Morgan Street Decadence

Brewed by Morgan Street Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
St. Louis, Missouri USA

sampled at morgan street brewpub. clear copper color, off white bubbles stick to side of glass. aroma is nice rich grapefruit. not overpowering. flavor is mildly grapefruity hops, creamy caramel. medium bodied, grapefruity mildly bitter finish. perhaps a bit too mild, but not a bad try at an ipa, if ipa it be. these folks seem to think that ipl is a style, and, as everybody knows, ipl means "initial program load".

Rated 11/14/2008 (Tap sampler @ Morgan Street Brewery, St. Louis, MO): Pours a clear brown body. Some small white head, but it’s soon diminishing. Grapefruity aroma, and some maltiness, but not very strong. Malty taste, and a somewhat hoppy aftertaste. Mostly malty, some nuttiness. More malty than hoppy. Has a somewhat creamy palate. Somewhat dry. Okay for a pale ale.

Pours copper color with a white head. Aroma is malty wheat or rye. Flavor is good and has a nice balance. It’s full but not too uch over the top. The texture is medium light and has a decent bite. Finish is malty, smooth and medium.

On tap at the brewery, amber-orangeih color, with a white head, nice flowery hop fruity, leafy nose with some cedary, coniferous and resiny accents, with a light toasted malt note, with a limey, citrus aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a yeasty, juicy floral hop, grassy, leafy character, with an assertive bitterness, that we find in i.p.a. not in lager as they present their beer as a lager, with a faint minty accent, and a subtle malt toastiness, leading towards a hoppy, leafy finish.

Drew told me that this is more of a hopped up lager, rather than a true IPA. The body was cloudy bright gold. Decently hopped with some grapefruit in the nose. There is also a little bit of hay. The taste had some decent notes of grapefruit with some toast in the background. A little light, but still very drinkable.

Called a lager in the dinner menu and then compared to an IPA on the beer list? Anyway, more like a hopped up pilsener than an IPA - lots of Bavarian, grassy hops throughout. Nice bitter finish, but overall lackluster. OK, but nothing to really brag about for a 10th anniversary brew.

Orange peel and sweet aroma - the only beer they had with a strong nose. Bright golden, medium head. Sugar sweet malts, grainy palate, big bright juicy hop presence. An enjoyable pint. Nobody there seemed to know too much about it when I asked for more details.