Pelican India Pelican Ale

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

Bomber. Pours a beautiful clear orange with a creamy white head and huge lacing. Big citrus hop aroma in front of subtle floral notes. Nicely balanced flavors of citrus, floral, sweet carmel malts, and piney notes. Medium and oily mouthfeel. Nice lingering bitterness. IPA or Imperial IPA? Either way, each swallow is worth savoring!

Floral aromas with hints of honey, and maple sugar. Opaque orange color with bubbly off white head. Flavor is sweet initially changing to a salty pretzel like flavor in the middle with a lightly bitter pine finish. Very nice and solid creamy palate. Some smokiness in the flavor, along with sweet notes of caramel and sugar. Bitterness is well balanced and flavorful. Hits the right notes for me.

Light caramel hue, clean body, strong dense white head, great lacing, beautiful in the stein. Tropical hop aroma, mango and orange. Wow! Really? Wow. Spicy and citrusy indeed. Black pepper, lemon/lime, zesty with a crunchy earthy finish.

Bomber courtesy of writerljberg – thanks Luke! Pours a glowing dark gold with a 2 finger dense off-white head that lasts throughout the entire glass and leaves spotty lacing. The nose is sweet ripe citrus and caramel malt. The taste is toffee, tangerine, orange peel and tart yellow grapefruit in the finish that lingers. Medium mouthfeel. Solid IPA – thanks again Luke.

Pours slightly hazy golden orange with white head. Piney aroma with a little sweetness. Initial flavor is piney hops fololwed by grapefruit and sweet maltiness. Nice bitterness and spiciness. Medium body with lively carbonation and a sticky mouthfeel. A very well done IPA.

Poured a dark gold with little head. Hops, orage, grapfruits right up front from the pour. Has a good amount of malts thrown in to back it up when you take a sip. I’m really liking the finish, a long lasting true orange flavor. Very surprising beer.

22oz bottle. Pours a clear golden orange color with a smallish white head. Aroma is huge citrusy cascade hops, orange and grapefruit over a very nice bready maltiness. Flavor is huge cascade hops up front balanced nicely with a bready caramel maltiness in the middle and finishes off with huge bitter sprucey hops. Very nice!

I must say Phil the Pelican is on to a good beer here. I get very little aroma off of this beer, the little I get is understated and piney. The flavor is pine, herbal and resiny hops with a little malt character. The finish is nice, a little pine and alcohol, delicious.