Landmark India Pale Ale

Brewed by Flying Bison Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Buffalo, New York USA

Slight grassy aroma, mildly green, with some soapiness. Flawless appearance of medium amber with a modest white head and some lacing. MMM, nice job here. Swirling malt complexity with toasted caramel, light crystal leads to a dry finish. The hops are tantalizingly present giving a citric presence to the swirl and a grassy ending. An interesting take. K - up the aroma and this is a winner.

Bottle. Pours orange/red with a sticky off white head. Aroma is initially floral hops with some sweet citrus fruits lying underneath and a light caramel note. Medium body. Flavor starts with mostly sweet orange and lightly sweet caramel before moving to a more grassy and bitter finish. Very nice, an interesting take on the style

Nice thick taupe head. Pretty and deep amber color. Flowery and fruity nose. Aroma hints that there will be malts. Not too much hops in the taste but enough. Kinda strange for an IPA, but definitely something damn tasty. Great aftertaste which is something I typically find IPAs to lack. Bit tart. Slightly fruity. Badass little beer.

Draft at Capone’s. Pours dark straw/coppery with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is piney hops, some caramel malt, citrus, tangerine, pineapple. Crisp flavor with a nice citric hop bite backed by a solid malt bill and some tropical fruit evolving late. Landmark has impressed me thus far.

Bottle (12oz). Pours a lovely slightly hazy burnt copper, with an average fizzy/rocky off-white head. I found this aroma quite lush, fresh resiny/funky hops softened by slight lactic and floral notes, mild malt and maybe a hint of latex paint, but for all that very appealing, something I don’t always find with this brewer. The taste is quite decent, more cereal grain and less hops, it finishes grapefruit/resin bitter, I almost get rye in there too. Average to ight body, quite crisp, nice bit of astringency, only adequate carbonation, nice long medium-bitter finish - I don’t know the ABV but I found it ear-warming. Solid IPA, I’d buy a six of this and kill it on the balcony.

Jan. 14, 2009; 12 oz. bottle from a sixer packaged in a simple hard-plastic bottle-holder; bought for $7.99 at Kraig’s Kegs, Sherrill, NY.. Not sure what Wagner has to do with this brew, inasmuch as the bottle I’m enjoying (label matches that displayed on this page) indicates that it was brewed by the Flying Bison Brewing Co. in Buffalo, NY for the Landmark Brewing Co. in Syracuse, NY. Darker copper color; hearty, grassy IPA more sweet & malty than West-Coast bitter. Nothing over-the-top . . . quite drinkable. Would buy again.

Bottle shared with Blankboy, his bottle, thanks! Very dark orange, murky, small bubbly white head. Fresh hop aroma, some malt. Taste - good bitterness, but you have to wait for it - watery at first. Good stuff - solid IPa and a great compliment to the Thai food we had!

My bottle (12oz), shared with tupalev. Pours a dark copper-orange with an average size rocky off-white head. Nice aroma of floral and citrusy hops backed by caramel malt. Flavour starts a touch watery and mellow but it does kick in with the hops along with a nice caramel malt base and an average bitter finish. Medium bodied. Pretty good, it’s a simple yet pleasant IPA.