Mt. Shasta Mountain High IPA

Brewed by Mt. Shasta Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Weed, California USA

Bottle. Clear amber with a frothy lingering head. Mild piney hop, bready malt aroma. Medium body. Well balanced flavor of bready malts with a nicely bitter hop taste. Worth a try.

Bonus from RiversideAK! Thanks Dark amber slightly hazy decent head. Aromas of citrus os fruity esters. Piney hops slightly thin palate with clean bitter finish

12 oz. bottle - thanks to DarkElf for giving this one to me after his recent beer trek up the west coast! Pours a nice copper-amber with a moderate off-white head that diminished mostly. Aroma features caramel and toasty malts, hints of ripe apple, floral and light citrus hops. Flavor is different, as DarkElf points out there’s a distinct roastiness to the malts in this one, also a nuttiness reminiscent of a brown ale, still sweet though with ripe oranges, and a nice biting hop presence with sharp herb and spicy flavors and notes of day-old grapefruit rinds in the finish. Medium body and plentiful carbonation. Not bad - definitely unlike others I’ve had.

Bottle. Pours out a darker than expected, medium amber color. Clear with an off-white head that fades and leaves pretty decent lacing. Aroma is fairly malty, almost bordering on a nutty, roasted aroma. Not much in the way of hop aroma. Medium bodied. Initially sweet, caramelly and light nut flavors fade to a decent bitterness that asserts itself but doesn’t overwhelm. A bit soapy? Decent if not solid IPA. Points on color, a little subtraction for lack of hops in nose.

Draft @ Horse Brass Pub: Pours a gleaming golden orange with a large beige head. Aroma is bright with citrus hops and malty sweetness. Flavor is crisp and clean with citrus and light bits of pine. Finished dry with lingering floral bitters.

Somewhere between orange and amber with a nice off-white head and minimal lacing. Nose of hops (this IS an IPA) and some fruits and flowers. Surprisingly sweet and oily mouthfeel. Very different. Enjoyable flavors make this nice to dirink.

12oz bottle. When the commercial description says "mild and malty India Pale Ale" that is definitely a red flag. Lightly hazy honey-amber color with a big white head. Malty aroma with floral, piney hops as well. More malt than I am used to smelling in the style. there is also a light buttery quality. Malty in a biscuit or cracker sense, with a bit if piney hop flavor and medium bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied with a creamy feel. Feels like its decently done, but not really what I want in an IPA; not very expressive hops and an odd malty flavor.

Pours a clear orange honey with a medium white head. Grassy aroma with hints of buttery hops. Taste of grassy hops, light citrus, caramel with a touch of butter.