Port Townsend Bitter End India Pale Ale

Brewed by Port Townsend Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Port Townsend, Washington USA

Pours gold with a thin white head. Smells of wildflowers, some dry malt earthy. Tastes perfumy and spicy with some tea hints on the finish.

22 oz bottle, via 5000. Pours a slightly cloudy gold body with a one inch fizzy white head that left lots of lacing. Very light nose, almost no hops at all really. What’s there is lightly floral and perfumy. More pale bready malt than anything else. Low bitterness with just a light floral hoppiness up front and pale doughy malt. Decent length on the finish though. Mouthfeel is light bodied with a bit of a doughy clinginess on the back end, fizzy moderate carbonation. Very light and subtle on all fronts, this barely crosses the line into IPA territory.

On tap at some place in Port Angeles, WA. Color was dark gold. Aroma of citrus, orange and fruit. Flavor was orangey and sweet. Fruit with some apple as well. Very orangey and cirtus.

Bomber courtesy of riversideAK – thanks Alex!. Pours a hazy gold with one finger white head and delicate lacing. Nose is fairly light with faint citrus and malt. Taste is light caramel malt upfront and then the bitter resin kicks in. It definitely lives up to its name. Medium mouth feel. This was is a bit herky jerky on the palate and unbalanced.

Bottle. Copper color, small white head. Piney hops nose. Sharp, pine hops flavors blended with some caramel malts make up the flavor. I was expecting more of a powerful "Northwest" IPA, but this was little more than a solid session IPA. Almost tasted a bit old, though I don’t think it was.

Name: IPA
Date: 07/07/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

Appearance: hazy orange, wispy white head,
Aroma: sweet crystal and pine aroma,
Body: big creamy body,
Flavor: lots of hop flavor on a big malt base, touch of piney sweetness, light fruityness, good amount of earthyness, well balanced,

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

Moderate grapefruit, somewhat floral, a little bready. A tad piney. Some light caramel in the malt. Feel like I have had this drink 1000 times; some better, some worse. Just another NW IPA - - - not bad by any stretch of the imagination, just very average and enjoyable.

Bottle, just called "IPA". Pours a pale gold, hazy, with a small, bubbly white head. Smells huge of fresh planty hops, very pungent and spicy, some wood, hay, char, but man, I could season a steak with these hops. Tastes initially toasty, quickly followed up with a bitter spicy, slightly piny hop flavor, finishing with a bit of orange juice and strong grapefruit, slightly burnt aftertaste. Medium to light bodied, creamy. Good stuff!