Estes Park Renegade

Brewed by Estes Park Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Estes Park, Colorado USA

Poured from the bottle a nice dark copper brown with very thin head. Quite a bit of sediment, some of which takes awhile to settle. Aroma is floral and hoppy with a caramel overtone. Decent malty body and strong hop flavors. Finish is a bit metallic and slightly sour, almost like grapefruit.

It was a wait to get this as they were out upstairs, but worth it. Welll hopped aroma and flavor with a nice sharp bitterness. Very refreshing on a hotter than average Estes Park day.

Poured dark amber, not much head. Nice hop aroma. Flavor is caramel malt and citrus and spicy(?) hops. Carbonation was kind of low. You can do better.

Purchased at Brennan’s Country Market in Middleton, WI. I was drawn to this beer while hand-picking a "Build Your Own Sixer" by the coyote on the label. I’m a fan of coyotes, wolves, and foxes, so naturally I thought I’d like this beer. I was impressed by the medal on the label claiming a top prize in 1993. Well, ’93 must’ve been a bad year for beer or people’s tastes have changed greatly since. It smelled nice and hoppy, but the first sip brought to the forefront the fact that this beer is flatter than a stout. I don’t need a beer to be over-carbonated by any means, but this one was like drinking a very bitter syrup with a bad aftertaste. To me, it tasted more like a medicine than a beer. I have gotten into pale ales in the last year, so I’m not a certified expert on the topic. However, this beer made me think "American Pale" more than "India Pale" somehow. I think it may be the hop composition that drew the similarity in my mind, but either way, I compared this beer to Tyranena’s Stone Tepee in flavor and nose. Even if Estes Park Renegade was an APA, I’d still rate it lower than average. But as an IPA? No thanks. Addendum: Other ratebeerians seem to enjoy this beer, so I may have gotten a bad bottle. The "best by" date was within range, but it may have had a variety of ailments befall it before I reached its shelf in the store. I’d certainly be willing to rerate this beer in the future.

Pour is a muddy amber color. This beer poured with an immense head that quickly diminished to a ring of lacy white bubbles. Aroma is fruity/hops with a nice bitter bite. Flavor is rich malts with a nice hop bite finish. A decent IPA.

12oz bottle. Thanks Curt. Reddish color, non-filtered, small off-white head. Aroma is malty, caramel, somewhat spicy. Taste is spicy, malty, with some mild to moderate bitterness. Very much an english IPA. Very easy drinking and tasty. Reminds me a little of DC’s RyeIPA.

soft but distict floral lucious hop aroma,taste has a very nice balance,sweet malt, and citrus hop backing, an almost perfect combination of balance, not full bodied enough to be listed among the best,but still a nice treat,thanks LTJudge,great Christmas gift

The aroma was exciting- deep grapefruit hops that made my nostrils tingle a bit. It emerged from the bottle red with small, fizzy head that disappeared quickly- evidence of soft carbonation. The flavor dissapointed me slightly but still it was refreshing- the hops were zesty and bitter. The aftertaste was astringent with a muddled flavor. I wouldn’t consider it award-winning but it’s best beer I’ve tried from this brewery.