Great Lakes Commodore Perry IPA

Huge thanks to Degarth for giving me this beer and crizay for sending it south. Pours a clear deep gold with a faint hue of copper running up the center. The white head hung around for a while. The aroma is on the mild side with grapefruit to orange rind citrus hops with faint malt sweetness hiding out the back. A mouth full of this elixir yields a grapefruit and slightly under ripe orange hop bitterness with faint savory malt sweetness. By midway the hop flavor becomes increasingly more bitter as the malty sweetness wanes. This mostly citrus hop bitterness and residual malt sweetness ride the flavor experience straight into the after taste. Nice IPA.

[bottle] Clear amber color, minimal head formation. Grassy hop aroma. Decent hop bitterness-- citrus and grapefruit, with some sweet malts underneath. Dry finish.

I would have placed this as an IIPA, definetly hoppy enough and the ABV has plenty of punch. A little more citrusy than the average IPA, and a little lighter in color. Would have liked a little more body though, this just looks a bit too thin.

12 oz. bottle thanks to a trade with DeuceDeuceOU. Pours a hazy dull gold with a moderate white head that lasted through most of the glass and left blotchy lacing. Pleasant aroma of grapefruit and orange. There is some malt in the flavor initially,followed by a wash of grapefruit. Bitter, but also some slight citrus sweetness as well. Medium bodied.

Grapefruit aroma. Dry, bitter grapefruit taste. Not much here besides bitterness and citrus. Bitterness lingers a good long while.

bottle from archer liquors. month past best by date on arrival...
Pale light orange pour with a fluffy white head. Smell is stale like light hop aroma, and oxidation. Tastes oddly sweet, mildly hopped, and of alcohol. Strange flavors, obviously not as fresh as it should be. As is, quite below average.

Bottle from trade with Crizay. Pours a nice clear golden color with a big white head. Aroma of hops, malt and citrus. Taste is hoppy with a slight lemon and wheat flavor. Good clean crisp finish.

Light, clear amber with good, creamy white head / Big grapefruit nose / Medium body with moderate, creamy hops and excellent finish / Flavors of grapefruit, pineapple, and pine with delicious dry, bitter finish / Distinctive in appearance and body.