Dogwood Breakdown IPA

Formerly brewed at Dogwood Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Atlanta, Georgia USA

Re-Rate: As my taste, liking and appreciation for IPA's has matured considerably over the last several months I decided to give this one another try. Incredibly this has now become one of my favorite IPA's due to it's agressive hop bitternes and clean, refreshing taste. It just goes to prove how much your taste in beer can change over time.
9/7/2002 Draft- If you are into hoppy beers then this one is right up your alley. The hop flavor is way too over the top for me but this is still a quality brew.

Nice IPA - great initial flavor, body, and carbonation.

IPA night courtesy of Ross sending me these terrific brews. Dogwood got a giant headout of bottle. Looks good, smells good and tastes great. Nothing better after a long hot day than great beer. This is seriously underrated in my opinion. Great hops/malts sweet tea undertone. Good southern beer!!!! The head on this one lasts a long time. Again, much much better than average score. I would pursue this one if I hadn’t just finished it.

Only thing I did not like about this was the label - looks like it wants to be a malt liquor - but since I do not ding for labels like my buddy Aurelius - I still gave it a 4 for appearance as I like the orangish color and the long lasting head. Aroma is everpresent and reminiscent of walks through microbrewries out west where you can smell the freshly picked hops. Grapefruit taste is prevalent but not overpowering. Strong finish - impressed by Dogwood thus far. Need to pay them a visit.

Wonderful aroma. Hoppy goodness. Nice flavor--malty and dry with grassy aftertaste. Fruity tastes in the middle.

Thanks to goldtwins for this one. This one breaks my Dogwood cherry. The pour is a nice turbid orangish/light copper with a medium, creamy white head. My initial olfactory perceptions show big ground black pepper, hops, roses, citrus, and some fruit. The taste is hoppy, with some floral and spice notes, plus citrus at mid-palate, giving way to a hop/citrus/black peppery finish. The finish is also on the dry side, with some resin and piney notes as it warms. The only other beer I ever had showing this much black pepper in aroma and taste is Sam Adams Boston lager. This one was complex, nicely balanced, and well worth seeking out.

This was one damn good IPA! I wish this was still around. Nice malty flavor and lovely citrusy hops.

Pours with an off-white head and a medium brown cloudy color. Looks EXACTLY like you'd want an IPA to look like. Nice spicy, earhty hop aromas are a departure from the citric, piney norm in American IPAs. Bold toffeeish malt body balances hop presence well. Hops appear throughout the flavor profile, which ends in a moderately bitter and mostly clean finish. Good, and a welcomed change of pace from the typical citric/piney American IPAs.