Far West Connaught Ranger IPA

Formerly brewed at Far West Brewing Co
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Redmond, Washington USA

22 oz. bottle. Clear copper color with an off white head. Mild smell of pine resin and flowers. Medium bodied and softly carbonated. Nice tiger stripe lacing. Taste is a caramel malt sweetness followed by a medium intense hop bitterness. A straight forward Wa. state IPA here. 2003

On tap at K’s Deli. Cloudy amber with big head. Mild hop aroma. Very sweet and malty IPA. Soapy finish. Too many good IPA’s out there to bother with this one. This may have been an old keg also....K’s doesn’t have the highest turnover probably.

Draught Thick yellowish head, leaving lace; orange-amber beer. Very dry hoparoma packed with characteristic C-hops, cookies. Hop-bitter, orangey flavour, roses, discreet caramelly but not sweet malts. Rather light MF, undercarbonated as so many here. OK IPA, some good points, agreable nose.

From the bottle.

Pours a tantalizing clear orange amber with a nice white head and great lacing.

The aroma is floral and citrus, with a curious vegetal note (largely absent from the flavor) that I am having a hard time placing. The flavor is fair enough, though not packing quite the punch that I’d hoped for from the aroma, picking up peaches and hint of wood-aged whiskey. The mouthfeel is creamy and smooth, thick to the point of being almost syrupy though not sweet-syrupy.

There’s nothing unpleasant about this one at all, but it doesn’t excite me either, nor does it do anything to raise the bar for our local IPAs.

Perfumey, floral, citrus hops in the aroma along with some notable alcohol. Hazy orange tan coloured body with a low white head that lasts decently. Citrus hops play politely with toasty grainy malts overseen by moderate bitterness. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Bottle sampled with beerbuzzmontreal, MartinT, Oliver_MTL, Rastacouere and Yowie.

The pour reveals a cloudy orange color with a thin white head. Good aroma of fruity and spicy hops with caramel. Good flavor of fruity and spicy hops with caramel and a bitter finish, the malt is solid enough to balance the hops. The body has a light to medium thickness with a creamy texture and moderate carbonation. A well-done and well-balanced IPA.

Deep golden shade displaying a light white film. A solid malt base offers more than crystals for once, giving appealing toastiness-> darkish malts despite the pale malt sensation. They contribute a foundation on which the hops rise strongly herbal, spicy, sage-like and with competent leafy and lightly floral aromatics. Interesting hop complexity with solid malt background is what I look for in a PACNW IPA. The bitterness shows lasting, confident, while the hops remains floral, herbal and spicy and a slight watery slice cuts through right before the finish to enhance drinkability, especially that the crispish light-medium body bears a texture you want to come back to.

Any first impressions?
-Deep, fiery orange sunset highlighting a lasting film of foam.
-Herbal hops rise over potent, nondescript maltiness.
-Very fine carbonation wades in a bulky, soothing mouthfeel.
-Orange pulp carries its fruitiness onto the competent malt.

What if you dig deeper?
-Some peachy fruitiness enlivens the sweet maltiness.
-Floral dew colours the grassy hops.
-Peppery hoppiness is sprinkled onto the resinous bitterness.
-A well-crafted IPA, made for nourishing sessions.

Bottle; no date.