Pelican India Pelican Ale

Brewed by Pelican Pub & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Pacific City, Oregon USA

Bomber straight from the Oregon Coast...thanks Marc! The aroma on this one is very malty and would prefer having a bit more citrus. The head on this is lovely and lacy. The taste is where thing begin to pick up. Malt, pine and grapefruit come though and a stiff bitterness follows. This is a well balanced beer that is big for an IPA.

Fairly heavy palate. Very full flavored and well balanced with sweet malt and loads of hops. Dark orange color. Citrus, especially grapefruit in the finish.

From a 22-oz bomber, via traded with kenb pours a hazy orange amber brew with a good sized off-white head that has good retention and lacing. Aroma of spruce/pine, grapefruit zest, some caramel malt and a touch of toffee. Taste is over the top piney/grapefruit. Character has medium body, very light carbonation with flavors of strong northwoods pine, grapefruit, and a touch of tart fruit. Finish is very hoppy and tart bitterness. The grapefruit aftertaste lingers around for a while. This brew will keep the west coast hop-heads happy!

Pours a cloudy dark orange with a small white head. Smells of big, thick hops, with a substantial malt character to it as well. Mild citrus and grapefruit esters were evident too. The taste is very profound. Strong, yet smooth on the palate. Only mildly bitter, as the hops and malts seem to balance each other out almost perfectly. Nice spice, some subtle cinnaon characters give it some support in the flavor category. Just an overall very good IPA. Cant find much too complain about.

Poured a ruby orange color with an impressive three fingers of long lasting head. The nose was of pine resin and grapefruit zest with sticky malts bringing up the rear. The taste is equally pleasing, Its malt profile is robust enough that the anslaut of various hop tastes have a platform on which to stand. There are tart bitters, sweet bitters, citrusy bitters and nearly acrid bitters. For me the feel was nice and full, others argue that it’s closer to moderate. It may take a true hop-head to understand this one. Its all over the taste spectrum but leaves a tart and sour flavor that requires you to drink more. Just be careful what you fallow it with, you’ll likely not be able to taste it. Bravo.

Shared at Joebrew’s BBQ, but don’t know who brought it. Light copper color with a medium head. Nice orange and grapefruit aroma. Powerfully strong citrus taste with orange be the dominant one. Not much balance with the malt, but it isn’t so over the top that it’s pure hop juice. Very nice!

I’m sorry, but I just can’t bring myself to over rate these bombs that are just overhopped for the sake of overhopping. There’s no balance here. I know that the style calls for massive amounts of hoppy notes and strong bitterness in the flavor - but there MUST be some balance to this. Nice golden/orange color on pour. Some soapy aromas on back of nice piney notes. Thanks to Dirk for getting me six of these bombers.

Draft at The Bistro’s IPA Fest; Nose of lemony hops and a touch of vanilla; cloudy orange-gold with a big yellow head; flavor of hop bitterness and pine.