Pisgah IPA

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

Growler from Bruisin’ Ales on 11/1/08. Clear, burnt orange body under a large, creamy, rocky, off white head that lasts a long time and leaves a sticky, articulated lace. Fresh piney hop aroma with a good dose of caramel, and notable citrus. Medium body and light to medium carbonation, resinous, yet with nice smoothness and a dry palate. Solid caramel sweetness up front, quickly overtaken by an intense citrus rind bitterness that ushers in a long, dry finish. An excellent American style IPA, obviously very fresh, with all the right qualities.

Growler @ Ken’s Walloping Wednesday – Dark copper, creamy white head. Nice nose here with aromatics of candied grapefruit that’s well blended into deep toffee malts and peachy butterscotch. Flavor is not as complex, but still good with soft bitter citric notes balancing on a sweet caramel tone. Very drinkable at 7.5% without a doubt. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry bitter finish. Well made and just a touch different then your standards. Thanks for sharing Schutzenliesel…

pours a clear semi cloudy copper with mild head. light smooth sudden hop aroma. front hops with bitterness in middle to finish, light aftertaste, hop abundance but well balanced.

Growler from Bruisin’ Ales, Asheville. Pours a deep clear amber-orange with a small but lingering white head. Nose is strong citrus, shades of lemongrass and orange, some mild pale malt sweetness. Body is a bit thin but the hops come through nice and sweet, with strong tangerine character. Ends with a nice solid leafy hop presence. A rather potable IPA.

Growler pour at the HMoG at the Brick Store. Pours a light golden amber with a fluffy white head that leaves some decent lacing as it recedes to a ring. The hops kick pretty hard up front with an initial earthy aroma with hints of citrus underneath. The caramel malts are subtle but present in the nose as well. The taste starts with the earthy hops which have a nice opening bitterness which is balanced pretty well with the toasted malt backbone. There are some pine hops to provide a bitterness through the finish. The mouthfeel is prickly but still smooth with good carbonation. This is definitely a drinkable IPA and another great brew from Pisgah.

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 from Bruisin Ales. Very smooth. Nice hop aroma upon first pour. Good clean taste. This also held up well. The growler wasn’t opened for at least a few weeks later.

On tap @ Pisgah Brewery. Very balanced & well made IPA. Pours a medium copper color. Nice hop aroma & flavor. Some citrus. Good IPA