Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (USA) (Bottle)

16.9oz bottle-pours a white head and gold color. Aroma is mild caramel malt, (continental&) citrus hops. Taste is caramel malt, earthy/floral/slight citrus hops. OK I read the label, northwest hops-OK, but no continental!! OK effervescence. Nice.

Tap at Olivertwist , Stockholom ... Golden yellow ... light hop nose ... quite sharp hop with lots of fruity hop.

Tap... came out a bright, semi-foggy orange with little to no head. Floral, smooth, fruity malt up front followed by hops. Not as bittery-hop as I’d prefer. Possible session?

On tap at Lucky Baldwin’s IPA Festival ’07. Light orange gold color with a thin head. Subtly smoky, almost heathery aroma with a slight malt sweetness. Some light peated malt smokiness is perceived with a touch of malty sweetness and herbaceousness. Light body without much bitterness.

poured into a chalice. Light, rapidly dissipated head, poured a honey orange color. Odor not overpowering, though the hops are noticeable. A lot less of a hop flavor than I expected, but it ends in a pleasant bitter hop aftertaste. An enjoyable beer, but there are better IPAs out there.

OK hop presence, but not very well balanced. Watery and thin, a very thin sweetness. Seems like just another generic crappy IPA.

Fruity aromas. Copper color with a white head. Big fruity hop flavors. Medium mouthfeel. Very tastey.

Pours reddish amber, tall cream-colored head that lasts forever -- thick and oily. Aroma is fruity hops with some esters. I find it to be too sweet for me. It has a slight estery medicine-like quality that is clearly more European than American when it comes to IPAs. Personal preference I suppose.