Amnesia Desolation IPA

Brewed by Amnesia Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Mild balanced aroma--floral woodsy hops & caramel. Minimal head on draft. A little watery in the mouth. Pleasant flavors, clean and milder.

On tap at Venti’s South. A darker than normal pour for a India Pale Ale. Interesting mix of flavors. Sweet throughout with a slight bitter finish. Seemed to get weaker and a bit watery the more I drank. An OK beer.

Red/brown. A dull nose but a beautiful and very interesting hop character plays well off of caramelly malts in the mouth.

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Unclear hazy medium orange amber color with a small to average, fizzy to frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, woody notes, light heavy hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, light hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]

An okay IPA, similar hop profile to the Copacetic, but bigger maltier bodier ups the ABV and lowers the perceived IBU.

Tap at the brewery. Dark orange amber pour. Citrus hop aroma, slightly muted for such big hops. Nice smooth malt body with a grapefruit hop bitterness. Decent brew.

A dark orange amber IPA with a thick creamy off white head. In aroma, another vegetal and beany malt, with rather European hops. In mouth, a grainy malt with watery body, light British hops, again boring. On tap at Horse Brass Pub, Sept. 4 2010.

Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 06/08/2010 Hoppy aroma. Amber coloured a little hazy in appearance and strong in alcohol with a hint of bitterness and dryness in a nutty malt finish.