 murawski (158), USA
May 13, 2007 Tasted "American IPA" at St. Louis BrewFest, May 12, 2007, and is rated here:
Fabulous hoppy, grapefruit aroma, excellent color with a touch a haziness and nice suspension. I really enjoyed the well-balanced flavor and the smooth, rather soft mouthfeel.
American IPA rocks!
vyvvy (1582), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
Oct 7, 2006 Sampled at Augusta Bottoms Beer Festival 2006. Pours lighter color than normal for an IPA with a good sized off-white head. The aroma is pleasing with grapefruit and floral hops and some malt backing it. Body is medium with light carbonation. The taste has stale malt with woody hops and some weird sweetness. The finish gets staler and sweeter and there is a hop resin feel. This beer is dead on for a solid IPA with the hop profile, but the malt seems old and hampers the entire experience.
Terminus (1955), Illinois, USA
Nov 14, 2005 tap at brewpub in Augusta, MO. pours light orange with a small off-white head. resiny, piney, grapefuit-very fruity hop aroma here. this is a hybrid beer to me-a west coast IPA meets an English IPA. some resiny flavors with a touch of grapefruit and a sweet malty base. light diacytl here as well unfortunately, which brings down the overall enjoyment of this beer. not bad, but a little odd for a harvest IPA if you ask me.
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