Russian River Blind Pig IPA

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

Courtesy of kmweaver. Hazy pale with a small white head. Massive grapefruit and tangerine nose with an unfortunate crystal malt note underneath. The flavor is lightly sweet, with ice tea, grapefruit, some pine, tangerine and a bit of cattiness. Medium body is round with moderate carbonation.

Bottle thanks to AgentSteve. Big white head atop this dark golden gem. Big pine and citurs nose. Flavor is huge on hops with a mild backing of malt. Really need to chew through these hops, but I didn’t want it to end.

16.9 oz bottle. Bottled on 7-22-08. Poured a nice dark gold, white head. Smells wonderful, huge pine notes, a little citrus as well, glorious. Great hoppiness all over the place, it’s a tongue wagger. Great beer.

Oh my goodness. Bitter. Hoppy. Bit of toasty taste to it. Everything reputation led me to believe it would be. I envy those SF beer drinkers who can probably get this on tap all the time. What aroma. What taste. I split the bottle with my wife.

Bottle, bottled six days prior to purchase from Toronado SF. Amber color, thin even white layer of foam. Peppery hop aroma with some citric background. Very tasty - darkly citric hop character plays on the palate right away,followed by some malts. The hop finish lingers nicely. Very nice.

slightly hazed bronze with a very long lasting off white head that may slowy shrink but certainly leaves its mark on the glass. sweet and herbal hop nose. flavors here are on the spicey side of hoppy and suprisingly maybe a touch too balanced...or not...christmas pine flavors with bitterness only in the finish but such bitterness is rather grassy/earthy and the after taste is all bitter bite...but there’s no bite until then. other than christmas pine and the bite at the end, there isnt much to talk about...overall its clean with a more spicey hop character than is normal round these parts but other than that, its a bit one dimensional and uninspiring.

500mL. Bottled on 070908. Excellent balance of citrus, pine and a rustic woodsiness on the nose. Cedar. Mint. Dried cannabis. A touch of dried grass and dirt. Solid chewy, but not fat, malt backbone. Pours a glowing, bright clear copper with a sticky white head. Toasted malt and resiny hops intermingle quite nicely on the tongue. Minty, earthy, grassy. Plenty hoppy for sure. More cedar, grapefruit rind. Mild peachy and apricot notes. Herbal, floral and piny. Lively, spritzy and firm on the tongue. Oily hops linger but the malt comes in to play as well. The finish is gloriously hoppy and earthy that lasts forever. Thanks Brian!

Small tan head, good retention with a nice stringy lace left behind. Hazy gold with a light copper hue. Big ol hop nose, pine, earth, grass and grapefruit with soft malt backing. Body is med/full, chewy, resiny and coating on the palate. Strong hop flavors, grapefruit, pine and sosme cedar notes. Faint maltiness, fairly dry, lightly toasty from what i can find under the serious hop blanket. Dry, citrusy biggass hop finish, lingering lovingly, bite. A manly IPA for sure. Props to cloudskipper for the bottle!