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Bristol Compass IPA (Edge City IPA) 3.41 76

Bristol Compass IPA (Edge City IPA)

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763.47/5.03.41/5.06.7%63.9Shaker, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Bristol Brewing Company proudly announce the graduation of Edge City IPA to six packs and confer upon it the name of Bristol’s Compass IPA! This is an ale with zip. Our IPA brings together copious amounts of Columbus, Chinook and Cascade hops in a tasty combination that lingers through the finish and beyond. Big hop flavor with malt in a nice supporting role.
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 hopdog (5604), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 2, 2006    Updated: Jan 5, 2006
22oz bottle acquired in trade with snowtiger (thanks!). Poured a dark and hazy amber color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of grapefruit, oranges, and light flowers. Tastes of grapefruit, oranges, grass and caramel. Has a nice sweet and bitter balance.


 Rastacouere (5559), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Objectively speaking: An drop in the sea of American IPAs.
I like: Sedimented golden. Nice foam. Tropical notions. Bready pale malts, not too much crystals.
I dislike: Atrocious label. Strong citric bitterness blend with yeastiness. Simplicity. Rough edges.


 jcwattsrugger (5528), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Sep 28, 2005  
on tap-pours an off white head. Color is yellow. Aroma-grapefruit, hoppy. Taste follows, grapefruit, hoppy. Nicely done, mild carbonation.


 MartinT (5068), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 19, 2008  
My Bottom Line:
Citrusy hoppiness morphs into a wooden, leafy bitterness in this relatively yeasty and straightforward American IPA example.

Further Personal Perceptions:
-A veil of foam skirts the murky beige.
-The end bitterness is raw and biting.
-The malt profile is not enticing enough to create interest and its lean body is barely sturdy enough to support the blatant hopping.
-The fruity hop profile is interesting, spanning from grapefruit juice to orange zest, but the last half of the sip is not as satisfying as the first.

Bottle.


 Cletus (5056), Connecticut, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 5, 2006  
Bottle provided by beerandblues2:

Poured into a Raftman tulip glass. Pours cloudy copper with a creamy tan head. Smells of citrus, yogurt, flowers, perfume and hay. Tastes malty and sweet with some citrussy undertones. Finshes of sweet oranges and malt. Mouthfeel is sugary.


 ¾ (4999), Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Sep 2, 2008  
22oz bottle pours unfiltered soft peach in color with a full, foamy white head. Instant nose of citrus juice: mandarin oranges, pineapple, mango, lemon juice, etc. Bitterness is medium to heavy, flavor is more catty than the nose, unexpected with the c-note hops, but still has a lot of juiciness, some sweetness, turning to some dry pine wood in the finish. Tasty.


 Cornfield (4956), Oak Forest, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2004  
FOBAB 2004, there called Edge City Old World IPA, "English IPA dry-hopped and aged in English oak." It poured a hazy copper color with a foamy off-white head. The aroma was predominantly of floral hops and a bit of smokiness, prhaps from the aging. It’s a very tasty IPA with a solid malt backbone and some good floral, citric, and earthy hoppiness. Nice bitter finish.


 Ernest (4495), Boulder, Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Oct 28, 2002    Updated: Apr 2, 2005
Draught, Bristol Brewpub, Colorado Springs. Head is mostly lasting. Body is medium amber. Aroma is moderately hoppy (grapefruit, flowers, orange, apricot), lightly malty (cookie, caramel), with a note of peach. Flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, moderately bitter, moderately acidic. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Re-rate on CO2 instead of nitro, and though noticeably better, still not quite my thing.



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