Foothills Hoppyum IPA

An orange beer with a beige head. The aroma is sweet with primary notes of grass and hops, and so is the flavor, leading to a dry end.

Draught at GABF 2008. Clear golden coloured with a medium sized beige head. Hoppy aroma of peaches and pine needles with notes of grass. Fruity flavour of peaches, hops and pine needles. Dry hoppy finish.

Name: Hopium IPA
Date: 07/06/2006
Mode: Growler
Source: Tasting

clear amber, whispy white head, sweet carmel malt aroma with nice floral hops, lots of hop flavor, well balanced carmel malt before a long bitter finish kicks in,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

(Savor, draft) Medium off-white head atop clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, pineapple/grapefruit, mango, peach. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit/pine, some grassiness. Medium body, some resin.

Growler acquired as part of the Mystery Beer Swap v2.0 from Ty5592 (thanks!). Poured a medium and slightly hazy orange color with an averaged to smaller sized white head. Aroams of floral, fresh green hops, and some citrus. Tastes of pine, very light caramel and a bitter grapefruit finish. Medium bitter. I could see this one being a decent session IPA.

(Draught) Pours clear amber body with a medium white head. Aroma of toasted sour dough, caramel, some pine, and light citrus. Flavor of pine, resinous, caramel, and fruity with a bitter, sticky finish.

Sampled from a growler thanks to boboski on 7/2/06: Pours a clear bright orange copper with a thin whispy white head. Fresh green piny hoppy aroma has a drier earthy caramel malty balance. Body starts with a highly-carbonated, lightly sweet toasty caramel maltiness turning more fresh, crisp, piny and bitter toward the drier finish. A decent IPA.

on tap @HopfestNC-pours a retaining off white head and gold color. Aroma is sweet citrus hops (cascade). Taste is sweet citrus hops (cascade)-slight bitterness, faint medium malt. OK/mild carbonation.