Flossmoor Station Celebration IPA

Brewed by Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Flossmoor, Illinois USA

Poured a reddish amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of pine, light toffee, toast, grapefruit, citrus, and floral hops. Taste of pine, bitter grapefruit, citrus fruits, and more bitter hops in the finish.

Being that I’m a huge hop fan, this doesn’t disappoint. Tap sample at the brewpub. Deep amber hue with a bubbly, off-white head and nice, clingy lace. Beautiful aroma of citrus- ruby grapefruit and lemon, and a touch of spruce. Malt sweetness,citrus and a touch of resin in the flavor, with a good hop bitterness to round it out.

Fresh Purple Wax Bomber. Really nostril stinging bitter earthy grassy piney floral hops dried pine needles over some sweet sugary caramel and just a hint of the typical flossmoor tropical fruits. Pours almost clear dull brown a slight red tint and a very small frothy gray head. Flavor is more typical of the whim series than the aroma, this beer is more earthy though with a great robust toasty malty profile that really distinguishes it in the series, also significant;y less citrus. Sweeter than most earthy IPA’s whilst still being quite bitter. Great mouthful, softer larger carbonation with a slight sugary feel without being at all syrupy. The body of these beers is improving with each bottling as well as the overall balance.

On tap @ Flossmoor Station. Aroma of hops, caramel, cream, and some tropical fruit. Poured light brown/light amber in color with a small white head that diminished. Hazy. Sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of hops, grass, herbs, earth, and resin. Light to medium body. Average texture. Soft to average carbonation. Earthy, hoppy, creamy finish.

On tap at Flossmoor Station and served in an English pint glass. This IPA poured a dark reddish amber with a one-finger thick head of tan foam that slowly settled into a lasting ring. Some light lacing was left around the glass. The aroma was loaded with grapefruit and pine. The flavor was also full of hops. Not abrasively bitter, but not much malt comes through either. Mainly a lasting Chinook bitterness. The mouthfeel was medium-bodied and clean. Light carbonation. A decent IPA, but not one of my favorites from Flossmoor.

Deep red pour with off white head. Nose is all hops...pine and grapefruit. These flavors predominate along with a hint of cattiness, on top of the caramel/toffee malt base. These guys do so many great IPAs on a regular basis, that when they do one that’s just good it tends to disappoint me a bit. That being said, still very nicely brewed.

Draft at Flossmoor. Pours a dark orange with a small white head. Moderate carbonation. Aroma is of floral hops, citrus, pine, and caramel malt. Taste is sweet, earthy hops, pine, and caramel malt. Lingering alcohol burn in the finish. Not overly bitter, but damned tasty.

Bomber via trade with Msante79, shared with friends who are fans of the hoppy stuff. Flossmor IPAs tend to be really nice and the pour on this gives me the thoughts that this will be balanced. Pours deep copper orange with a tan ring. Nose is rich with big grassy, piney with a big hoppy bite. Taste is really nice, the hops are crisp, I can tell this bottle is very fresh. Got some nice citrus in here and a noticeable bite. Clearly some nice malt undertones here as well. Good work Flossmoor, I like this one a lot.