Fish Tale Winterfish Ale

Brewed by Fish Brewing Company/Leavenworth Beers
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Olympia, Washington USA

Pretty good try for a Christmas Ale. I am sure they will improve. Nothing unique here and that’s what Holiday beers should be.

12 ounce Bottle courtesy of CBA via CdnBIF- thanks man! Great looking beer out of the gate. Clarity is top notch along with a fluffy white head and nice light orange glow. Smell is spicy malts and hops. Taste- very nice. Reminds of Alpha King. Malts are quite stong in a flavourful cookie dough kind of way and balance out the agressive hops nicely. Hops are predominatley of the bittering kind, but pop up in a citrus juicyness on the back end. Very dry finish. Carbonation is appropriate for style and brew is quite drinkable. No doubt much tastier fresh as this has a few months under its belt- held up well though.

355ml brown bottle. Poured clear golden with a hint of orange. Head was white, long lasting and leaving behind some sticky lacing. Aroma has a mix of orange, pine and perhaps pineapple hops. Flavour is caramel malt at the front, some honeyish malt sweetness. Midway, the Chinook hops start to show, piney and citrusy. They get stronger and more grapefruity at the end. Bitterness lingers at the back of the throat. Medium body, fine gentle carbonation. Alcohol is well hidden. Very drinkable. Bottle was spawned in October, this rating came in late July, it held up well.

An enjoyable beer. Pours an amber brown, thin head. Citurs hop aroma with some malt. Interesting malt presence and some hops in the finish. Flavourful.

Amber appearance, minimal head. Mild, malty aroma. The flavor is very bold, rather hoppy, but also a little sweet. It’s also quite smooth for an IPA. This is really a great beer!

Bottle courtesy of Sammy: Poured a deep slightly orangey color ale with a small foamy head with some limited retention and lacing. Aroma of citrus and bitter hops is mostly dominating without being too strong. Taste is a mix between some sweet malt with a medium bitter finish with some distinctive citrus notes. Body is quite full with some low carbonation. Overall, while this was an interesting beer I thought it was lacking in hops bites for the style.

12 oz bottle. Strange aromas for an IPA. Aromas of household cleaners you would find around the house. Copper body with off white head. Malty backbone took away the crisp fllavor of an ipa and had a sluggish feel going down the hatch. Left a soapy bitterness on the palate.

Amber/orange in color with a decent enough off-white head (nice lacing), this has a mild aroma of caramel, pome fruits, and a soft PNW hopping. Forunately the bitterness kicks up a bit in the flavor, grapefruit, pine, and some citrus zest, but it’s balanced with the caramel more like an APA. It finishes on a quietly bitter note, still overly balanced with some malt sweetness.

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