Crown & Goose London IPA

Brewed by Smoky Mountain Brewery & Restaurant
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Gatlinburg, Tennessee USA

Draught. Pours a hazy gold with a white head. The aroma is bright and citrusy enough, but with definite musty malty quality. Yeah, this is a British leaning IPA with plenty of woody bitterness and a bit of toffee but I get a hint of grapefruit and caramelly sweetness to bring it back to the American side a bit. This is pretty fair. It’s not overly bitter but certainly clean and balanced.

Pours a medium gold int he body with a medium white head. Faint hop aroma, supportive sweet malt underneath. Well done for an English IPA, but I’d like to get more earthy hop flavor than this one had. Overall, nice and dry, not overly hopped. The site here doesn’t differentiate between the British and American style of IPA so this will probably fall to the lower percentiles in comparison. Cleanly brewed, well crafted.

Draught at Crown & Goose. Pours hazy gold with soapy white head. The aroma is cotton candy, mild toffee, earthy hops, and maybe a little bit of fruit. The flavor is reasonably bitter, with an emphasis on spicy noble hops. There is a little bit of an American-style grapefruit tone in there (maybe some Cascades made it into the mix?). The malts are reminiscent of honey on slightly burnt biscuits. Finish is a little bit dryish. Not bad.