Pelican India Pelican Ale

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

Mountain Brewers Beer Fest 2006. Lack of appearance judging reflects opaque plastic sampling cup. My FAVORITE of BeerFest 06. Big Intensely Hoppy IPA, Light toasted/molassis malt and a hop hit of floral and citrus. Long lingering harsh bitter. Loved it.

Pours a clear copper/amber. Cascade hoppiness in the aroma and it is a touch grassy. Fairly dry body. Leafy, slightly astrinent hops.

On tap at Henry’s 12th Street Tavern. Clear amber appearance. Aroma is all hops with notes of citrus and pine. Simple and delicious citrus and piney hop flavors throughout. The hop flavors are strong, yet not overwhelming and harsh. Well done!

Truth in advertising. The description on the bottle is exactly what you get in the bottle. Long lasting head. Heavy lacing. Gold beer. Huge pure hop aroma. Some breweries would call this an Imperial. Got to be a hop lover to enjoy it. Not for the timid. Enticing sweetness puts in a noble effort against the strong hop bitterness.

Lots and lots of zesty, fresh, citrus cascade hop aroma. Flavor is much the same- VERY GOOD. This beer is all hop and nothing else. JUST THE WAY I LIKE IT. Medium/full body, bitter finish. I’ll take this beer off your hands any time.

Bomber. This is a great IPA! Pours deeply red with lots of copper overtones. Sudsy white film over the top of that. Big pine blossoms on the nose, softened with an almost palpable creaminess...vanilla? I don’t know where that note is coming from or how to describe it. Maybe one small part of this beer’s mission was to wake me up to the realization that it’s best when having something *good* about a beer be the part you can’t put your finger on. It’s not like I was in any danger of thinking I knew it all, but this beer has a pleasant mystery to the fragrance. The taste is unambiguously great. This is probably my favorite of the pine-dominated IPAs (if there is such a grouping of beers). At least, it is for the foreseeable future, which is never very long with beer. There’s plenty of softness to the body, but it’s not watery at all; it’s rich and even a bit raw at the end. Some bubbly harshness at the back of the throat is perfect for a beer with such a nicely dried, bitter finish. I could not only drink this beer all day, I’d set aside a day to do it.

Golden orange IPA with a thin white head. Funkuy floral hops, very classic and pleasant, pinhey and coniferous. Im seeing tall sequoias. In mouth, refreshing casi-menthol, with floral hops, covering the mouth. Rich and complex. Like a clover field. Sampled with Mtl crew, April 16 2006.

From bomber. Pours a deep, clear orange with thick off-white head. Nose is a light, sweet citrus and pine. Flavor is a bitter version of the nose. Very drinkable and very good. This ones Dan favorite and now mine as well.