OFallon 5-Day IPA

Brewed by OFallon Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
OFallon, Missouri USA

Bottle. Pour is clear orange yellow with a medium to small white head. Aroma is fresh hop, malt and some orange. Taste starts with hops, they remain throughout and the finish is hop bitterness as well. Decent body to this one. The malt in the aroma does not come through real clear. In fact the hops and the malt seem to come from different directions. Overall an interesting brew.

12oz Bottle Vancer threw this in as an extra in our latest trade. A soapy ivory head grows to one finger on the pour and falls to a respectable crown, becoming creamy and leaving some patchy lacing. All this sits atop a setting sun orange of a body with sheets of carbonation bubbles rising to the head and keeping it supplied. The aroma brings a welcomed array of hoppiness albeit a little faint. The hops bring the sensation of freshness when lemon greets the nose, there’s a squeeze of orange in there as well. The backend brings a mild grassiness when I dig in deep. There’s some malts fighting through that are pale and add a sweetness to the citric hoppiness. Flavor is exactly what the nose suggested. More hops were used for the aroma and in dry hopping than for bittering. The pale malt sweetness lingers throughout and, when combined with the lemon and orange rinds, adds a candied rind characteristic I find myself enjoying quite a bit. The body is on the lighter side of moderate and could actually use a little more "umph". Smooth on it’s way through with a dry finish and mild bitterness (IPA standards). This is an incredibly easy drinking IPA and I think the drinkability is it’s biggest strength. The lighter body and candied rind hoppiness make it a beer that would be easily sessionable. As a matter of fact 5 Day is so drinkable I had to put myself in check so I had enough left to finish the review. A solid, enjoyable, easy drinking IPA from O’Fallon. I wouldn’t hesitate picking this up to enjoy a few in a more social situation. 2/28/08

Keg (HBF2009)
Hazy amber, small tight head. Huge hoppy aroma, tons of fruit. And, by heck, they’re there in the taste too - peach and melon in abundance, but also very good malty backbone to prop up the hops. Lovely fruity finish. Very tasty and well balanced IPA.

Aroma is sort of citrusy and piney. Plenty of big frothy head and plenty of subsequent lace. The malt is kind of weird and does not balance particularly well with the hops, but the hops are fantastic one of the piney-est IPAs I have had, and the bitterness fluctuates from fairly intense to weak all in the same drink, which is sort of awesome.

Citrusy smell, coppery-orange color, cloudy. Rocky head, off-white, a bit sticky, but diminished pretty quickly. Hoppy tasting, feels very smooth in the mouth, finishes bitter.

Draught (Helsinki Beer Festival 2009) - Amber in colour. Soapy and hoppy aroma with peace and grapefruit. Hoppy taste with grapefruit and a pleasant bitterness. Not too overwhelming and rather nice.

Good ipa, best one brewed in St Louis. Smells like pine cones and grapefruit, but has an overly grainy texture.

Had this on tap (cask pour) at the Iron Barley in St. Louis. Delightfully creamy and rich, lots of floral hop flavor in the finish. Had this on tap elsewhere as well and it wasn’t nearly as good, but on cask at the I.B. it was an excellent beer.