Peak Organic IPA

Peak Organic Brewing Company
Brewed at Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portland, Maine USA

A: Poured with an average-sized, fizzy white head... some fairly good lacing on the sides of the glass in web patterns. Body is a beautiful orange color, and hazy. S: Very nice aroma of hops, and a fruitiness in there that I can’t put my finger on... almost like strawberries. Pine notes present as well. T: Excellent flavor on this IPA... lightly sweet at the beginning, due to the fruitiness mentioned in the aroma, and then it finishes bitter. This isn’t a knock-your-socks-off bitterness, but it’s present with a touch of dryness, yet the beer as a whole is actually quite smooth and very drinkable. M: Medium-bodied and creamy, with soft-average carbonation. D: An excellent IPA, one that I could drink regularly (if I could only buy it regularly) and consistently enjoy.

@NH Brewers Fest–on tap-pours a tight off white head and gold color. Aroma is pine/citrus. Taste is pine/citrus-lemon hops, some light/medium malt. Finishes dryish. OK carbonation/effervescence.

Purs a lovely clear amber with a thick off-white head that sticks around a bit. Aroma is richly hoppy to the point of being like evergreen. Flavor is very hoppy and not too bitter with a yeasty tone and a touch of citrus. Texture is lively, edgy and fizzy, a delight to drink.

12oz Bottle: Pours a transparent bright orange amber with a spotty-lacing froth of white head. Aroma of fresh floral grapefruity citrus hops and some sweet pale malt. Body starts with good fullness, a nice sweet toasty caramel flavor and lots of fresh, juicy citrusy bittering and flavor hops. Finishes crisp, bittersweet and true to style. A very enjoyable IPA and probably one of the best "organic" beers I’ve had.

Bottle. Pours a clear light orange with a thick white head. Aroma of diacetyl, citrus, and floral hops. Diacetyl mostly dominates the aroma. Flavor is less diacetyl with more caramel malt, pine and bitter citrusy hops. This was a pretty good IPA, although it would be so much better without the diacetyl aroma. 6/4/8/4/15 [3.7/5]

Hazy orange pour. White head. Juicy citrus, fruit and light hops on the nose. Flavor is smooth and a bit sweet. Good citrus peel hop bite on the finish.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a mostly clear gold with a moderate linen white head. Pleasant aroma of fresh grapefruit and just a hint of malt. The flavor is mild malt up front followed by a solid dose of grapefruit and some light pine. Medium bitterness at the finish, and there is a lingering mild bitterness that settles in the back of the throat for about thirty seconds. A nice solid IPA and probably my favorite from the Peak Organic lineup.

Draft at Carrboro Bev Co. Soft orange pour with an abundant head. Aroma is very nicely clean, dry but with a hint of resin and sweet fruit. Full mouthfeel, and tons of Amarillo playing around for sure (bit of that Simcoe juice backs it up). Almost comes across like a fusion of SNPA and Green Flash. Pretty nice, I’ll probably look for this in a sixer.