Hazy amber with a small off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of floral hops, citrus, pine, sticky caramel, and grapefruit. Taste of citrus, pine resin, some honey, vanilla, and bitter grapefruit. One of the better brewpub IPAs from PA.

Newtown Brewfest. Pours a slightly hazy copper with a decent off white head. Aroma is light citrus, floral hops, some orange peel and a bit metallic and hardly any malt. Ligth crystal malt backbone in the flavor but mostly just a dull slight citrus hop and some metallic hints and a wierd off bitter finish. Meh.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a translucent golden amber with a smaller off white slightly lacing head. Aroma of grapefruit and other citurs. Nice caramel malt balance. Flavor also getting that grapefruit hop. Some bitterness in the tail. Nice sweet caramel malt presence.

On tap, Allentown location. Pours a clear dark copper with a small creamy off-white head. Intense hop nose, very citrusy and bright with some slight caramel pushing through. The flavor is very bright and grapefruity without being harshly bitter or over the top. A good bit of malt backing up all these hops, but it’s far from being the focus. Long lingering finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied and sturdy without being sticky or clingy. Nice soft fizzy carbonation. Very nice, and at 7% ABV, a few of these could put you in trouble!