Knights Head Pale Ale

Brewed by Lion Brewery, Inc.
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania USA

Bottle, courtesy of Michael Knies. Amber bronze, thin white head and moderate condition. Initial raw fresh oily hop resin in the nose followed by sweet fragrant malt tinged with toffee and caramel and a pleasant pepper spiciness. Quite alcoholic in the mouth with a slightly perfumed caramel maltiness and resinous hops with some fruity citrus notes. Lingering flowery perfumed hop and gentle nutty maltiness in the finish.

Pours a clear orange amber hue with a white head and nice lacing. Aromas of pine and caramel. medium bodierd with a light bitterness, with light to minimal aftertaste. Flavors of pine, orange peel and a little caramel.

Short-lived, yellow tinted head; clear orange-foxy beer that pours a bit oily, viscous. Grapey hopsnose, ending cake-y and spicey, with just a bit of resin or pine, and orange marmalade. Starts off as a rather citrussy-hoppy IPA, but immediately taken over by a strange sweetish flavour - which cannot be but the corn syrup. Darn stupid addition, if I’m asked. Main problem is that it turns the bitterness metallic in character. Faint (milk)chocolate in the finish. Medium bodied, a viscosity reflected from the pouring. Lots of orange in the aftertaste. Not a bad IPA, but compared to what is available elsewhere... All the same, interesting bottle, Mike, thanks!

Saved this for my 100 rating as this is from my home town as a kid. tweelve ounce bottle, clear copper, slight head, herbal hop nose, sweet malt flavor with herbal hop flavor as well. Godd mouthfeel and good finish.

Bottle: Tawny amber color, sticky thick head, nice lacing. Nose of lemon and spruce. The flavor is swampy, a bit off and stingy in the finish. Odd hopping.

12 oz. bottle, courtesy of slob, with many thanks! Pours a clear copper color with a small white head. Fruity and lightly toffee malts in the aroma, spring flowers, herbal hops, orange juice and dust. Flavor is somewhat sweet, but dominated by dusty, herbal tastes, old wet wood with hints of pine and earth. Smooth, medium bodied brew with gentle carbonation.

Bottle. Thanks to Kramer17801 for the trade!
Purs dark amber with reasonable head. Aroma of ripe summer fruits and some undefined after shave. Quite malty initially with a sharp metallic edge. The malts developes into tannines and a somewhat nougaty deviation. Hop bitterness is plenty, but the fruitiness is in aroma only. Rather sweet in the end. The fruity hops returns again in the long aftertaste together with that malty sweetness.

Bottle: Fiery orange, very clear, large foamy sand colored head, fairly decent lacing.   Musty nose, some wet cardboard and subtle alcohol.   Blech, alcohol on the tongue from the start, very minor malt, slight hop bitterness, but moreso wet cardboard.   Moderate body and mouthfeel.   Harsh alcoholic citrus twang finish, astringent, cardboard, and so far from a good IIPA.   There is a reason its less than 10 on the style percentile.   At least I got a new label for my site.   Thanks for the freebie Jason!