Selins Grove Crystal IPA

Formerly brewed at Selins Grove Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania USA

pretty much your standard IPA. Had a nice spice flavor and a bit of hops. Not enough hops for my liking but still pretty good

Tap at the brewpub, and 7% ABV. Dark golden, white head. This was also made with Columbus and Willamette hops. Assertively hoppy aroma. Big malt with lots of flavor hops. Hoppy finish.

On tap at brewpub. Deep golden in color with a little head. Very hoppy malty aroma. Cascades? Very hoppy, malty flavor. Nutty, caramel notes. Nice malt character. Nice and hoppy. Clean tasting. Medium bodied. Drinkable. Enjoyable.

Orange-red hue with a creamy, !off-white! head. WONDERFUL fresh hop aroma of pine and citrus. Caramel and toasted bread underneath. Restrained but potent. Just...fuggin’ awesome. Moderately sweet, moderately bitter flavor becomes a lightly sweet, moderate to heavily bitter finish. Medium-full body, creamy texture, average carbonation. The bottom line is: I *heart* this beer.

Sampler at the Brewery. Very good beer. Nice hop bite to it. With a slight bitter finish. This was a keeper.

UPDATE: They put this on cask, and lemme tell ya, Holy. Shit. Again I suspect that this beer will never appeal to the die hard hopheads b/c it’s simply not bitter enough, but the engine brought out such a wealth of Hop Flavor without overwhelming bitterness, that....just....wow. Like drinking a pine tree, but without bitter beer face. It was fantastic to taste the hops without severe bitterness getting in the way. On the down side, I was burping resiny burps for hours afterward and I think it gave me indigestion. But, wow. This is so bright and fresh and in your face I thought I was going to Die. Old rating 4.1.

P.S. Did I mention that this IPA is 100% Grapefruit Free? Fucking beautiful.

This was WAY wierd, let me tell ya. Delicate floral and Swiss cheese nose. Super malty, almost smokey, and you’d miss the bitterness if you weren’t looking for it. Also some fruity flavors. Complex and very nice, but unlike an IPA, in my opinion. An IPA I’d have again, surprise, surprise!

Great nose, lots of pine, somewhat scotchy. Excellent bitterness, pine and grapefruit predominate. Smooth.

(SCBE2003): Medium creamy beige head atop a clear amber body. Aroma is grapefruit, medium sweet. Taste is medium sweet, pretty big grapefruit but not too intensely bitter. Creamy medium body. Nice beer.