bradmccarroll (57), San Antonio, Texas, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Mar 13, 2007 My favorite brew from Saint Arnold hands down. Has a nice aroma and a very tasty blend of hops, spices, and malt. If you try a beer from Saint Arnold, make it this one.
 shigadeyo (2263), Harrison, Ohio, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Mar 8, 2007 Saint Arnold Elissa IPA pours a hazy, orange color and has a frothy, off-white head. The aroma reminds me of honey and pistachios with hints of caramel and citrus hops around the edges. The malt and hop flavors are both delicate and balanced in the flavor. I can taste lightly toasted caramel and toffee maltiness accompanied by grapefruit and subtle pine/resin hop flavors. There is a floral quality and a soft lingering bitterness in the finish. Mild to moderate level of carbonation. Average body and clean on the palate. Pleasing and easy to drink...
12 oz bottle from decaturstevo. Thank you!
jredmond (1039), New Jersey, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 4/5 | 10/20 |
Mar 2, 2007 This beer wwas given to me by Cheff, (steve) thanks, a real treat....Great beer though. I dont really prefer IPAs but this hoppy beer is OK.
Fantomas23 (463), Pewaukee, Wisconsin, USA
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 21, 2007 Another one courtesy of the Wife. Copper, clear brew. Aroma of piney hops and Kraft soft caramels being melted for caramel apples. Soft on the palate, not at all sticky (for which I am deducting points). Refreshingly undry finish (for which I am adding points). Nice caramel notes for balance.
theisti (1661), Leawood, Kansas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 20, 2007 Bottle. Pour is amber orange with a nice full off white head. Nice look to this one. Aroma is citrus, flowers and hop. Initial taste is grapefruit with a hop middle and bitter hop finish. Wow, nicely surprised by this one.
RAYBOY01 (1829), Chicago, Illinois, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 15, 2007 Attention: All recent reviewers of this beer are wrong! It is way better than it’s getting credit for recently. Starting with a beautiful copper (almost amber) pour with a big frothy off-white head that really beckons the prospective drinker. The nose is largely a moderately restrained grapefruit and pine resin hoppiness. The initial tasting is a moderate caramel and toffee malt...but very quickly followed up by a fairly robust bitter bite that lingers longer in the aftertaste than one might have expected. I really enjoyed this one...and it, without question, deserves to be placed at the very highest level (of second tier IPA’s)! Although I agree with Cornfield that it realy is more at home in the big APA catagory!
frankenkitty (1902), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 2/5 | 12/20 |
Feb 15, 2007 An unremarkable pour procures a copper-colored body with a melon tint under not much of a fizzy head. Pink grapefruit, green grapes and a touch of armpit in the aroma with a mild dusting of caramel malt and an evergreen Renuzit air freshener. Grapefruit hits the tongue with a carbonated tingle, but alcohol dries the flavor quickly and leaves the impression of a ginger ale. There are very few malty notes to take the edge off what I estimate at 74 IBUs... so this will impress all you hopdaddys and alphachicks. (I need a new word for "hophead". Hopaholics. Humuluslupuluslovers. Hoppophiles. Yeah... hoppophiles...)
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BeerBelcher (940), Columbus, Ohio, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Feb 1, 2007
This came recommended from a beer-savvy drinker and Austin resident ("Eric") I met at Ginger Man in Austin. Ginger Man had previously had this beer on cask, which I’m a bit sorry I missed. This beer out of a normal tap was OK, but not very much like other IPAs I’ve had recently (from Texas or elsewhere). I’d recommend either the Pale Moon Rye or Live Oak LIberation, based on my limited exposure to Texas-brewed beers.
Appearance was a sparkling dark amber, and a bit dark for an IPA. The beer had a solid finger of head on it. Aroma was assertively malty, particularly for an IPA. Taste was also very malty up front, with some light hop character (Cascade?) at the finish. A rather fruity ale, but not really in the same conversation as other IPAs I drank that night. Mouthfeel was a bit on the heavy/sticky side, which seemed inconsistent with the beers very light hop taste.
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