Dragonmead Crown Jewels India Pale Ale

Brewed by Dragonmead Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Warren, Michigan USA

Big upfront malty IPA...kind of odd. The pour is a very dark copper. The nose is roasted caramel/toffee/lightly herbal-type hoppiness. The malts lead the way in flavor as well...caramel/toffee/and a light citrus/moderate herbal/earthy hoppiness. This isn’t bad, just weird. Thanks to El_Borracho for the sample.

Draft.. Very flat, dull taste and aroma. Thin white head with a semi-sweet body and no hop bitterness to speak of. Hard to believe an IPA with no hop flavor? Very poor

Draft... Clear, deep copper ale with a small, creamy, white head. Grapefruit and floral notes in the nose. The flavor is of a solid, caramel malt backbone with sufficient grapefruit rind and piney hops to tilt things onto the bitter side of balance. Full-bodied and creamy with lively carbonation. Lengthy, bitter finish.

12oz bottle, thanks to holdenn for this sample. i have no idea how fresh this is, but there is no real hop presence in this beer. it tastes more like a scotch ale too me. aroma has a sugary slight hoppy thing going. not much of an aroma. flavor is very malty with a poor aftertaste. hardly any bitterness. perhaps this is an old bottle but what i’m drinking is a joke of an ipa.

Brown pour with a thin head. The aroma is light malt, and light floral hops. Medium palate has good carbonation. Good malt flavor up front--crisp and biscuity with a pilsner like quality to it. Floral hops hit up front and then fade away. Clean finish.

Get a lot of malt in the aroma.Pours a murky brown with no head.Flavor holds true to the aroma.Medium mouthfeel with more malt in the finish.Not bad but dont get any hops in this one.

12oz bottle via trade with Duane! - Thanks! - Pours dark brownish red with a fair creamy beige head that stays well and laces the sides of the glass. Aromas of malts surprisingly. Caramel, toffee, and a slight nose of the citrus hops but really not much.. Flavor oddly like soap suds to me.. Some caramel there and slight orange but overall some odd soapy flavor. Palate seems pretty solid with a somewhat sticky mouthfeel. Oddly barleywine like to me.. I didn’t like this much really..

Dark mahogany with absolutely no head. Aroma is faint sweet and sour tropical fruit. Flavor much the same, strange sweet and sour fruit combination big sweet malt kick, sort of cardboard and caramel with no bitterness whatsoever. Definately has a strange Belgian character to it. Wonder how many IBU’s they are claiming on this?