Lafayette Tippecanoe Common Ale

Brewed by Lafayette Brewing Company
Style: California Common
Lafayette, Indiana USA

Date: 04/26/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear a.ber, scante off white head, streaks of lace, sweet caramel malt aroma with light floral hops, rich caramel malt flavor, lots of citrus and earthy hops provide balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *4

(Draught) Pours an amber body with a medium creamy beige head. Aroma of mustiness, wet leaves, caramel, and florals. Flavor of grass, florals, citrus, malt, and earth with a bitter finish.

on tap-pours a rich off white head that laces and gold/amber color. Aroma is nice northwest hops-grapefruit/lemon zest (cascade? and Amarillo). Taste is nice northwest hops-grapefruit/lemon zest-bitter (cascade? and Amarillo), some medium malt. Dry/bitter finish.

From the tap this poured a clear amber body with almost no head. The aroma is surprizingly hoppy, grapefruit and lemon zest with a touch of pine. Underneath it all is a quietly sweet pale malt that is more detectable in the flavor. The hoppy bitterness actually increases in the flavor, burying the malt, and lasting well into the finish. Tasty and refreshing. I could see drinking a whole bunch of these.

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Draft sample at IBGF 06. Copper color with a large frothy off-white head that lasted with good lacing. Moderate citrus hoppy aroma. Light to medium body. Light sweet flavor with a light sweet finish of short duration. Good start soft finish.

This draft brew from the brewery poured a medium sized head of fine to medium sized off-white colored long lasting bubbles that left behind a very nice lacing. The body was a softly carbonated transparent amber brown color. The aroma was mildly hoppy. The mouth feel was mild with a hop bite that lingered in the finish. The flavor was malty and hoppy. The hop bitterness seemed to be more pronounced as it warmed up.

A California Common? I didn’t even know this was a style but since I’m only rating as to whether I liked this stuff or not, it was average at best as far as drinkability. No tasting notes on this stuff but nothing worth remembering.

On tap at LBC. Poured a small sized off-white head that was creamy and smooth and contained fine-small sized bubbles that fully diminished. This beer was softly carbonated and transparent with an amber brown hue. The aroma was malty, hoppy and sweet. The flavor was bitter and hoppy tasting. The mouthfeel was hoppy and bitter and the lacing was fair.