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Bison IPA Single Hop Series - Amarillo


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173.15/5.03.12/5.06.8%16.2Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
For our 22oz IPA bottling, we play around a bit. We use the exact same malt profile in each brew, but experiment with different hop varieties. This high alpha hop has a crisp citrus finish. Its said that a low co-humulone content makes a smoother bittering.
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 kp (8399), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/511/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Name: IPA - Amarello
Date: 08/17/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear copper, wispy white head, specks of lace, sweet fruity aroma, light body, lots of fruity malt flavor, touch of crystal sweetness, lots of bitterness comes in and takes over,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4


 CaptainCougar (5459), Rockville, Maryland, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/512/20
Aug 17, 2007  
Pours a transparent orange amber with a thin wispy-lacing white head. Aroma of peppery, dry, earthy caraway hops with a hint of caramel malt. Body starts lightly sweet and very bitter, with some resiny earthy, bittering hop presence toward a peppery finish. I don’t know if I’m a big fan of single hop Amarillo IPAs.


 shp555 (1683), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/513/20
Aug 17, 2007  
Pours a golden orange color with a white head. Aroma is light on the malt with piney, earhty bitter hops. Flavor is light malty with a bitter piney, earthy hop finish.


 scrizzz (1279), kirkland, Washington, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/54/102/513/20
Aug 9, 2007  
Great crisp aroma, full crisp hop flavor, but quickly gone. Nice isolation of the hop qualities. I love you Bison!


 SamuraiArtist (292), portland, Oregon, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
Jul 12, 2007  
Bottle: Pours a golden/orange color with thin white head. Aroma is nicely fruity and citrusy, nice tangerine/mango like hop aroma. Flavor is lightly malty and somewhat bitter but a less bitter than most ipa’s. Nice fruit and citrus flavor that is like the aroma. But not quite enough of it to make this that good. Seems like a really good ipa that someone splashed water into.


 Reid (1090), Salem, Oregon, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/514/20
Jul 6, 2007  
Typical orange, slightly hazy coloured beer, small ,whte,splotchy head. Pine aromas,some strange onion in the background?, along with some nectarine. Strongish malt tendencies to begin with, then the citric hop flavour takes over, very bitter on the back of the tongue, along with some honey like sweetness. I quite liked this on the palate, rather wild but didnt over stay it welcome. Overall a nice enough IPA, not the best but again this series experiment by Bison is quite imformative.


 mjg74 (1997), La Mesa, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 30, 2007  
Bottle from BevMo. Deep golden in color upon pouring. Skuny pine aroma is dominant. A little bit of syrupy sweetness. Flavor is bitter and citric. Plenty of flavor to go around. Nice bitter kick as well.


 bboven (103), Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
0.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/101/51/101/51/20
Jun 25, 2007  
The Amarillo hop smell was amazing, but the beer tastes like wet cardboard. I thought oxidization was the error of homebrewers, not an obvious fault of professionals. I will never buy this beer again ans will caution my friends against it as well.



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