Redhook IPA

Brewed by Redhook Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Woodinville, Washington USA

Nice fruity and hoppy aroma. Flavor has some nice citrus but finishes a little metallc. There’s worse available.

9/15/07 From an old bottle. Aroma is an ok hop blend forward with a decent sweet malt balance. Appearance is a clear gold with a good white head. Flavor is earthy, moderatly bitter hops forward with a faint malt balance. Mouthfeel is medium/light bodied with med/high carb feel. Overall, not bad, but needs to be better blended.

Sept. 13, 2007; 12 oz. bottle. If you’re going to call a brew an IPA, it should come out swinging. The hops here are quite muted compared to top-flight IPAs; finish is on the watery side. Nothing at all offensive here, but definitely in the second tier of a robust style. If they called this a "pale ale", I’d have rated it higher. ;-)

(Bottle, I’ve never had it on tap!) This was the first decent IPA I had and is the IPA which I use as the measuring-stick for all other IPA’s. It’s harsh like an IPA so, but not too much so that I don’t want to drink it. The hops have that planty quality and really hit you in the face; this brew isn’t terribly complex but it’s pretty good. I like the way it is not overly heavy.

Before I was introduced to really good IPAs this was my first pick. light amber color with semi dry alcohol finish.

Nothing to write home to mom about. This tastes, sells and, feels like an IPA but doesn’t pack the punch a good one give to you. I wouldn’t go out of my ay to find it.

Date: 10/27/1997
Mode: Draft
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

clear amber, whispy head, sweet malt aroma with a hint of fragent hops, medium body, sweet malt flavor followed by a nice dose of lasting bitterness

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Score: **4
-------- /> Date: 07/29/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Wild Wing Cafe, Marietta

cloudy dark yellow, solid lace, nice fine off white head, big sweet carmel malt flavor with lots of hops, long mild bitter finish, fades

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Score: *4
-------- /> The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Bottle--Muted would be the one word that comes to mind about every aspect of the beer, the aroma, look and most importantly the taste. It’s not bad, probably an average beer, as the ratings show. However, if this was the first IPA you ever tasted, you would be just shocked by the flavor and aroma of any good IPA. That said, the beer was a light, light gold color, with a light head. The beer was decent enough to leave a small amout of lacing throughout the drink. The aroma was of muted hops, so was the taste. The hops were there, just very muted. Thinking about it, the beer really brings two words to mind, muted and light. Go somewhere else, almost anywhere else for a better IPA. As for a better beer in your average supermarket or 7-11, it’s an OK choice. Produce Place, single.