Cooperstown Back Yard IPA

12 oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper body with a one finger fizzy off-white head, lots of visible carbonation. Very light hoppy nose with a bit of pine and citrus. Some toasty and lightly caramel malt. Pretty bitter for the light hops displayed on the nose, but not a whole lot of hop flavor complexity. Finishes a bit harsh with dry toasty malt. Medium bodied, a little thick and sticky on the finish with too much fizzy prickly carbonation. Overall, not too much special here, a little overly bitter for the malt base and no complexity to the hops.

Pours a deep golden with a good lace. Aroma is mild hops with some butteryness. The flavor is lightly citrus with some hop bitterness and a good earthy character. I’m guessing there are fuggles in this one.

Had this one bottled at the brewery in Milford, New York. Medium brown pour, light citrusy hoppy nose, lemongrass, great citrusy hoppiness and a bit of coffee, just excellent.

2- 12oz. on the menu at a C.I.A restaurant in Hyde Park, NY. I’m not sure why this got such low scores. It’s not exactly true to the ’West Coast’ IPA style I’m used to, but still quite decent. I good session beer. Pours a dark amber color with a small head that stayed with me through the entire glass. It has the initial IPA aroma, but the taste takes a full 180, and tastes more like a hoppier amber ale with little of the expected hoppiness, and more of a malty flavor.

bottle poured an amber in color with a thin white head. aroma has sweet malt, dough, and light hops. mouth feel is thin with average carbonation. bitterness picks up in the flavor with good malt level, light sweetness, and a bit of citrus rind at the end of the sip. much more punch in the flavor than i would have thought.

Mini growler from Half-Time. Pours an almost hazed orange amber with a good sized white head. Toast and hops on the nose. Sweet malt on a thin body. Finishes with some grapefruit bitter, but nothing too complex.

Bottle at Qbrick. Fragrant aroma of spices and dried fruits, hops and grass. Very interesting. Lightish malt, big hops, a bit strange, but compelling.

12oz bottle acquired via a sweet trade bonus from grandet, thanks buddy. Pours brilliant clear pale copper with assertive tan head. The aroma hits with a quick one – two punch from maltiness and straight up citrus bitterness and acidity followed by more mild maltiness. Overall the nose comes across as being a little light for the style. The taste like the nose has both citrus hop bitterness with little in the way of late boil addition hop flavor coupled with smooth maltiness and a hint of nutty, roasty, faint butterscotch. Darn solid taste for an IPA.