Jack of the Wood Green Man India Pale Ale

Brewed by Green Man Brewing (Jack of the Wood)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Copper, decent sized rocky beige head. Very fresh, pungent aroma - piney at first, with a touch of grapefruit. Pretty tasty, with notes of pine and resin. Fairly assertive finish, with a decent aftertaste. Draft at The Laughing Seed, Asheville.

Pours a hazy amber, with a small off white head. Very floral hop aroma, but also detectedsome dishsoap in there. Wasnt offensive, but it was there. The taste was very hoppy, caught me a little off guard actually. Pretty bitter finish, which was also short and weak. Nothing much else to say about it. Not bad, not great.

A clean amber pur w2itrh light head and lace. A good hop nose. A semi sweet start with a good hop bitter follow through. A good solid palatte with vry good carbonation and mouthfeel ia silky smooth almost liid a cask conditioned beer but its not. Best beer at BP so far clean with good hops bitter and a lasting bitter

Date: 01/25/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: Dark yellow, whispy head,
Aroma: soft sweet hop aroma,
Flavor: solid european hop flavor with a lingering esb style finish
-------- /> Date: 09/22/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Score: ii to iii

Appearance: cloudy copper, fine thin cream colored head, lots of lace,
Aroma: sweet citrus grapefruit aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: nice sweet malt flavor balanced by lots of hops, very light bitter finish, all about the hop flavor and not the bitterness as it should be
-------- /> Date: 12/22/2006
Mode: draft
Score: iii to ii+
Words: jacks

picking up more of a bitterness in addition to the sweet grapefruit character, last batch was a bit better,
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Date: 03/30/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewery

Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet citrus aroma with light grapefruit,
Flavor: medium malt flavor balanced by light citrus hop flavor, light lasting bitter finish,
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 09/21/2007
Mode: cask
Words: dirty jacks

the citrus character has taken a bit of a backseat to the sweet crystal malt, still the nice light bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 01/19/2008
Mode: draft
Words: jacks

still a bit too much bitterness in the finish but almost enough sweet caramel and crystal malt to balance it,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 04/11/2008
Mode: cask
Score: 2.8 to 4.0
Words: dirty jacks

Appearance: clear orange, creamy beige head, lots of thick drippy lace,
Aroma: huge fresh sugary sweet grapefruit aroma like a breakfast sunrise,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor is perfectly balanced by the citrus hops, light balancing bitternes stays out of the way of the wonderful robust hop flavor, light bitter finish is a dim reminder of the past wonders,
Overall: john has this one dialed in perfectly
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 05/17/2008
Mode: cask
Words: dirty jacks

I could retire to a desert island and live out my life as a happy man with nothing besides this IPA on cask

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4

Draught at the brewpub. Pours copper with whitish head. The aroma is sweet, muffin-like malt and piney hops. The flavor is piney hops with a bit of coarse bitterness. Lemonbread lies behind it, but is far outweighed by the hops. Bitter, slightly grassy finish and aftertaste.

draught at the brewery. Golden amber color. citrus aroma. taste of citrus and some floral undertones with a bitter finish.

Draught at Jack. Clear orange-amber with a lacing white head. Nice, strong hoppy aroma. Taste is medium-strong bitter and hoppy - helps the craving but a little simplistic. Medium-full body and a dryish, bitterish aftertaste. My second-favorite Green Man, and the best of those drunk at Jack.

a good subtle session IPA. has a piney front with mild hoppiness and a good finish, i had this from a growler fresh of the tap... good stuff UPDATED. Had on cask and wow does this beer go well on task, the mouthfeel was wonderful on this, and the flavors really perk on cask, a definite grab if you see this on cask.