Sprecher India Pale Ale

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Bottle. Maybe not very fresh. Pours an amber orange body with an off white head. Some lighter pine and citrus notes but also a bit soap y with some light oxidation like degregation of the hop character. To bad too.

16oz bottle, under the IPA2 label. HAzy dark orange pour with a decent lacing head. Citrus aroma, not very poweful though. Nice hop bite, pretty well balanced. An ok beer.

Picked up under the IPA2 label. Pours a sexy copper color with a dense, thinner white head. Nose on the beer is a modest citrus note with grassy hops aroma, caramel and a light biscuit malt notes. Flavor has a smooth citrus hops flavor that melds great with the rich, sweet caramel malt and a light pine hops finish. Alcohol can be felt towards the end of the tasting. Density of the brew is great with the carbonation being a moderate to high rate making the flavors pop nicely. Overall a good beer put out by Sprecher with the right amount of hops and a solid malty finish. One beer definitely worth a shot if you find it.

Aroma is slight hoppy. Nice amber pour with huge thick off-white head. Taste is barely hoppy, some pepper with a malt backbone. Nothing like other IPA2 that I have experienced. Left a great lace though.

Orange with a three finger beige slowly fading rocky, yet creamy topper. Aroma of grain, earthy hops, caramel and citrus. Taste of sweet malt, mild grapefruit and citrus with a mild vegetal and bitter finish. Imperial IPA? Really? This one falls short of the mark as far as imperial IPA’s got – just not anywhere near hoppy enough for the style.

16 oz. bottle. And I feel I need every drop of it tonight. Pour has the light brown appearance of a barleywine, actually, with a 1-finger head of tan foam. Can’t fathom the date code, but I already can’t smell much in IPA hops, just a faint hint of malt graininess. Taste foregoes the usual "3 C’s" hops for a more European load: peppery, evens up with caramels malts and some alcohol heat. Can be enjoyed more as a hybrid IIPA/barleywine, on the low side of the alcohol scale.

Sampled on tap at the sprecher tour (glendale, wi). Pours a dull amber lightly hazed with moderate white head that laces well enough. Aromas are subtle citrus and floral, more lemon than grapefruit, with a small easily overseeable malt sweetness. Initial a lighter ipa style, light carmel sweetness mixed with floral and citrus hops, light bubblegum character, and some grassy earthy elements. Aside from the malt backbone, more APA than IPA. Smooth and rounded, but underhopped and under flavored. A bit watyery body. Finish is decent, but forgettable.

Pours a honey amber with white head. Aroma is floral and honey with pepper notes. Flavor is pine with notes of sugar. Body is light with high carbonation.