Downtown Grill Woodruff IPA

Brewed by Downtown Grill & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Knoxville, Tennessee USA

Date: 07/26/2003
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Nashville

clear amber, big tan head, fresh citrus hop aroma, light hop flavor on a good malt base, touch of carmel sweetness, big bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 12/04/2004
Score: ii to iii
Words: Draft
Words: Brewpub

clear dark copper, sweet carmel malt aroma with a touch of floral hops, big hop flavor, creamy texture, long low bitterness,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Score: **4
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on tap-pours a disappearing off white head and amber color. Aroma is faint medium malt, orange, some pine. Taste is medium malt, orange, pine hops.

Courtesy of lithy. Pours copper with a white head. Smells of citrus, caramel, yeasty. Tastes earthy, toasty, bitter and resiny with an earthy peppery finish.

Draft sampler at DGB. Clear amber color with a moderate white head that diminished slowly. Small hop aroma. Light to medium body. Moderate hoppy flavor with short small bitter finish.

Tasted on tap at brewery. This IPA pours a medium orange color. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is orange and citrus. A medium bodied IPA. Malts are fruity and sweet. Hops are grapefruity and citrusy. Nice balance. Good carbonation. More in the English style of an IPA. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

TheDM and Hotstuff vacation brew 136. This draft brew was sampled at the Brew Pub in Knoxville Tennessee and served by an attentive staff that included the Owner, the bar manager, Daniel Goss, and the assistant brewer Joey Barbarito. This brew poured a medium sized head of frothy fine to medium sized off-white colored bubbles that left behind a fair lace and a transparent golden brown colored uncarbonated body. It had a mild caramel malt aroma and a mouthfeel with a tingly mild start with a medium hop bite in the finish. The flavor was a nice caramel malt one.

Tap. Fragrant floral hop and caramel malt aroma. Pours golden brown to bronze with an off-white head; good lacing. Hoppy and malt intertwined flavors. Medium bodied and crisp.

Draft at Downtown Grill & Brewery in Knoxville, TN. This beer formed a small sized ivory head with fine-medium sized bubbles that mostly dissipated. The body of this beer was uncarbonated and transparent with an orange hue. The nose was hoppy and the flavor was mildly hoppy with a lingering aftertaste. The mouthfeel was mostly tingly and this was a medium-full bodied IPA with average lacing.