OFallon 5-Day IPA

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

Pours a thick cloudy amber with a dense/foamy off white head. Smells of grassy hops and malt. Taste is semi-sweet caramel malt with earthy and piney hops which leaves bitterness on the tongue. Very chewy dense IPA. A little raw, but tasty...much better as it warms.

Soapy, sweaty, musky resiny pungent hop aroma. Also salty seawater aroma. Moldy algae? Hmm, the aroma improves as my nose attunes toth is, and it becomes more citric, resiny and sweaty. Flavor is thankfully better, a strong piney resiny flavor that reminds me chinook but must be the glacier. Malt serves as a simple backdrop, lightly bread and clean. Finish is solidly bitter. Appearance copper with a light tight head with fair lacing. I’m still not in love with the aroma on this beer, but the rest of it is a decent whopper of an IPA.

I had this on a trip to St Louis @ a fish place. I found it a solid IPA along with crisp flavors. It was clean and refreshing with a nice head.

Nice piney citrus hop aroma, no malts around on this. Clear dark golden boy with a decent amoutn of carbonation. Taste is very crips and very hoppy - medium bodied. There is a faint amount of dry caramel malt in the backgroup, but the dominance is the hops - a mixture of citrus and pine. Further into the beer the citrus aspect goes more into the background the malts become more apparent, but the piney hops are still the main character. This is a nice showing from a generally inconsistant brewery. I hope this is an indication of things to come. I am told they are going to be bottling this soon - hope it is sooner than later.

Bottle from Party Source. This beer pours a mostly clear copper color with a medium light beige head that has decent retention. Patchy lacing on the back half of the glass. Piney hops and mild malt in the nose. Medium body with a moderately bitter hops character, and flavors of pine and grapefruit along with a touch of malt. The finish is citrus and hops with a somewhat sweet underlying malt that lingers awhile. Above average all around.

Bottle- Pours a hazy copper, big white head and nice lacing. Aroma is hoppy, but there’s more of a perfumey note in this, under the piney/grapefruit of the cascades. Flavor is initially purely bitter, slowly warming into malts that don’t quite balance, more malts are needed desperately. Aftertaste fades quickly compared to most in this style, but it is nice and bitter while it lasts. Mouthfeel is good. If they tweaked this with a bit more malt, it could be a very nice beer, fo for now, it’s pretty good with a great aroma.

Bottle from tjthresh. Perfect amber IPA color. Small white head. Lots of pine in the nose. Hmmmmm......interesting. I like IPA’s and this one smells really good. Flavor is some malt with grapefruit and piney hops. My only complaint would be that it is a little thin. I like my IPA’s to be wet and sticky. Oops. Can I say wet and sticky here? Thanks Tom, I really liked this one. This would frequent my fridge.

Bottle from Party Source. Poured a clear copper color with an large off-white head that lasted and produced good lacing. Moderate hoppy citrus and pine aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium hoppy bitter flavor with a smooth hoppy citrus bitter finish of average duration. Solid drinkable brew.