Pisgah IPA

Brewed by Pisgah Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Black Mountain, North Carolina USA

Date: 03/31/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Mellow Mushroom, Asheville

clear copper, frothy cream head, nice scattered lace, citrus hop aroma, very creamy body, lots of great hop flavor with good citrus character, good balancing malt with a touch of sweetness, light bitter finish, it’s all about the hop flavor making a great drinkable IPA
-------- /> Date: 04/11/2007
Mode: growler
Source: tasting

hazy copper, hop character in the aroma and flavor is subdued, the hops are lots in a growler from the store cooler

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

(growler, thanks Schutzenliesel) Hazy amber body topped by medium off-white head, nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, orange/floral, some peach, caramel. Taste is mild sweet, grapefruit/pine. Dry finish. Medium body, light acidity, some resin.

Smapled from a growler: Transparent copper orange pour has a thin froth of wispy white head. Aroma of orangy citrus hops and a touch of sweet caramel malt. Body starts slightly caramely malty sweet with a black peppery hoppy character and some citrusy flavor hops. Not sure if I like the black peppery hoppy flavor, but otherwise a pretty decent IPA.

Sampled from a growler. I liked this one. Very fruity and floral nose, with notes of grapefruit, a general fruit cocktail aroma which is kind of like pears, pineapple and marachino cherries. It’s also slightly grassy in the nose, almost like Amarillo hops, but it’s also a little bit dank and I don’t usually get that from Amarillo. Semi-dry taste, starchy as well, with some nicely bitter grassy hop flavors, crisp and snappy hops, with some sweet and resinous apple flavors in the finish. Well-made.

growler. Poured a hazed copper color with a medium off-white head. Earthy and floral hops. Some yeasty notes. Malty base. Sweet malty flavor wiht a light citrusy hop middle to finish. Long dry moderately bitter finish. Actually very dry.

Growler from the brewery. Darkish gold, decent white head. Smells citrusy and grassy, with some sweetness. Clean crisp palate. Mostly hop forward, with some grainy sweetness in the finish.

Growler courtesy of RealityDeviant on 04/23/2009. Slightly hazy amber body with a medium frothy off-white head. Big citrus and piney hop aroma with a pale malt background. Sweet citrus, and catty hop flavor with a pale malt background. Medium body with moderately high carbonation.

Growler, courtesy of Schutzenliesel. Thanks, Tom! Pours a hazy, orange-amber color; white head with good lacing. Earthy and resiny citrus notes in the aroma. Medium mouthfeel: bitter, resiny citrus; chewy hop character, with a slight candy sugar malt presence; well-balanced and very drinkable. Lengthy, bitter citrus and earthy finish.