Redfish Tree Hugger Organic IPA

Tap @ Redfish: Poured a clear deep chestnut color with an off-white head. Aroma of grapefruit juice and tangerines. Fruity with some caramel in there. The flavor was of caramel malt and tangerines. Light to medium body.

On tap at the brewpub on 10/14/07: Pours a transparent copper orange with a frothy, full-lacing white head. Light caramel malty sweetness has an orangy hoppy presence. Body starts pretty full with some sugary sweetness, slightly fruity estery citrus hoppiness toward a drier bittersweet finish. An ok IPA, but needs some refinement.

Date: 10/14/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear copper, fine beige head, bits of drippy lace, sweet tangering and caramel aroma, rich caramel malt flavor, nice sweetness from the malt morphs into sweet fruityness from the hops, nice lingering finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Draught at the brewery. Beer is clear, medium borwn with a small, frothy, off-white, mostly and quickly diminishing head that lives on in a light vapor.<P> The aroma is lightly malty with notes of toasted grain, caramel, biscuit; Hoppy with a moderate note of honey and flowers; Moderate miscellaneous notes of peach and tropical fruit.<P> The flavor is heavily sweet, moderately bitter with a long, lightly sweet, light-to-moderately bitter finish. Some plasticky rets<P> The body is medium, the texture is velvety an the carbonation is soft-to-lively.

On tap at brewery in Boulder CO. Color appears to be light amber (bulbs at bar are red) with lively fine carbonation and thin white head. Nose is light pine with floral notes. Taste is clean and well balanced with even more floral essence. A bit light for my tastes, but nothing is particularly wrong (or spectaular) with this IPA.