Tag: IPA

Black Brewing – Black XPA

Black Brewing – Black XPA, 2017, 6%ABV, 330ml bottle.

Drank on 8/12/2017, from I.B.S.

Appearance: 2.5 – Its black, not translucent, maybe some brown on the edges.

Smell/Aroma: 2.5 – Coffee, cocoa, dark malts, but more coffee and cocoa.

Taste: 2 – This is like a short black with hops, maybe cocoa. Its nice, has a good hop bitterness and nice malt bitterness.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 2 – Nothing special, normal for an IPA.

Overall: 2 – This is nice, its an IPA with good IPA hop bitterness and nice dark malt bitterness. Its balanced and good.

http://www.blackbrewingco.com.au/beer

https://www.facebook.com/internationalbeershop

New Belgium – Citradelic IPA

New Belgium – Citradelic Tangerine IPA, 2017, 6%ABV, 355ml can.

Drank on 8/12/2017, from I.B.S.

Appearance: 2 – Amber, slightly cloudy, nice head with good lacing.

Smell/Aroma: 3.5 – Tangerine, big tangerine, citrus, slight sweet malt. They really hit the tangerine in the name.

Taste: 3.5 – Tangerine, tangerine, lemon, citrus, that progresses to a nice easy bitterness. A slight malty sweetness but not much. A little hop bitterness, citrus pith.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 3 – Slightly hop puckering but very light, a nice carbonation.

Overall: 3.5  – Says tangerine, yes, it is damn tangerine. Lovely. Very good.

http://www.newbelgium.com/beer/citradelic

https://www.facebook.com/internationalbeershop/

 

Behemoth/Chur Brewing – Lid Ripper Hazy IPA

Behemoth/Chur Brewing  – Lid Ripper Hazy IPA, 2017, 6.9&ABV, 500ml can.

NOTE: These guys are New Zealanders. Known as Behemoth in NZ, and  Chur in Australia.

Drank on 1/12/2017, from Re Store, Leederville.

Appearance: 2.5 – Cloudy opaque golden orange juice.Not musch head, if any, a lot of lacing. Cool can as per all their beers.

Smell/Aroma: 3 – Hoppy fruits, a bit malty/bready, juicy smells, peaches, mango.

Taste: 3 –  Fruity, peachy, mango, with a little malt. Mineral on the tongue with a big hop bitterness as it fades.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 3 – Fizzy, a hop zing/bite on the tongue and lips. A tight fizz that zings and fades leaving the before mentioned hoppy bite.

Overall: 3 – Like it, its nice, all these guys beers have been good.

https://behemothbrewing.co.nz

https://www.facebook.com/ReStoreOxford/

To Ol – Sur Sorachi Ace Brett IPA

To Ol – Sur Sorachi Ace Brett IPA, 2017, 6%ABV, 500ml can.

Drank on 1/12/2017, from Re Store, Leederville.

Appearance: 2.5 – BIG THICK HEAD, stays around and is creamy as hell. Beer is a nice a golden amber, not very clear. Nice can.

Smell/Aroma: 3 – Bretty, funky acid, crushed ants, lemon zest, lactic pukey. Maybe theres some hops? but unsure.

Taste: 3 – Lemony Sorachi and Blue cheese/crushed ants Brett thing. Brett bitter, lemon juice, some pith, grapefruit pith and a light brett weirdness linger. Gets more lemony and sour per sip. Not sure where the malts are.

Mouthfeel/Palate: 3 – Fast and sharp, not too fizzy and its over.

Overall: 3 – This is good, its not conventional obviously but for a Brett IPA Im not sure how it could be.

To Øl

https://www.facebook.com/ReStoreOxford/

 

8 Wired – Cosmic Chaos Sour Black IPA

8 Wired – Cosmic Chaos, Sour Black IPA, 2017, 7.5%ABV, 500ml bottle.

Drank on 30/11/2017 from I.B.S

Appearance: 3 – Black, coffee black, good head on pour that sinks to a nice ring with light lacing. Nice label.

Smell: 3 – Coffee and brown malt, roasty, woody, a hint of some kind of dark funk.

Taste: 3.5 – Sour, tart, citrus, grapefruit, hopping, all that is well balanced and resolves into a burnt wood, dark malts, coffee-like bitterness, with a musty finish. A lot of interesting range.

Mouthfeel: 2.5 – An initial fizz that coast the tongue on sipping creates a good rounded body that fills the mouth.

Overall: 3 – I like this, its sour, its dark, its an IPA without being too IPA, and it lets the other characters shine.

