Cooperstown Back Yard IPA

Brewed by Cooperstown Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Milford, New York USA

Bottle. Interesting powdered Iced-tea mix aroma. Lots of burnt toast in there as well, and some malt. Clear dark orange, small off white head. Strong powdered iced-tea taste, earthy back of your throat hops after that, then some foamy malt, and finally more hops that are all back of the throat and not middle or front. Medium foamy mouthfeel. Lots of burnt toast in taste as well: the aroma is a perfect indicator of what to expect in the taste. Maybe a little tea like as well. Weird, but I liked this array of flavours - there was enough dark malt to make this work! Certainly more of an APA though, was surprised to see this calling itself an IPA.

Bottle shared with and courtesy of HogTownHarry. Pours a slightly hazy dark orange with a large lasting off-white head. Nice lacing. Sweet aroma of mild, mild hops, malt, sugar and yeast -- it’s just O.K. Overly sweet flavour that doesn’t taste like an IPA at all -- totally off-style. There’s a slight bitter aftertaste but the flavour sucks. Light to medium bodied. No sir, I don’t like it.

Bottle (12oz). Shared with blankboy - my bottle. Poured hazy deep orange with a large lasting foamy off-white head. Mild aroma of orange juice, UK hops, mild malt, sweet and yeasty. Taste is more of the same, but intensified - citrus pith bitterness builds over a long finish. Mouthfeel astringent and a little watery, sweet and bitter. Not bad, but too sweet and the bitterness is too harsh for the style. Not impressed.

(12oz bottle) Hazy golden body with big off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, pine/grapefruit, caramel, some peach, light lemon peel. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, peach, some grapefruit/orange -- much less bitter than the aroma suggests. Medium body, undercarbonated.

bottled. a very mild ipa for the american standard. not a lot of hops aroma of flavor. with all due respect, kind of boring.

bottle. pours a cloudy orange-copper body with a large frothy white head. aroma has faint orange-hop notes as well as some sweetness. the body has a nice texture to it - yeasty with sharp flavourful hops and a fat load of sweet chewy bread. great balance. a nice session.

[bottle - 12 oz] Slightly hazy orange color with a thick white head. Very mild aroma of sweet malts, hops and some citrus. Nice hop taste up front that gives way to a sort of sweet middle and a nice and floral, bitter hop finish. Very nice aftertaste.

Pours a clear copper color with a thin white head. Aroma is domiinated by sweet caramel malt and minor notes of hops. Light bodied. Carmel malt flavors upfront and a touch of grassy hops in the finish. I have a hard time believing this is an IPA.