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Bison IPA

Bison IPA

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An India Pale Ale (IPA) brewed by
Bison Brewing Company

Berkeley, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
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1723.18/5.03.18/5.0Winter6.8%22.4 Shaker, Tulip P  Stats

Commercial Description:
British-style IPA. On the lower end of the hop spectrum.

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 CaptBier (239), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/102/512/20

Jun 29, 2008  
(12oz bottle) Hazy dark amber body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, caramel, some orange. Taste is moderately sweet, floral, some caramel, orange, light herbal, cherry. Light-medium body with light resin.

 doubleo (728), San Diego, California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 21, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours cloudy golden amber with a medium sized white head, spider web lace. Smells subdued citrus hoppy with a sligh cereal malt backbone. Tastes slight grassy and citrusy with some stale tatsing cereal malt flavors in the background. Medium body, good carbonation.


 AllAboutStout (452), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/103/511/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Pours a light gold in color. Only a slight ring of head forms on the pour and is quickly gone. Smell is only slight floral hops. Taste is same as the smell. Slight hopping. Not a whole lot there. Your basic ale with just enough hops to notice. Very easy drinking, but not exciting.


 dchmela (686), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/514/20
Aug 16, 2008  
Courtesy my buddy Steve. Pours a light copper with a thick white head. Big hop aroma, very earthy citrusy. Spicy bitter hop taste with a nice malt presence. Standard IPA, although I found it more west coast than British.


 DocLock (4083), Lower Pottsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Copper pour with off-white head. Nose is resiny hops, caramel malt, some fruit. Crisp flavor with hops balanced well by the malt. Not terribly complex or palate hefty, but fairly smooth.


 Suttree (2275), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 12, 2008  
Called Bison Organic IPA (different beer?). Faintly cloudy orange, with a thin white head. Clean, soapy aroma. Clean, crisp stoney bitterness, some woodsy notes. Not a whole lot of malt character, not very complicated, but tasty.




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