Steamworks Third Eye P.A.

Bottled at Mesa Verde in the A terminal at Denver International airport. An amber beer with a thick orange head. The aroma is sweet and lovely hoppy and grassy. The flavor is sweet with primary notes of grassy hops, leading to a dry and slightly bitter finish.

Date: 01/25/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear copper, frothy beige head, drippy lace,
Aroma: sweet crystal and caramel malt aroma with an abundance of floral hops,
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, well balanced with lota of floral and earthy hops, light bitterness, finishes sweet,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **/4

Pours a transparent copper bronze with a thin spotty-lacing white head. Aroma has some fresh grapefruity hoppy character and some sweet caramel notes. Body starts fairly full for the style with a good sweet malt backbone balanced with citrusy bittering hops toward a crisp, dry bittersweet finish. A nice APA.

12oz bottle. Poured a medium and lightly hazy orange color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of caramel and citrus. Medium sweet with a very light bitter finish. Definitely sweeter than bitter. I would have guessed this was an Amber or Pale Ale vs. an IPA.

CASK at the brewery. Murky peach hue with a large ice-cream-like head. Peach hop aroma, with a sugared-cereal aroma. Big apricot nose as well. Very smooth throughout the drink, with minimal bitterness. Finish is wet and fruity, and this beer almost resembles a fruit beer. I can say that the IPA on tap is completely different, and not as enjoyable. Cask is the way to go on this one. Tap gets ratings of 6/3/8/4/17 I don’t even want to try it from the bottle based on the ratings here.