Town Hall Masala Mama IPA

Brewed by Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

RBWG 2010 growler. Pours clear orangish color with off white head. Grapefruit aroma. Bitter grapefruit and sweet tropical fruit flavors. Medium body with average carbonation.

Tap at the brewery. I think this might have been mixed up with the new West Bank American Pale Ale which was magnificent. The bartender assures me he didn’t mix the two. If that’s the case, then the APA should be the featured brew here. The glass that I have now that is supposedly the Masala Mamma has a bright copper pour and great lacing. It has a medium hoppy nose. Very piney taste and not as malty as the description would indicate. Nice oily mouthfeel.

Growler: thanks to Greg, had at the March BA tasting- ended up drink easily a pint of this magic! .. lots of refined gentleman hops, nice malt backbone to hold its self together, and a clean and at the same time, sticky mouth! .. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rVbFHPzc6k ... . I love every moment of this! ..reminded me of RR blind pig but with a slightly bigger nose..

Growler at RBWG. Dark copper pour. Huge citrus pine aroma with a nice malt balance. Smooth crisp malt with a nice citrus hop bite. Awesome..

Pour was dark golden amber with a finger white head. Aroma was of crisp fresh hops, citrus, and a little pine. Hop flavor was real strong and almost a little rough at times. Brew letft a little residual bitterness at the end which was nice. Good brew and would buy again

A: Poured from the growler to the glass to reveal a perfectly copper colored beer with a fluffy off-white head. S: Lots of great grapefruit and pine aromas fill the nose. There is also a hint of sweet tropical fruit, such as pineapple and mango, on the finish. T: The same great fruits that were present in the aroma are picked up on the tongue as well, but perhaps not quite as intense. There is also a nice bitterness on the finish. M: Despite the long trip in the growler, this beer was still very well carbonated. A nice medium body on this beer. D: This is definitely one of the more hoppy and aromatic IPAs that I’ve had from outside California. A very easy drinking, one, however. And at 5.9% ABV, it’s not too tough to have a few glasses of.

Thanks a Million to DalzeAle for this awesome beer (Growler). Huge hops upfront with a good deal of malt. taste was clean and fresh . Would like to get more from Town Hall. Thanks again Greg.

Pours golden with orange tint. Wispy off-white head. Nose of tropical fruits, citrus, some resin. Just a lovely hop profile and a solid bit of malt to back it up. Lovely and fresh. Yum.