Twisted Pine Hoppy Boy IPA

Brewed by Twisted Pine Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Boulder, Colorado USA

Pumpkin hued body. Unfiltered. Broken but compact white foam. Fresh hop bouquet of honeysuckle and orange oil. Touch of diacetyl beneath the hops. Soft and creamy carbonation. Initially airy but fairly dense with citric hop flavors kissed with brash pine. Gentle honeycomb sweetness deepens the caramel-drizzled malt notes. Hops impart some chalkiness, but thankfully retain some of their luster. Medley of succulent citrus complements the acidity which provides lift and refreshment, but the pillow-soft malts keep the acidity at bay. Finishes with much more hop flavor than brashness, as fresh peaches and oranges underscore the understatedly coarse pine. Although subtle, the diacetyl is a minor drawback in the aroma. But this serves quite well as an introductory to the style, as it’s very soft and well balanced.

Poured a light hazy gold color with a small white head. Hoppy aroma with notes of citrus, earth, pine and oranges. Large hoppy flavor from the start to the finish consisting of pine and citrus. Moderately bitter finish. Semi-dry.

Lively fruit nose, with some citrus and grapefruit. Slightly herbal immediately followed by some bread dough maltiness, not really what I would have like in the malt bill, but the hopping in this IPA is really tasty, too bad everything else about it is subpar.

bottle. orange/amber pour with thin head. hops and grapefruit aroma. very crisp but not complicated. livelyon the palate. decent hops and grapefruit. No bite to speak of. The flavor comes quick and dissappears quicker. Not bad but as far as ipa’s go not impressive.

Just had this from the bottle not long ago and have already almost forgotten everything about it. I think that describes the beer the best. It’s an IPA and is pretty much exactly what you would expect and nothing more. Kind of boring IPA overall.

4 oz sampler at the brewery, 4/15/06: Light orange. Decent hop aroma. Get a bit of the oil in the grink, but it’s a bit thin compared to the monsters in town. Can’t hang.

22 oz bottle dated 1/06. Pours a golden orange with a frothy white head that quickly diminishes.

The aroma is a subdued grapefruity pine with a little bready malt.

The flavor is kind of a mess. It’s very water leather with a touch of fruits and then a metallic bitter finish. It’s nothing llike what I was expecting. The mouthfeel is light on carbonation and very watery.

Overall, it looked and smelled like it would be a decent IPA, but it’s pretty darn bad. A drain pour (only my second).

bottled: copper orange liquid with almost no head and little carbonation upon opening. nose of mostly hop flowers. slight bitterness on the tip of the tongue with a diluted malt fissure that pushes into subtle citrus grass characters. a little less then desireable mouth feel, maybe a bad bottle with not enough co2 or body.