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Saint Arnold Elissa IPA

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3693.5/5.03.49/5.06.6%75.9Shaker, Tulip
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A traditional India Pale Ale, the Elissa IPA is very hoppy with a properly balanced malty body. Elissa has huge hop additions in the kettle that give it a wonderful bitterness and is then dry-hopped in the fermenter to create the pleasant floral, hoppy nose. Our reverse osmosis water makes the bitter very soft with no harsh notes to it. The maltiness is derived from British Maris Otter malt. Its rich flavor stands up to the hops that would otherwise dominate this beer. The Elissa is an authentic version of the IPA style which was first brewed in the late 1700’s in England for transport to the British colony of India. The high level of hops combined with higher alcohol levels worked as preservatives to keep the beer good over the long voyage to India where conditions were not conducive to brewing. This beer is named after ELISSA, a tall ship now moored in Galveston. Ships like ELISSA were used in transporting IPAs to India. Saint Arnold is donating a portion of the proceeds of this beer to the Galveston Historical District for preservation of this ship.
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 BierBauch (651), Cape Coral Waterfront Wonderland, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/516/20
Apr 30, 2005  
12oz Bottle no date.Cloudy orange color with a small butdense head. Nice hop aromas with some yeast as well. Medium body average carbonation. Has a very clean flavor, some bitterness and some good fruity and floral hop flavors. Some grassiness. Bitterness lingers in finish. Overall a decent IPA. Thanks tyo Kaggie97.


 aenimopiate (148), The United States of Texas, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Apr 29, 2005  
Wow, at first I was confused as to whether I was drinking a beer or grapefruit juice. The aftertaste is certainly high in grapefruit sensation and the mouthfeel is thin(much like grapefruit juice). I know I seem to be harping on the grapefruit aspect, but try one of these babies and you’ll see exactly what I’m talking about. Finish is very clean.


 BBB63 (4274), La Porte, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Apr 16, 2005  
Bottled: Clean golden hue with an initial frothy head which faded to a ring but leaves a small amount of lace. The aroma has notes grapefruit and apple, pine and floral hops, bready and pale malting, and a hint of spearmint and clove. The taste is mildly bitter and citric with a good balance of malt background. Quite herbal and moderately spicy upon the finish. The feel is sharp and metallic. A very good IPA, bigger than most but still not IIPA level. Yummy and from Houston, who knew? Thanks Kevin for the bottle.


 ClarkVV (3578), Allston, Massachusetts, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Apr 8, 2005  
Late 2004 or 2005 bottle from Walt! Grapefruit-orange colored body, quite bright and with a slight chill haze. Yellowish-white head is large and well-retained. Aroma of wet grass clippings on a hot day, dill and cumin, tangerines, and lightly sweet grapefruit in the background. Flavor is well-restrained on the hops bitterness, but quite dry and flavorful of grass, herbs, light citrus notes and some spiciness. Bits of caramel and toffee intersparsed with the hops. Not a huge malt backbone, but it has a relatively low bitterness and light, tingly mouthfeel, so it dosent need a ton of malt. Bubbly, medium body, lively, but not overdone with carbonation. My biggest and perhaps only complaint was the very quick and clean finish, with just some pale malt and light grassiness lingering on. But I like the session nature of this beer and am definitely going to seek out more beers from St. Arnold. 6.6 abv? Wow, didnt notice at all.


 scraff (1955), Baltimore, Maryland, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Mar 28, 2005  
Thanks to my co-worker Subbu for hookin me up here. Clear sparkling orange, thin creamy white head. Nose was typical IPA with sweet grapefruit, spruce, toffee, caramel, and slight hints of earthiness. A very nice rich bitterness takes hold off the bat, but is quickly followed up by the light sweet caramel malt for balance. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light bittersweet finish. A good session IPA...


 Likerighteous (120), Pflugerville, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Mar 23, 2005  
Cloudy orange with loitering head. Smallish on the hop-meter but well balanced fruit and bitter. Great session beer. The pinkish label is a demerit.


 Drew (2410), Kent, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 14, 2005  
Nice aroma - fruit and citrus rinds. Taste follows the same profile - very first seconds of the sip have a sweet fruityness, quickly followed by grapefruit (with the peel, too) and ending with an oily pine resin. All of this hop on top of a soft sull malt body. Excellent - thanks Fly!


 zathrus13 (1316), Mount Laurel, New Jersey, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/514/20
Mar 11, 2005  
Cloudy amber/gold color. Aromas are hops, grapefruit, and some malt. Flavor is grapefruit. pine, and malt.



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