Drafting Room 14th Anniversary Ale

Formerly brewed at Tröegs Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA

Bottled. A hazy orange beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with fruity notes of peaches and oranges. The flavor is sweet malty with fruity notes primarily of orange, leading to a dry bitter finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.

Courtesy of CharlesDarwin. Pours up deep hazy gold with tall off white head. This bottle conditioned beer seems the faintest acidic in the nose with sweet malts and grapefruit hops coming together making the citrus grapefruit seemingly sweet. The taste feels thick with rich sweet maltiness coupled with assertive grapefruit hop bitterness creating a very nice yet bold balance of malt and hop notes. The hop bitterness peaks about midway as the solid sweet maltiness fades for a moment or two. Into the finish the malts become recharged and meet the hops on near equal terms. Very solid hoppy brew that ushers in a pulse of grapefruit aromatics with every sip.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Comes as ’’Tröegs Scratch 12’’. Hazy yellow beer with loads of floating impurities and a dense, off-white head leaving laces. Fat hop aroma. Medium body with fairly fruity notes, citrus and a distinct bitter finish. 201008

Bottle, thanks hopdog! Pours hazy dark gold with a dense and lacy white head and a fair amount of white sediment. Caramel and grapefruit nose. Medium body, subdued carbonation. Lightly sweet toffee, nut and citrus taste. Pepper and pine-bittered finish.

Bottle. [Tasting @ Papsoe 20-10-2008] Scratch Beer # 12. Average creamy off-white head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Light cloudy golden color. Aroma of grapefruit, apricot. Over the palate came chewy apricot, caramel, fruit. Medium bodied with an average carbonation and dry texture. Moderated bitter flavor with good counter sweetness. Lingering bitter floral and fruity finish.

Bottled as Scratch 12. Pours a hazy, glowing orange color. A thick, spongy, eggshell colored head displays excellent retention, while dense, patchy rings of lace circle the glass. The aroma shows notes of oranges and lemons, along with dusty, lightly peppery hop profile, and perhaps a hint of kafir lime leaves. The malt background is lightly sweet and bready. Flavors mimic the nose almost exactly. Candied orange peel and earthy citrus leaves work well over the lightly glazed bready malts, while a spicy, peppery finish lends a sufficiently bitter kick. The balance is excellent. Likewise, the palate is delightfully even keeled. Substantial but not syrupy, well carbonated but not fizzy, the semi-dry mouthfeel is quite nice. Overall, I found this to be a unique and enjoyable IPA.

Bottle, scratch 12. Pours a cloudy light orange with a frothy white head, citrus aroma with just a little bit of the hops present, taste is hoppy, slightly bitter, some citrus, pine, pretty good stuff but I can’t get in to it as much as others have here.

A nice brew only found at the DR. Well balanced with a nice hop profile with malt giving some support. Hazy golden with thin head. Nice aroma.