Mt. Shasta Mountain High IPA

Bottled. Clear reddish amber. Citric nose. Medium sweet and medium bodied with rpunded mouthfeel. Nice hop presence, but it gets syrupy as you go.The ginish is lightly resiny. A fairly one-dimensional beer without much to discern it from other brewers IPA.

Date: 06/21/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear copper, fine beige head, bits of lace,
Aroma: swet crystal malt aroma with a touch of caramel, pine and citrus hops with a floral note,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor, lots of earthy hops, big bitterness leads to a long bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Deep bright amber. Rich caramel aroma with a hoppy-fruity top note. Sweet flavour..a little bit sticky really. But it closes with a bitter, resiny finish.

A fading white head leaves the clear light amber hue. Oldish hops accompany brown sugar maltiness. They bring forward tea-like notes with lime and light earthiness in the background. Mildly toasted malt adds a certain crispness in mouth, where the tea, orange and earth flavours swiftly collapse. Developping foamy mouthfeel works well, but more confidence in the flavours would be for the best.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with riversideAK (thanks!). Poured a medium and hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of citrus and some floral hops. Tastes of citrus, pine, and light caramel. Medium bitter finish.

Bottle… Lightly hazed golden ale with a small, bubbly, white head. The nose is of honey, toffee, resin and pine. Full-bodied and velvety with bristly carbonation. Leans only slightly toward the bitter side of balance. Malty and sweet up front, but hopped sufficiently to place it firmly within the genre of PNW IPA. Finishes tannic, tongue-numbing and fairly dry. Thanks go out to giarcsr for sending this bottle my way!

(Bottle) Pours a clear amber body with an average off-white head. Aroma of malt, pine, and citrus. Flavor of crisp hops with a bitter finish.

Bottle courtesy of gunhaver: Pours a transparent deep copper bronze with nicely-lacing spotty white head. Aroma of fresh grapefruity hops and a good balance of sweet caramely malt. Body starts with good fullness and a nice, crisp fresh citrusy bittering and flavor hop character before the finish. A pretty good IPA.