Big Sky IPA

Brewed by Big Sky Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Missoula, Montana USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Bottled (at Chriso, BB 09/2009). Amber color, small steady white head. Fruity, piney-mango aroma. Piney, mango flavor. A bit sweet. Simple uninspiring IPA. Probably the best as fresh from tap, now just dull.

Bottled. Amber colour, small beige head that leaves foam. Aroma is fruits, caramel, some quite wooden notes as well as mild grassy notes. Flavour is pine, nectary and fruity sweet notes with some grassy and toffeeish notes.

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, tons of pungent pine, light citrus, slight skunk, light flowers, light grass, and some resin. Poured amber/orange in color with a large, rocky, off-white/tan head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is medium bitter. Tasted of hops, pine, grass, and a hint of caramel. Medium body. Oily, dry texture. Average carbonation. Medium bitter, hoppy, piney, finish is lightly dry.

Bottle: Nice solid IPA, citrus, piney, well rounded. Good sweetness and bitterness balance. Food Pairing: Chicken Pesto pasta.

Great IPA without the hoppy bitterness. Taste is a smooth malt that is well balanced.

Poured from the bottle into a pint glass. Pour produced a hazy, amber colored body, topped by a small head of yellow-white foam (with a slight hint of green) Aroma is citrus dominant (grapefruit) with good hop character. Bitter flavor with a crisp carbonation and full body. The bite of the hops starts small, then wells up into a huge blossoming of citrus notes, then hops, then a long finish of the two. This beer’s flavor profile had shape: round and expansive. Very nice indeed!

Bottle, with no glass to pour it. Hoppy aroma, with citrus and pine. Very sharp, with a long finish.

Out standing balance for a big IPA. I have to remember to keep some of these on hand.