Mishawaka Hop Head

Brewed by Mishawaka Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Mishawaka, Indiana USA

bottle-thanks to vyvvy for sharing this fine beer from IN. Cloudy orange body with a huge off-white head. hoppy nose as expected with pine, grapefruit and resin-light orange as well. nice green hop flavors here-not overy bitter, just lot of hop flavor. some light resin and earthy notes on the finish. i dig the green hop flavor here. the finish had a light metallic note which brought it down just a bit. palate is full and with medium carbonation. a very respectible IPA

This beer was enjoyed alongside Beerdrenched. Pours orange / bronze with a large soapy off-white head that gets patchy as it settles. The aroma has lots of green hops with grapefruit and floral being dominant. Medium body with very nice soft carbonation. Taste has lots of floral and grapefruit hops as predicted from the aroma. There is some malt there to offset the hops, but only enough to offset this is hop forward. The finish is lightly astringent and metallic. There comes a bit of a watery taste on the finish. While there may have been a couple light problems on the finish this is a very solid beer I look forward to picking up more of in the future.

Alpha King Competition 2006: Blind tasting. This one didn’t do it for me. Decent piney hops in the flavor and aroma. Malt backs it up but there was big diacetyl notes that I just couldn’t get past.

The body is an unpolished gold with slow, lazy bubbles and a thick, creamy white head. There’s a toffee & caramel scent nearly buried beneath an aroma of grapefruit, pine resin, and pineapple. The flavor is a nice blending of the above, the hoppy bitterness slowly growing, making sure you know that this is an IPA. The finish is a piney bitterness, not strong, but prolonged. A good quaffable IPA, to be sure.

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Pours the standard light copper to amber with a thin white, quickly diminishing to nothing head. The nose is enormous on this brew. I could smell it upon cracking it open. Dripping with papaya with hints of resinous (marijuana?) and light sweet malt. Really one of the bes smelling brews I’ve had in some time. The palate is a little thin with low carbonation, though for the style, I suppose that’s what I want, because man could I ever drink a few of these. The flavor is really top notch as well. Again, big papaya, though now there’s also some resinous pine and marijuana-like flavors. Really strong bitterness over a light malt, it’s tough to find a beer so big in the hops, I swear this might be one of the hoppiest beers I’ve ever had (somehow). The bitterness just lingers and almost leaves an impression on the tongue with that resinous flavor. I really like this, I’m glad to have found another good local brew!

In appearance, this beer is a golden yellow/brown color with a thin white head. The aroma is great- I get citrus fruits, melon, papaya, sweet and sugary, brown sugar, light caramel, hops. The flavor is similar--hoppy, bitter, juicy and fruity. The price is right, its hoppy and full of flavor, I like it.

Bottle. Small ivory head that was mostly lasting, poor lacing, visible carbonation, transparent, and an orange hue. Nose was malty, some caramel, citrus, and hoppy. The flavor was sweet, malty, hoppy, citrus, somewhat dry and a bitter finish. Hoppy mouthfeel. Light-medium body.

12oz - Aroma is floral hops, very malty, carmel and a late citrus zing. Pours cloudy light brown with a big lasting head and great lacing. Flavor isn’t quite as hoppy, but has the same characteristics as aroma. Malty after taste is a bit musty. Palate is tart and sticky. Not a bad brew, glad it’s at my local shop now.