 Indra (1828), Prairie Village, Kansas, USA
Oct 30, 2007 Growler, thanks to mreusch. Big, piney, citric hop aroma, fresh, spicy and lightly grassy, with a dollop of dark malty sweetness. Clear medium amber color with a lasting light tan head. Full of resinous, leafy hop flavor, more strong citrus, pine and fresh wood with a moderately strong amount of bitterness throughout. Oily, smooth palate, body is medium. Really full of hop character, but with a nicely countering amount of toasty malt sweetness. Tasty stuff.
Ughsmash (2983), Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
Oct 23, 2007 Thanks to David for opening the growler! Poured clear medium orange with a short cap of beige head. The aroma picked up sweet caramel and grapefruit.. definitely on the sweeter end of the spectrum.. nice prickly pine at the end. The flavor had sweet caramel and pine at the core with nice lingering bitterness through the finish.. nice balance to it with a good bitter kick and some mild oxidation to close it out. Medium-bodied.. a bit sharp on the finish. Enjoyed it!
kramer (1866), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA
Oct 20, 2007 Growler, via mreusch. Pours a clear amber to dark copper body under a foamy one finger off-white head that slowly faded to a whispy covering. Minimal lacing remained. The nose is certainly Cenntennial, with an earthy leafy nature and some toasted and light caramel maltiness below. The flavor was not all that hoppy, sweet toasted malt up front, then fading to a fairly aggressively bitter finish that lingered quite a while. Mouthfeel was fairly creamy with nice soft fizzy carbonation. Overall, nothing too stand-out, but well brewed solid IPA.
Gregis (904), Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Oct 16, 2007 Pour from a growler shared by mreusch. Pours a clear copper with a creamy thin head. The nose is a solid blend of Columbus and Centennial hops. Big pine with a sweet caramel back, but the malt is really struggling to be noticed behind the hops. The mouthfeel is on the light side of medium-bodied and is slick with a bitter, lightly dry finish. The flavor is a nice blend of sweet pale and Munich malts with bitter pine and grapefruit notes rounding things out. A tad thin on the mouthfeel for all the hop punch that it carries, this beer is one of the more quaffable IPAs that I’ve sampled. At 7.5%, that could be a potentially dangerous proposition.
theisti (1034), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Oct 16, 2007 From a growler, provided by mreusch. Pour is golden orange with a thinner off white head. Aroma is big, and beautiful - piney hops, some candy sweetness and a graininess. Taste has a nice, pleasant not overpowering hop presence. More of the sweetness, pine and earthiness. Nice body, crisp bitter hop finish. Thanks for bringing this one Matt.
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