Hawks Super Natural IPA

Formerly brewed at Hawks Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Roseburg, Oregon USA

Date: 05/09/2001
Mode: Bottle
Source: Belmont Station, Portland

hazy amber, big white head, sweet toasted malt and floral hop aroma, medium body, lots of carbination, rich toasted malt flavor with a bitterness throughout to a long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Score: **4
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Draught @ Bier Stein, Eugene
Hazy dull straw colour. Light earthy aroma. The flavour is husky grain and very herbal hops with hints of anise and nutmeg. There is a light lemony character as well. This is a fairly unique brew. Balanced and very dry in the finish as the malts disappear.

This beer was just loaded with malt complexity, and has some much need hoppiness, but somewhere in the middle they bypass each other and I do not feel this is the most balanced IPA I have ever had. Tangy, zesty mouthfeel, but it is just not coming together for me. This definitely has more of an English Pale Ale character for me, finish is somewhat buttery.

22oz bottle (my bottle read ’Natural’ vs. the ’Organic’ as pictured). Poured a medium golden color with a larger sized, slightly off white, head. Some floaters. Aromas of light spices, some citrus and had an earthiness to it. Tastes of stronger spices, some citrus, flowers and some malts (caramel). I’d put this on the low end of the bitterness scale.

Hazy golden color,small white head that faded quickly leaving nothing behind.The aroma was Citrusy with a mild malty side and a juicy fruit gum thing going on as well.The flavor was better then i was expecting.Mildly sweet with a nice citrus showing some maltiness and the hops are fairly well done.Over all not a bad brew at all but i think there are betetr versions of the style out there,but it would do in a pinch.

Pous a cloudy gold with a nice fluffy head. Some bubble gum and herbal flowers in the nose. Some juicy fruit in the flavor mix with a soft melange of hops, mlld bite of pine and flowers. A bit soft and watery. Drinkable, not great.

Thanks to Wohlfs for this PNW IPA! This pours a huge off-white head over a hazy light amber body. Light malt and hop aroma. The flavor follows what was hinted at in the aroma. Well done, well balanced, but certainly not an extremely hoppy or bitter IPA. Could use a bit more assertiveness for my palate.

(22 oz bottle: $3.95 at Belmont Station in Portland, OR) Drinking this beer with my buddy Cliff, we both thought the same thing when we first took a whiff of this beer: it smells very much like a stale lager. But if I swirl the beer, a grainy maltiness becomes much more apparent, as well as a modestly spicy hoppiness, but the hops in the nose is not nearly enough for an IPA. The aroma also slightly reminds me of chili peppers. If that’s not bad enough, the flavor is just bizarre. It’s actually quite sweet, and there’s a significantly floral flavor, like what I imagine eating rose petals might be like, and it’s moderately bitter and spicy. As it warms up a bit, mild graininess emerges in the flavor, but it still has this vague resemblance to a lager. Maybe that’s a psychological holdover from the initial aroma though. However, the sweet and floral nature remains dominant throughout the session. Medium bodied, never thinning even in the finish, but despite the bitterness, it doesn’t have a crisp finish. Dark golden in color, perhaps with an amberish tint. Very tall and tight off-white head shows solid retention, holding a full finger’s height for several minutes. It never fades below a thin, complete layer, and leaves a lot of spotty lacing on the glass. It’s not very good for an IPA, and actually, I’m not even that fond of the beer in general, but it sure looks pretty.