Cape Ann Fishermans IPA

Brewed by Cape Ann Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Gloucester, Massachusetts USA

[Bottle] Pours hazy deep reddish-amber with a small khaki-colored head. Malt shows through more heavily than expected in the aroma. Some green tea, snap peas, and almost some really, really subdued minty notes. Not bad, but maltier than I like the aroma of my IPAs to be. Much more hop presence in taste in the form of bitterness, but it is abrasive, brief, and doesn’t meld overly well with the malt. Malt very dominant after the initial blast of grapefruit pulp bitterness. Thin, pretty good length to the finish, and quite smooth. A drinkable beer that is lacking in a number of ways, but is in no way offensive.

Bottle 355 ml
Appearance: IPA with deep amber look, medium slightly tanned top. Some lace shown.
Nose: Green hop feel , citrus , mango , herbal with softer side.
Flavor/Palate : Medium bodied. Mellow bitterness, clean smooth ale. Way across smoothness , hop feel with long lasting finish. Slight warmth of alcohol. Good refreshing brew.

(11/19/08) Draught at McMenamin’s in Philadelphia. Hazy amber color. Aroma of floral hops, fruity notes and citrus. Bitter hoppy flavor with some grapefruit, orange hints and some sweetish malt with light caramelly hints. Medium-bodied. Tasty.

Deep orange-tinted amber coloured body with a very thin off-white head. Aroma of fresh citrus and pieny hops with a blast of caramel and lemons in the nose too. Medium-bodied; Nice full taste of Pacific Northwest hops in the taste, fading to pine and a pleasant bitterness. Aftertaste shows a little bit of sugars, but mainly the hops come out and stay nicely. Overall, a suprisingly decent IPA - worth sampling at least! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage in Albany, New York on 15 July 2006 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

Bottle. Pours a deep dark brown, almost a ruby character to it, with a hefty white tan head comprised of fairly large bubbles. Aromas of malt, with some hints of hops. Body is medium, with more malt. Almost soapy finish with a number of unpleasant notes to it. Not too good.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of malts, light caramel, light chocolate, and some toasting and grains. Poured orange in color with a tiny white head. Clear. Lightly sparkling. Flavor is lightly bitter. Tastes of malts, hops, water, resin, and grains. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Gross, malty, hoppy finish. Very poor flavor.

(bottle - 12 oz) Slightly hazy amber color with a thin white head and good lacing. Aroma is sweet with a good amount of citrus, hops, floral notes, nuts, pine, and some toffee. Flavor is peppery and bitter at the beginning with some cocoa, apple peels, hops, flowers, and citrus through it. Finishes very bitter and lasting.

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm, 4 Dec 2008. Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, malty nose with chocolate, toffee, pine needles and citrus. Fruity, malty taste with notes of toffee, citrus, pine needles, caramel and hints of chocolate. Medium body. Nice balance between the caramelly, chocolatey malt and the citrussy, piney hops. Good beer.