Siletz Paddle Me IPA

Brewed by Siletz Brewing and Public House
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Siletz, Oregon USA

Date: 10/17/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade

muddy orange, big beige head, drippy lace, lightly sweet citrus aroma, creamy but thin body, nice hop flavor leads into a bit too much bitterness then fades into a long bitter finish, the agressive hopping leaves it a bit dry with just a bit of carmel character

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

(22oz bottle) Small white head atop a clear amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, floral, orange, caramel, light grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, pine/grapefruit, some lemon, light caramel, floral. Quite bitter. Light-medium body.

(Bottle) Pours a clear yellow body with a ridiculously large, long-lasting, rocky white head with good lacing. Aroma of florals and grass. Flavor of floral hops, graham crackers, and malt with an excessively bitter finish.

Poured an amber color with a huge (4.5 finger) white head. Aromas and tastes of flowers and citrus. Oranges in the tastes. As hoppy as the beer smelled, I thought it would be a little more bitter. Thinner body.

Hugely fruity, exotic nose comprises as much pineapple, mango and litchi amidst a strongly yeasty profile. It displays a gigantic white head that really lasts atop the opaque, very cloudy golden hue. In mouth, I must say this huge carbonation feels a bit too much, making the body feels frailer than it should while hampering the flavour development. I’ll rarely say that, but it seems as if some minimal filtration effort might have removed some of its less appropriate yeast derivatives that I noticed, namely a rather pungent plastic aroma and an emanating chalkiness from its globally mineral foundations.

Tap@Siletz Brewpub. Well these guys don’t do too much wrong, three beers in a row of theres which i’ve given identical scores. Lychee and pine, softly bready, but this beer is more about the hops. Nicely bitter finish, another great beer from Siletz.

Any first impressions?
-Bloated foam bobs and laces atop the luminous yet hazy orange.
-Aroma is disappointingly vague and lacks definition, offering old citrus fruit and faint wooden shavings.
-Leafy, green hoppiness provides ample flavor and bitterness, but doesn’t benefit from much malty support.
-The overdone, frothy carbonation dominates the shy maltiness.

What if you dig deeper?
-Flowery honey appears in the aroma after a while.
-Pine needles prick the tongue, and succeed in lightly numbing the lips after a few tries.
-Complexity levels are very low, perhaps hidden by the excessive carbonation.
-If you were attracted by the excited tackiness of their slogan ("Excessively extreme!"), you may be satisfied by its bitter intensity (for a regular IPA), but you might be let down by its overall simplicity.

Bottle; no date.

Pours copper with a huge gushing tan head. Smells very tarte with chewable vitamins dominating. Tastes acidic and metallic with a messy finish.