Big Bay Long Weekend IPA

Big Bay Brewing Company
Brewed at Milwaukee Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Shorewood, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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On tap at Husby’s during the Sister Bay, WI. FallFest. Poured a clear, brownish amber with off white/cream froth to the head foam, and good curtainy cling to the lacing. The aroma was light grain, toasty malt with a little sweetness, and caramel. The flavor added moderate but lingering hop bitterness, a little lighter than medium body, and a dry finish. More of a hoppy Amber to me. Maybe there was some mislabelling with the Boatilla.

Sampled from bottle in 16 oz. snifter. Slight malty aroma; little hops. Appears amber/orange, slightly cloudy. A bit of sweetness upfront, with grainy overtones, yielding to a lasting, pleasant bitterness.

Very citrusy aroma. Grapefruit was the first thing I tasted. Crisp and refreshing. Would have again.

Sampled on draught at the GTMW- 2011 and via 12-oz bottle. Pours a clear dark golden amber colored brew with an average off-white head that quickly dissipates to a thin white ring. Plenty of carbonation bubbles. Aroma of both multi-grain malt, a hint of citrus and grassy hops and some bread dough. Taste is light to medium bodied, well-carbonated with flavors of mostly English dry malt and a hint of grassy and dry hops. Finish is semi-dry, a tad metallic with a short lived mild bitterness. Closer to an English pale ale than an IPA.

Draft at OF. Filtered orange-tan. Thin, oily head. A little more hop character than I had anticipated. A pretty decent, sessionable English IPA. On the fuller side of medium bodied. Soapy mild citrus. Biscuit one-dimensional malt. Mild and boring, a half ass IPA for 2011. Not off though, drinkable.

Ar: fresh citrus aeoma, moderate resin. Ap: poura a lightly hazy copper with a one inch frothy head off white. Excellent head retenriin and lace. T: fairly sweet caramel malt up front, touch of bread dough.. finish moderately bittered for the style, moderate resin and a touch of wood. P: on the thicker side dor an ipa. Fairly mild carvonation, leaves a touch of srickiness on the lips. A: Very mild for the style but erhaps a welcome brewk from the norm. Good beer.

Bottle. Pours a dark golden amber color with a good white head. Some nice lacing here. Aromas of light bready malt with some hop tones. Taste is relatively mild compard to other IPA’s. Very drinkable but a little more fresh hop bitterness would be nice.

Slightly hazy coppery amber color with a firm white head. Light floral and citrus aroma with some creamy malt. Flavor is creamy malt and a light herbal bitterness. Lightly carbonated with a dry, pine finish. Refreshing and very drinkable, seems a bit less bitter than most IPA’s but it may just be that so many other IPA’s overdo it. In any case, I like it.

Small, firm white head with good retention and a bit of spotty lace. Lightly hazy, copper gold hued color. Nose is slightly sour malts, light citrus and malt. Body is med/light, sorta thin with low carbonation, little metallic. Grainy malt flavors with some laid back citrus hop notes, malts are a little sweet, light fruit. Lightly sweet, malty finish that needs more bittering. Bottle from ughsmash.

A nice lighter IPA that still surprisingly had some hops, have to try it again though to really make a good judgement.

This is my favorite among the Big Bay family. It’s light and slightly piney in taste, with a foggy copper color. Very refreshing and drinkable, perfect for people who are easing themselves into craft beer acclimatization.