Climax India Pale Ale

Brewed by Climax Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Roselle Park, New Jersey USA

On tap at Andy’s. Amber color with a nice white head. Malty and hoppy aroma. Well balanced. Malty flavor. Clean tasting. Nice beer.

Medium amber. Aroma is sweet malt and hops. Flavor of caramel malt and slightly piney, spicey hops. Nice

KSBF 04,Medium sized offwhite head, fair retention and lace. Fruity hop nose. Dark for an IPA, brown in color. Medium body. Well balanced. Bready malt flavors, good citrus hops and maybe a hint of caramel. Finish is dry with a nice hop bite.

On tap at the 2004 Kennett Square BF. Poured a medium amber color with an averaged size head. Aromas and tastes of citrus orange. A little grassy and floral. Light bitter finish. Not a bad IPA.

Poured a dark caramel color with a medium sized off white head and nice lacing on the glass. Floral, fruity citrus, bitter hops. A nicely balanced IPA.

Rerate (5-3-7-3-12=3.0): Caramel, toffee and butterscotch are strong in the aroma but balanced out by orange, spicey, resiny, pine-spruce hops. Clear amber-copper coloured body with a low off white head that recedes to ring. Strong spruce-pine, resinous, orange hop flavour is balanced by caramel and toasted malts. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Sampled on tap at Barcade with Olivier_MTL and Rastacouere.
Original rating discarded as it may have been an issue with the growler (4-3-3-3-7=2.0): Mild cascade hop nose. Orange-brown with yellow-brown head that recedes to ring. Sweet malt and grapefruit hop flavour with solventy phenolic undertones. Medium body. Growler at Mondial 2004.

Fruity aroma, clean with decent amount of hops .Highly carbonated amber-brown IPA, nice thick crown. Hoppy, clean. Decent long lasting hoppy aftertaste.

(Bottle) Mondial de la Bière 2004. Thin, yellow head with an orange body. Highly carbonated. Mild cascade hops round out the flavour of this unimaginative beverage. Oh, and I cannot forget the modelling glue finish.