Russian River Blind Pig IPA

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Santa Rosa, California USA

Explosive piney hops with yellow pear skin in the background. Tongue scrubbing bitter citrus hop flavor.

Brilliant golden. Super intense hop aroma. Exotic fruity hop aroma--apricot, mango some sprucy hints. This smells delicious. Medium-light body. Bright clean bitterness, shines right through. More exotic hop flavors. This is truly delicious. Big thanks to my buddy Matt for sending this along to me.

Rich, intense aromas of pine/citrus hops and a touch of grass. Golden color that is perfect for an IPA. Flavor is pine hops (big surprise...), citrus, and green apple. Finish is smooth. Very good.

500ml Bottle. Pours a golden and slightly hazy orange with a medium white head. Aroma is all hops with strong citrus and subtle pine. Hoppy flavor with notes of pineapple and grapefruit. Noticeable and strong bitter backbone that is balanced nicely by crystal malt flavors. Mouthfeel is excellent with a slightly thin feel that shows off the character of the hops without being syrupy or watery. Finish is long lasting, dry and tart. An original and a classic that paved the way for most of the strong IPAs on the market today.

Bottle (Thanks BlackForestCO!) Pours a slightly hazy orange with a creamy off white head with wispy lacing. Extremely fresh west coast hop aroma- tons of piny/resiny character, perfumy orange spiciness, and only a touch of malt character in the back. Light body with mild carbonation. Flavor has tons of pine and resinous qualities, just a touch of cookie-like malt hints are detectable under the hop oils. Not much fruitiness other than a spicy/peppery citrus note and a very dry-piny, long finish. A generously hopped IPA, yet I’d like to see more tropical fruit character come though in the flavor.

Graciously given to me as a gift from Sparky27. Poured into a snifter, golden amber color with a nice head. Aroma of citrus hops. Taste is citrus hops, piney nice malt touch to keep it balanced but the texture is a little watery for my likeing. Basically a good beer but no Alesmith IPA... thanks E.****Update***bottle from josh... Nice IPA.. Grassy, fruity, citrus, all the typical west coast traits...

Bottle. Big thanks to Kegbear for this one. Poursgolden with nice white head. Aroma was citrus and hops with notes of pine and other fruits. Flavor was extreamly balanced between hops and malt. Big flavors of hops, citrus and pine. Caramel malts balance it out. Was hoping for a bigger hop flavor but still an outstanding brew and my first Russian River product.

Bottle purchased at City Beer in San Francisco, July 2008. This is really a tremendous IPA. With more time in California I would like to have tried draught. They just started the bottling of this stuff. Pours with a beautiful head, nice carbonation despite the lack of good glasses in the hotel. Aromas of lemon, grapefruit, pine. I taste citrus and nice hop bitterness with more grapefruit.