Long Trail Unfiltered IPA

Brewed by Long Trail Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Bridgewater Corners, Vermont USA

For those who question whether this beer is an IPA, I question their beer knowledge. This beer is loaded with beautiful hop aroma and flavor, with a balanced bitterness. It is clearly a beer that has a large amount of hops in the recipe, just not added so early in the boil that their character gets lost. If you must, think of this beer as a british style IPA, not an american one.

One of more flavorful IPA’s I have had. Love the fact that it is unfiltered. Not extremely hoppy, but it that allows the full flavor to come out of it and not be bl;own away with hops. Overall, very drinkable.

Style; glass: IPA, Tulip 12 fl oz x 5.9% ABV = 70.8 / 60 = 1.18 beers * 150 C = 177 calories (est.) Purchased at: The Beer Outlet for $1.25 Aroma: faint lemon citrus, pleasant. Visuals: fair packaging, mindful of Vermont, Body is yellow to deep sunset with an off white head, goes from brilliant to cloudy with pouring, little fine lace. Taste: slight sweetness, a lot of malted barley flavors, hops provide a bitter flavor, but light. Palate: Starts quite crisp, moves to drying, lingering taste is of roasted malts. Overall: Enjoyable, most especially for the price, a bit lemony and summery for the style, but enjoyable. originally posted at: <a href="http://beercritic.wordpress.com/"&

22oz brown glass pry-top. No date (disappointing for such an involved brewery). Appearance: Beautiful stiff white head of 2 inches sits atop a hazy pale amber autumn brew. Seriously pretty to look at! Nose: Some sweet hop notes, a little biscuit, and a little suggestion of dried herbs. Palate: Not entirely dry, round mouthfeel. Medium-bodied and only moderately bitter. Hops aren’t adding any texture really, but there’s a prickle of alcohol. Fairly clean and neat with flavors of mixed citrus (not sharp or sour, though), biscuit and pale malts, with a moderately dry finish (doesn’t grab all the sugar). Notes: A well constructed IPA. Not extreme in any way, but a good session IPA. Would drink over most other NE IPA’s.

Sample from 12 oz bottle. Hazy golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. Peachy, perfumed aroma. Fresh peachy hop flavours accompany a light caramel introduction. Medium bodied, juicy. Against the grain with this one, I guess, but it was all peaches and I like peaches.

Pours a cloudy amber with a generous white head. Smells of pine resin, some bitter citrus and some tarte malt. Tastes a bit of oranges, some pine resin, a touch of anise, lemon and some malty tinges. Finish is crisp and resreshing. I hope this one becomes a regular rotation of theirs.

12oz bottle-pours a big foamy to rocky white head that laces and hazy yellow/gold color. Aroma is nice perfumy, sweet apricot/lemon-hops. Taste is mild perfumy, slight bitterness, sweet lemon hops, secondary medium malt. Some raw/dry hops at the finish. OK/mild carbonation. Nice session IPA.

Pint at the brewery. As always with IPAs, freshness is the key. Hazy pale golden pour with a thick and sticky white head that leaves a lingering lace all down the glass. The nose is quite nice with prominent aromas of grapefruit and orange peel along with a zesty spiciness. Fresh and fruity tasting with a bit of lingering zesty hoppiness. Really, it’s quite an appealing pint. It tastes so much better than I recall... so much so that I think I’ll have another. Pale golden, quite cloudy with a thin white head. The aroma is lightly hoppy with a touch of lemony citrus. A soft spicy hoppiness with a lot of lemon over the top. Decently hoppy with a soft sweet maltiness to balance. It’s basic, but decent. 7 3 6 3 12