Oregon Trail IPA

Pours amber with good head. Citrus aromas but also plentry of malt. Flavor is balanced. Bitter finish is a bit coarse but still plenty good.

on tap-pours an off white head and amber color. Aroma is c hops. Taste is c hops, nugget and centennial, slight pungent and bitter, some malt.

Pours a fiery golden copper color. Clear. Lazy carbonation floats to the surface. Off-white creamy head forms easily and leaves a wet sloppy doily of lace behind. Pleasant aromas of juicy grapefruity citrus flesh along with the bitter rind. Deep inhalations reward you with sweet caramel square notes. An occasional flare-up of alcohol is noted. Maltiness is not shy here at the beginning. A blast of molten caramel and the warm homey feel of bread dough. Citrus hops kick in to give their two cents. Bitter (almost too bitter) rind tones appear. The initial malty creaminess that was welcomed is soon beaten about the face and head by a trifle unbalanced nature. (I shudder to think what this would be like if the initial maltiness was weaker.) Too bitter. Too rough. Needed a little bit of caressing to meld the characteristics. As it stands now it’s just too disjointed. I’ll try next month it will prob smooth out.

This has got very generous portions of hops, and if you love hops like I do, then this is a beer for you. The structure from the malt backs up the hops perfectly. This is not over the top, very well balanced and incredibly yummy!

Draft at the brewery. What I would called an American-British hybrid IPA with a homebrew flavor. Nutty and malty while still a little overhopped - and the hops are more of a bread crust and viney husk flavor than a sweeter citrus flavor. Full to medium bodied with a slightly rough texture - and like I said, a bit of a homebrew funk. They use the same yeast in every brew, so perhaps some experimentation with other strains for the IPA would resolve the problems... although to be honest the problems are very small... this was overall a very tasty IPA.