Pennichuck Halligan IPA

Brewed by Pennichuck Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Milford, New Hampshire USA

The color is a cloudy amber with an orange tint and some streaky lacing along the sides. There is thick head initially which is pushed up by the carbonation bubbles, but it fades quick. The nose is of weak malt and resin hops. As you sip on it your overwhelming amount of carbonation with every sip. There is a malty sweetness and a bit of cooked vegetable. overall it is not full bodied and the flavor lacks hop flavor. There is a good amount of carbonation, but needs more hops. Good pale ale, but weak IPA.

Clear amber with a frothy white head. Aroma is toffee, berry, barley, and a light sweet citrus. Taste is not very IPA like. Bland and watery, seems like an English style. Some slight pine and citrus on the finish.

Amberish pour with a thin tan head. Aroma is very malty, sweet and definitely musty. Flavor is exactly the same. This seems like an ESB or something. I know what Amarillo tastes like and I’m getting no citrus, peach or any other fruit flavors. One-dimensional and malty. I’m confused as this beer is absolutely nothing like the description... crazy.

22 ounce bottle in pint glass. Amber with lasting flat head and some lace, Slightly cardboard/bandaid spicy rye aroma. Caramel sweet mediciney fruit with strong rye spice as it warms. Mild fruity bitter pine finish. Nondescript at best.

Thanks to Maltajo for the bomber. Cloudy copper pour with a thick white head. Hoppy, toffee malt aroma. Thin body with some moderate hoppiness. Might have been a little past it’s prime, drinkable though.

Bottle. Light to moderate roasted note for the malt, light pine and soap for the hops and yeast, with hints of date, brown sugar and cardboard. Head is small, fizzy, white with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Flavor sarts lightly acidic and finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is medium, watery with a fizzy carbonation and finishes moderately astringent and lightly dry. A drinkable beer but a little flat as an IPA.

Nose is mostly rye malt, some caramel, earthy hops, some lighjt fruity citrus and some floral hops. Pours copper, bright and transparent with a nice frothy lasting head. Lots of rye in the flavor, little spicy, earthy with some caramel. Hops are light and spicy, pepper, floral and a hint of citrus. Lingering spicy peppery notes. Soft earthy floral hops and light citrus. Decent showcase of rye flavors. I would prefer more hops, but its well made.

Pours a clear amber with white head. Aroma of caramel malts, hops, citrus, spices. Similar taste, hop bitter finish. Not bad.