Port Townsend Bitter End India Pale Ale

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

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

Bottle, from the shack of a fish restaurant across from the Keystone ferry terminal

Bright amber colour. Earthy, fruity, fuggley aroma. Moderate bitterness. Light and bright, with earthy English malts. Really understated for a WA IPA...I still feel that this style works best when it is really hop forward and brash.

(22oz bottle, thanks artusory) Small white head atop lightly hazed apple juice body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit/floral, light caramel. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit/orange, light floral, caramel. Nice bitterness, fairly dry finish. Medium-full body.

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.

Another 22 oz bomber while waiting for a ferry. Golden beer with a thick white head. Aroma is fairly sweet and fruity, some sweet caramelly malts. More fruity yeastiness in flavour as well balancing the light caramel and woody malts. Estery fruity finish. Not what I was expecting from a Washington State IPA.

22oz bottle that only says Port Townsend IPA. That she blows is right. This thing is another foamer... not so much out of the bottle, but poured in my glass it’s 90% white foam and 10% semi--murky deep yellow, pretty much the color in the picture on this page. It has a musty, airy aroma, with some burnt caramel malts, some metallic notes (light), some cardboard as well (also light), and a musty hop acidity that reaches up the nose. Pungent, sharp flavor up front of old oranges, limes, lemons, starchy tree sap hop flavor, but turning more oily in the finish. Middle of the drink is interesting, it basically disappears. Leaves the tongue empty and too light. I think I can taste the bottle.

Bottle IPACopper, no head, light lacing. Nose of bamboo, hops and crispy pale malts. The flavor is musky, metallic and sweet, not too balanced. A lingering crummy mouthfeel. Finishes tangy. Meh.

Medium orange color. Medium sized white head. Aroma is very fruity, floral and sweet, orange and peaches. A medium to full bodied India Pale Ale. Malts are very fruity and estery and sweet. Hops are very prevalent, grapefruity and floral. A hop bomb. Big hop bitterness, yet there is still a nice malty fruitiness to it. The fruitiness is more evident in the aroma than the taste. Fairly smooth. Nice hoppy IPA. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is bitter.