Far West Connaught Ranger IPA

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.