Beer 6/3/17

Finally got some of this. Yeah they were bought out a year or so ago, and every second person says the recipe has/hasnt changed…

Ballast Point Sculpin India Pale Ale. This is a good IPA, though something I am very over searching for these days, its like a Torpedo, or something from Stone. Is this thing “old style” now?. Its strong bitter, intense grapefruit pith, a sweet almost viscous maltyness.  Yes this is good, and its been around forever and a classic of its style since its creation.

Beers – 19/11/16

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Barrel Aged Amber Ale.Has a bit of a musty smell, it tastes dead-hops bitter, maybe oxidized, like it may be quite old. Apart from the bitterness I think I can taste coconut which may be a residual of the vanilla flavour meant to be in here.

Bootleg Brewery One Offs Black Market Black IPA. Ok this is better, nice strong hoppyness, not too overbearing, nice dark malt flavour, not too roasty or burnt as can be common with this style. Good carbonation. Its black, opaque.

Mash Brewing Freo Doctor Lager. Had this on tap a few weeks back, cant say there is much difference between it and this bottled one, maybe a little funk?. Very Aussie lager, has a good “real” malty taste, compared to the mass produced stuff. Not overbearing, very sessional, Nice hoppy bitterness too. This is good.

Beers – 12/11/16

Feral Brewing in CANS FINALLY

Warhog, Perth Local, Sly Fox

Sly Fox Summer Ale. This is, as always, a nice easy beer, cant notice too much difference between cans and bottles on this one. Its a slight bit more hoppier, maybe? the smell has a bit more range, maybe? Its very sessional, which is the point of a summer ale and I guess the cans here are more of a convenience factor.

Warhog American IPA. This is great, and as good from a can [a rather fresh new can] as when I have had it on tap. Smells fruity like passionfruit, has a lemony hop bitterness, obviously hop forward but still has a nice light malt that doesnt challenge the great hopping. Having this in cans for hop freshness and as a regular is a great idea.

Perth Local Lager. This is great. I think if distribution is good and its easy to get to it will probably be my regular [currently anything is my regular, but its mainly Coopers Sparkling or Pale Ale].Its a lager but unike most on the shelf here it has good real character. A nice hoppy interesting bitterness and a good mild yet flavorful malt taste.

Beers – 20/10/16

Deschutes Brewery – Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Smells good, tastes OK. 4 months old.I cant tell what the hops are – its 100 percent Cascade I have just read. Ok bitterness, and a mild caramel malt hint. This is OK, its a standard pale ale, cant really mess it up. On finishing the bottle with was nice, but would have been better when a lot fresher and less traveled.

Deschutes Brewery -Hop Slice Session IPA. India Pale Ale Brewed With Meyer Lemons. Fizzy soapy looking head, nice bright golden yellow/orange colour. Not very carbonated, actually quite watery. Bottled 07/16. Tastes bitter like lemon pith. Looks like the actual lemon juice taste is gone here. This probably needs to be drank super fresh.

Modus Operandi – Former Tenant Red IPA. Nice smell fruity as hell, nice head. The first sip is bitter sweet with caramel like malts, bitter hops and a nice peppery thing. The fruity smell just doesnt quit. The hop bitterness isnt clouding the malt flavours after multiple sips, or that peppery thing which I think is the hops whish is still there – I’d say rye but no rye, Does wheat do this? Theres wheat in here. The hop bitterness melds well with the malts. This was canned 17/8 and it still has a nice fresh hop burn/the peppery thing?. This is good.

Mornington Peninsula –Mosaic Single Hop IPA Tinnage 007. Reviewed previously. Still good.

Cheeky Monkey – Southern Wailer Hop Flinger West Coat IPA. Still good, still fucking hoppy.

 

 

Beers – 14/10/16

Anchor Brewing – California Lager. This is good, but todays didnt remind me of my first – which I thought was amazing. Maybe this one was a bit old. It felt a bit dulled and the malt was down and the bitterness quite one note. I will try this again, as it is great and Im sure this was just a bit of a dud.

Mornington Peninsula –Mosaic Single Hop IPA. This is Tinnage 007. A nice single hop IPA. I do like mosaic hops but more for smell/flavour etc, the bitterness is there and it OK but not that enjoyable to me.

Deschutes Brewery – Fresh Squeezed IPA. This smells a bit funky hops and its just Mosaic with Citra. A bit old this one, the hops are dull, the smell could be better. The beer itself seems pretty reliant on it being hoppy, theres not much else I can see going on, and the age had left the hops with only a blah bitterness. Will have to try again with a fresher bottle.

Cheeky Monkey – Southern Wailer Hop Flinger West Coat IPA. Still good, still fucking hoppy.

Anderson Valley – Briney Melon Gose. Still great.