Tyranena Scurvy IPA

Brewed by Tyranena Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lake Mills, Wisconsin USA

Thanks to TheSTI Upon first sip I didn’t like this beer, tasted overly bitter and pithy, but as I drank and the bitter shock sort of subsided this grew a bit on me. Pours amber with a tall white head. Big citrus nose. Citrus candy sweetness up front, big bitter resiny sharp finish. I think the orange peel gives it that pithy flavor, which I think really accentuates the bitterness, sorta tastes like chewing on orange peel at times. I really enjoy the flavor up front, just the bitterness overpowers with an almost metallic sharpness to it.

12 oz bottle that was bottled on June 11th 2008 from tytoanderso, thanks Tyler. Pours a very good looking reddish/orange with a large tight bubbly creamy off white head. Aroma was showing some signs of fading with a good dose of malty sweentess, liquid caramel and grainy cereal, starting to dominate. Some floral hop notes were there as well and to a lesser extent citrus. Medium bodied with light average carbonation and a smooth finish. Flavor has more hop bitterness then the aroma with a good bite especially in the end. If this fights Scurvy can I get my medical insurance to buy me a few cases, I’ll happily kick in my $5.00 copay.

Seems like a typical offering for a Midwest IPA. Has the high bitter hops, the malt backbone and the fruity notes obscured by a very active malt profile. Aroma is malts, hop profile is bitter but not very floral. Flavor is smooth, and not aggressive. Pours clear copper with white head.

Bottle, thanks to LilBeerDoctor! Pours clear copper with a thick and lacy off-white head. Aroma of citrus and toffee. Light body and fine carbonation. (I’m trying to separate the orange peel from the hoppy citrus with no luck... I’ve got a cold at the moment and my sniffer isn’t currently up to par, so there may be tons of other stuff lurking in the aroma and taste.)

Bottle courtesy of tytoanderso. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells earthy. Tastes resiny with a citrussy finish.

Draft. poured a clear copper-orange color with an off white head. Hop dominated aroma with pine resin and citrus fruits in the forefront. There were also goodly whiffs of caramel and graham cracker. Delicately sweet with moderate to assertive bitterness of about 7 out of 10. Grapefruity, orange-ish flavors supported by some malty toffee. Not bad.

Bottle shared by kmweaver. Clear copper orange colored body, very small tan head, thins out into a ring. Nose is a combination of chewy caramel and cedar with some cream as well. Strange flavor, sharp enough, very fresh and fruity with some bitter graham crackers and bran, but a lot of sweet grapefruit and a light orange-cleaner scent. Good stuff, not my type of IPA for for a type I don’t like it’s really fresh and flavorful.

Bottle courtesy of Todd. Pours a clear coppery amber with a medium sized light beige head. Aroma of mango, pineapple and citrus. Taste is hoppy with hints of mango, and orange peel. Refreshing.