Portsmouth Bottle Rocket IPA

Brewed by Portsmouth Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Cask at GBBF 2007. A hazy golden beer with no head. The aroma is sweet primarily with grassy hoppy notes, but also with some malt notes. The flavor is sweet with notes of grass, malt, and grapefruit, leading to a very bitter finish.

Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Light unclear medium amber color with virtually none, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, pine, citrus, grapefriut. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruity hops, some grass and hay. Flavour is the same along with a slight sting of alcohol in the finish.

Hazy golden-amber. Grapefruit nose with light tropical fruits and a hint of toasty malts. Fresh, fruity hop are dry but slightly astringent. Malts are a shade husky. Some sweetness in the finish. Blends well with the fruitiness.

(22oz bottle) Cloudy amber body with medium creamy beige head. Aroma is mild, medium sweet, orange/earthy. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit/earthy/spice. Medium body, chewy.

Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Copper with bubbly beige head. It’s got some good hops, one of the better IPAs today. It’s got enough balance to carry it off. Superb. Acutally does what it says. Good hop/malt balance. Good hoppy bitterness.

A Mes rate: Gravicask at GBBF. Dark gold coloured. Solid hoppy aroma with a little citrus. Huge hops in the flavour with a little too much alcohol showing. Thinnish mouthfeel. Bitter finish. Nothing too special.

(Draught) Pours a lightly hazy amber body with a small beige head. Aroma of nuts, herbs, floral, earthiness, apple, cereal, and grass. Flavor of hops (grass, herbal, citrus) with cracker-like malt taste.