Carolina India Pale Ale

Brewed by Carolina Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Holly Springs, North Carolina USA

From a 12 oz bottle bought at the brewery. Poured with a reddish amber color and a fine head of light foam. Nice flourishing cascadey hop aroma. Delicious piney, citrus hoppiness predominates the palate, but in a restrained and very drinkable way. Bit dry, a fuller backdrop could make it perfect. (#2833, 5/4/2007)

Good taste... IPA isn’t my favorite but this is better then most. Only can find in North Carolina.

Bottle. Small off white head (dissapated almost immediately). Body is a cloudy copper color. Aroma is citrus fruit and molasses. Flavor is sweet with some bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Texture is a bit dry. Long finish. Well-balanced. Solid IPA.

I love this beer. This is one of the first hoppy beers that I began to drink often. I am not an IPA expert but it seems to have a good balance. I really liek the finish, too. I am raelly glad they made this a permanent offering.

Bottle during my NC brew tour. Pours amber red with a small white head. The nose is quite fruity with some minimal citrus notes and a bit of funky, musty barley. The hop presence is notably more assertive in the flavor and leaves a fair piney sting with hints of tree bark. Adequate juicy sweetness and clean caramel notes provide the appropriate balance. Pretty decent!

Bottle (courtesy of TURDFERGUSON). Light orange peel and malt aroma. Cloudy orange-brown color with small head. Mild orange juice and malt flavor - moderate bitter finish. I’m guessing the lack of pasteurization gives this beer a fresher and smoother flavor - nice transition from fruitiness to bitterness.

From a 12 oz. bottle with no freshness date. Poured a slightly hazy reddish golden orange with a foamy, bubbly topped white head that settled into a thin lacing, very minimal amount of sticking. Hoppy aromas of apricots and a orangey citrus, a bit floral, and a sweet pale malty. Medium carbonation and a crisp, dryish, velvety smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant IPA taste, sour citrus, sweet fruitiness, oily, a dry earthy tobacco leafiness, a soft, but lingering bitterness, sugary malts with a touch of caramel, and a dry grainy, earthy, leafy finish. Easy drinkability, quite quaffable, a nice, simple IPA.

Surprisingly high quality brew from this little known brewer...very nice indeed! There is a prominent grapefruit and pine resin nose. The initial flavor is sweet caramel malt and PNW hop bitterness...citrus and pine. I said it before and I’ll say it again...this is a really fine APA in IPA clothing.