Oakshire Watershed IPA

Brewed by Oakshire Brewing (Willamette Brewery)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Eugene, Oregon USA

Brilliant and clear amber in color with a thick rocky head. Delightful citrus aroma exudes limes and slight tangerine. Crisp and hoppy flavor - lots of columbus-type hops for that resinous flavor. Beautifully dry. Medium bodied and very quaffable. Overall a very nice IPA. Thanks Derek!

Date: September 21, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Belmont Station, Portland
Appearance: clear amber, frothy beigehead, drippy lace
Aroma: dry pale malt aroma, just a hint of crystal sweetness, nice dose of citrus
Flavor: big hop flavor, good blend of citrus and earthy hops plus a big floral note, plenty of bitterness keeps it pretty dry
Overall: needs more sweetness to pull out the fruityness to go along with the hops, you’ll love this ipa if you like them dry and bitter
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

22oz bomber courtesy of writerLJBerg. Pours a bright, slightly hazy golden orange with a massive creamy white head that leaves delicate lacing down the side and hangs on as a cap for ages. The bottom of the head is fed by a crazy amount of bubbles streaming up to the top. The aroma is full of juicy citrus, mainly lemons and oranges, with hints of floral, almost spicy, hops as well. There is a mild toasted bready malt presence as well. The taste doesn’t seem nearly as citrus and has a more muted flavor overall. There is a slightly astringent bitterness that takes on a fairly grassy character with only hints of the citrus that dominated the nose. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied and the flavors overall come across fairly thin on the palate. This is a decent IPA, but I was expecting something bigger in the flavor. Either way, I’m definitely looking forward to trying more from this new brewery.

From a 12 bottle this poured a rich brownish orange with a very robust creamy off-white head and thick lacing rings. Powerful nose of floral, citrus, and pine hops. Very smooth and rich mouthfeel, The flavor is bitter and shows lots of the citrus. Long dry bitter finish. Very nice. There is a lot to like here.

GABF 2009, Orange amber pour, Mild to medium hop aroma, Hop flavor seemed muted almost watered down, Notes of floral piney hops but ever so slight. Medium body. ok

22 oz bomber. Deep burnt orange in colour, large frothy,thick,creamy off white head. Very hoppy,floral and pine mostly scents Piney,lemony..dried lemon flavours, little candy sugar and a nice balancing maltiness. Very nice on the palate..indeed so easy to quaff..a true summer IPA. Good drinkable IPA.

Mild hop aroma. Orange/amber color. Citrus hits at the very end. Not San Diego hoppy but pretty bold for an Oregon IPA.

On tap various places around town. Pours out a light amber color with a moderate white head. Aroma full of citrus, floral and pine hop and the flavor is much the same but with a solid malt backbone. Well balanced IPA, very solid.