Yazoo Hop Project IPA #12

Brewed by Yazoo Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Nashville, Tennessee USA

On tap at the brewery and later at BeerHawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Sample from a growler shared by me. Light amber orange with a small soapy head. Aroma of big pine hops, resin. Taste is forward resin hops, smooth caramel, toffee, apples, sweet malt with a nice bitter pine hop finish.

Draft at Woodys poured a clover honey color body with off-white, lacing head. Smells mellow of citrus and spice hops. Flavor is citrus and spice hops, honey. Nice bitter finish that started mellow and progressed to dry.

On draft at the brewpub. Poured a dark gold color with a fluffy off white head. The aroma was very citrusy, dominated mainly by grapefruit. Other notes of bready malt and a hint of flowers were present. The flavor was well balanced, with a solid malt base and a full grapefruit flavor and finish. This one gets back on track with the 8 and 9 variations. Still, it isn’t as good as number 9.

Draft at woody’s and at BeerHawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Pours a murky orange color with fair tan head and lacing. Sweet, resiny, citrusy, floral, pine, hop aroma is damn good. A lot of that is translated into the flavor, but it is just a hair less impressive than the aroma. Lingering bitter finish is a little much for my personal taste. But a damn fine beer. If this gets enough ratings, I’d say this might be the best beer produced from Tennessee! At any rate, it’s definitely superior to #13. I wish this had been the one that got the privilege of the first hop project to be bottled in the brewmaster packs. Alas...

Growler shared by lithy. Poured a slightly hazed orange with an off-white head that settles to a ring and left thick lacing. Aromas of pine resin, floral, and a malt background. The flavor continues with pine and a balance of caramel and citrus. Medium body and a mild bitterness. I missed #9, but #10 is my favorite so far. Can’t wait for these Projects to be bottled!

Draft at Flying Saucer. Pours a hazy amber orange with a white head. Aroma of floral and piney hops. Medium bodied with average carbonation. The malt profile is rather tame, giving way to the hops, which start with a tangerine flavors and transition to pine and grapefruit. The finish is semi-dry, slighly grassy, and heavy on grapefruit rind and hop resin. Not bad, but I liked 11 better.

Copper gold pour with a creamy white head and lace. Resiny aroma dominates nose. Medium malt with a nice finishing medium bitter that lasts forever. Creamy carbonation on a medium bodied beer. Very nice beer with a very nice bitter.

had on draft at the mellow mushroom at Vanderbilt. pours to a golden yellow bottle, medium body with a taste of grapefruit, a bit more citrusy than hop project 13 but the bottle is slightly litter. none the less, this is well balanced and great taste for this pale ale, as yazoo makes a leap towards more craft beers.