Great Lakes Commodore Perry IPA

Bottle from moejuck - thanks Joe! Pours clear copper with a thick cream-colored head. Smells malty, like sweet bread dipped in honey, along with some floral and citrusy hops. it’s still bitter, but the sweet wins out. Taste is nice and sweet up front--lots of honey and caramel--but the hops are a bit overbearing and grassy. They kind of coat your mouth and just sit there, tasting a bit stale. Still pleasant overall, but was a little disappointed in the finish.

Pours amber with two finger white head. Honey, menthol, more restrained hop usage than others, slight raisin, slight caramel, with a bitter aftertaste.

On tap at Earth Bread and Brewery. Pours light honey colored with lots of thick white head which stays around forever. Medium lacing. Aroma is of light grapefruit. Taste is bitter grapefruit. It’s like they used just the grapefruit rind to flavor the beer and made it too bitter. Not much fruity flavor unfortunately, just bitterness. Mouthfeel was also a bit watery. I expected a little bit more heft, especially from a 7.5% abv beer. Alas, this was a disappointment from an otherwise outstanding brewer.

Orange honey colored with a bit of white head. Aroma is lightly sweet and citrusy, much like the flavor (which is better, and present in greater quantity), with purfumey grapefruit oils, and a bit of bready malt. Firm bitterness into the finish $3/12oz

12oz. bottle poured in tulip. Pours a clear, golden orange body with a thin white head. Aroma has all the characteristics of a big IPA. Complex grapefruit, floral, fresh hops with fruits and bready malts. Flavor is also very upfront grapefruit, a bit overly bitter hops. Crisp, nice malty finish. Medium bodied, a bit harsh. This beer for me, as an IPA fan, is very West Coast style IMO. Call me crazy but its another damn good beer from Great Lakes.

Pale golden-amber brew with a thick white head. The nose is a little bit sweet with a touch of orange peel. It’s got a fair bit of diacetyl in it, that is quite surprising to me. The hops are well in attendance with a lot of hoppy bitterness, but the brewing flaws in here make it very tough to put back. Meh.

bottle - Pours lightly hazy yellow with a lingering white head. It smells of bready malt and citrus hops. The flavor is very well hopped, crisp, and citrus accented with a little malt sweetness up front. The hops is what it’s all about though and it finishes enjoyably bitter.

(Bottle, Monk’s Café, Wallingatan, Stockholm) Golden amber colour with frothy, beige head. Fruity, hoppy nose with orange, apricots and grainy malt. Fruity, malty taste with notes of orange peel, grapefruit and generous doses of earthy, citrussy hops in the finish. More than medium body with a solid malt foundation and some sweetness throughout. Very nice IPA with a good balance between hops and malt.