Silver Creek India Pale Ale

Brewed by Silver Creek Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Cedarburg, Wisconsin USA

Pours to a deep rusty/coppery color with an off-white head and so-so lacing. The flavor seems Amarillo-ish in hops even though they say Cascade. Strawberry seeds and fruit. Light idophor-ish quality on the first couple of sips. Tastes like Chinook... The aroma is hoppy. Amarillo and Chinook. Perhaps that’s what oak aging does to Cascade? The palate is medium-bodied and bitter with a nice texture. This is pretty decent.

Semi-translucent and cherry honey brown in color with a creamy, jiggling khaki tan head. Grass stains, marigolds and dandelions lead the herbaceous aromatic surplus. Shoveling the botanical gardens kicks up some piping papaya enzyme, cotton blossom and stark, bitter, aromatically dry grapefruit. Percussive toffee flavor reminisces of Irish ale yeast derivatives. Bitterness dryly seeps through. Sharp, dark butterscotch sensations smooth out like single malt scotch. Hickory and pine sticks dipped in liquefied spiced rum toffee. Bitterness just so happens to compliment the malt liquor booziness. Medium-bodied, nearly syrups, and then dryly thinning out. No complaints with the carbonation. Feisty pine paneling bitterness and a hint of amaretto toffee & graham recession bodes with cascade flavor and bittering sensations in the end.

On tap at the Silver Creek Brew Pub. Poured a deep and cloudy amber (almost brown) color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of caramel and light pine and citrus. Tastes of pretty much the same. I too just noticed the description that this was Oak Aged. There was some light wood in there, but not enough that I would have guessed this. This one was nicely balanced and not over board bitter. Nice full body.

Found this beer at Silver Creek, a local brewpub. The color is darker than a typical IPA, with softer red/brown notes. The smell is rich with fragrant hops. For an American IPA, it really smells more Euro styled with less tart and more bitters. It has a subtle nut tone as well. The first taste is heavy hops, walnut, and slight bitter lemon, over all a damn fine beer, that’s highly drinkable....If you can get the damn thing.

Dark bronze color with a off-white head. A very dry IPA. I just noticed the description about this being oak aged and that explains a few things. Dry malt flavors mix with a herbal hops infusion. The oak dries this one out and adds a mild wood flavor. A more traditional IPA.