Jack Russell Captain Boomers IPA

Name: Captain Boomer’s IPA
Date: July 13, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: muddy burnt orange, fine beige head, streaks of drippy lace
Aroma: dry malt aroma, lots of earthyness, a touch of cardbord (bought this week), light spicyness
Flavor: lightly sweet malt flavor, plenty of balancing earthyness, light bitterness, hint of fruityness
Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Bottle poured a hazy golden amber with a small lingering amber head. Aromas of carmel, earthiness, light pine and light fruittiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth with a dry finish. Flavors of carmel, earthiness, light pine and light citrus with a smooth dry lingering moderatly bitter finish.

On tap and the Raley Field Brewfest in West Sacramento, CA. A little different than many IPA’s I’ve had. The hops are a big muted, but are there. Sweet citrus flavor with a smooth palate.

Pours cloudy caramel color with a touch of gold. HUGE frothy tan head that lingers and leaves chunks of lacing. Odd, malt nose with very little hops. The flavor is a bit better with subtle earthy hops and more caramel malt. The mouthfeel is creamy and the finish is a bit sweet.

~Pours a cloudy orange color with nice sized foamy white head. ~A pleasantly sweet scent, bready malts, fruitiness and slight hops. Interesting scent for an IPA. ~ Sweet bready malt flavor with mild citrus hops. ~Light feel, smooth. Mild finish. ~This is a strange one for an IPA. Maybe it should be labeled as something else? I am enjoying this one.

From a 12 oz bottle that cost $1.49 at Corti Bros in Sacramento, this poured an amber-orange with a medium white head and lots of lacing. Nose is a blend of citrus and floral hops, and light malts. Mouhtfeel is quite smooth and feels good in the throat. Flavor is complex, with the aforementioned hops and malts, but also tinges of fruit and other hard to identify flavors. Finish is nicely bitter, however, and over all it is a quite drinkable IPA.

Bottle. Poured a nut brown color, with a half finger of head. Must be either bottle conditioned or an old bottle, as there is a lot of sediment in the glass. This IPA doesnt really carry the nose others do. Has a very distinct nutty flavor that puts me off. Most of the sediment from the bottle are suspended throughout the beer, giving it a dirty grainy look. Overall, I’m not very impressed for a style that I love so much. Perhaps I bought a bad bottle, but I doubt I’ll revisit this with my own money.

12 oz. bottle. Malty aroma backed by fruity/floral aspects. Rich reddish amber color with a white head that ringed. Thin to medium bodied with creamy carbonation. The flavor suggests tea, tobacco, peach, harsh roasted malt, grapefruit hop. The net effect is rather dirty/gritty. So it’s not all that smooth, but it does have impact. The finish is sweet, dry, astringent. Something of an interesting contradiction. As time wears on the fruitiness gains prominence. Some of the annoying characteristics seem to be in the Big Ass brews. There’s enough flavor here to make them tolerable. Interesting overall.