Smuttynose IPA

Brewed by Smuttynose Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire USA

Pour was golden in color and cloudywith thick off white head with a bouque of floral hpos and grains taste is of clovers,grapefriut from the hops with a bitter finish

Nice looking beer. Light copper color with lots of bubbles and a really creamy white head. Extreme lacing. Aroma was mostly wet hops and grapefruit with a pretty sour malt base. Stale malts overwhelmed the flavor. I thought this was supposed to be an IPA? Decent carbonation on the tongue, but had a funky sweaty foot aftertaste. Perhaps I had a bad bottle.

bottle. avg to small white fizzy head into golden body with large particles afloatin’ all around. aromas of mod hops and light malts (well balanced)lively carbonation. dry sticky mouthfeel. long finish duration. pretty good stuff.

Smells like grapefruit, pineapple, pine, hops, grass, and some malty sweetness as well. I just got some up my nose. Oops. This beer has a wonderful translucent gold appearance with a thin white head. Taste is very hoppy, with plenty of strong citrus to balance the bite. The bitterness of hops lingers on your tongue. I really like this. It’s clean, and light with a good amount of carbonation. This is a damn good IPA. It’s not overdone or too ambitious. Just everything you would expect from a high quality IPA.

On draft at State Line. Poured golden orange in color with a medium sized off white sticky head. Aroma of some sweet floral simcoe hops with some light caramel malt. Tastes of pine, citrus hops, with a light caramel malt base.Very nice.

12oz bottle. Orange-gold with a sticky head. Aroma of sweet, bready, nutty malt, and grassy, spicy hops. Nutty caramel malt flavor. The hops a a sharp bitterness it the finish, but don’t add too much in the front and middle besides a bit of grapefruit peel. A more spicy, refreshing IPA with a good bitterness. I liked the bitter-sweet balance, but the hops lacked a bit for me otherwise.

Aroma is predominantly of hops, including citrus, pine, grass, and a slight earthiness, but a sweet, caramel malt character is present, as is a noticeable alcohol warmth. Appearance is light golden to amber with a fairly persistant head and a hint of legs. The most significant thing in the flavour is the long, dry finish, which is very pleasant, and carries grapefruit and slightly herbal hop flavours. Bitterness is moderate, smooth, and lasting. Mouthfeel is medium, without being heavy, and is very pleasant. Good to try another take on the AIPA, overall I found this one dry, with an assertive but pleasant bitterness, but I’m guessing the aroma is typically much stronger than in this one. Best Before - yesterday.

Bottle. (previous tasting from memory). This was included in a mix pack. Do not remember too much so may need to retaste this one some day. Did remember it being good but not great. 11/13 Got another mix pack and paid attention this time - bumping up the score a bit.