Boscos English-style India Pale Ale

Brewed by Boscos Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Memphis, Tennessee USA

Name: English IPA
Date: 07/26/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Nashville

amber, big white head, light malt aroma, softly hopped malt flavor, light lingering bitter finish, a fine english ipa

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Score: **+/4
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On tap in Nashville - Orange hue with a small not lasting head. Complex aroma; moderate roasted malty hints of grain. Moderate perfumey pine hoppy nose and a final hint of vanilla. Initial slighty fruity and lightly bitter taste. Turned more bitter on the the finish. Sweeter than the cask-conditioned Bombay IPA.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a small sized head of finely sized off-white colored bubbles that were long lasting and left behind a transparent softly carbonated dark orange colored body. The mild aroma was malty. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of mild hops. An OK brew just nothing special.

Draught in Memphis. Pours amber with a tall foamy off-white head and spotty lacing. Aroma is yeast (grass) and malt (grain, meal, corn) with some fruity hop notes. Heavy bitter, medium acidity and pine rind hops, caramel grainy malt, hay, straw, and grass flavors. Medium bodied and crisp palate, lasting flavor.

Draft at Nashville location. Small tan head with a short retention span, transparent body with carbonation, fair amount of lacing, and a yellow-golden hue. The aroma was malt, hops and yeast. The flavor was malt, hoppy and the bitterness reared its head. A fairly smooth mouthfee and a medium bodied IPA. An easy to drink IPA since this was not overly hoppy tasting.

From a sampler: Orangish-amber color with a medium off-white head. Some lacing hangs around throughout the glass. Pleasant floral hops aroma. The flavor is more mellow than the Bombay IPA, and made it less interesting to me. The maltier character made for a smooth finish. Decent but not really memorable.

Draft at Nashville. Pours amber with a fizzy off white head. Aroma of pale malts, ale yeast, and perfumy hops. The malt profile on this is really more american than british. The bitterness really dominates here, which is spicy and piney. Mild amount of caramel, but more toasted and grain like in the malt profile. Clean and crisp finish. Not bad, but nothing special. I was hoping for more a british flavor. Bombay IPA is much better.

On tap in Nashville. Poured an amber color with small white head. Aroma was malt with a hint of citrus. Flavor was the same malt, balanced with some bitter hops. Light-medium body. Good beer.