Bison Organic IPA

Brewed by Bison Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Berkeley, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Clear copper pour, nice head and lace. Piny hoppy aroma. Nice carb, with a bitter piny hop, a lot of woodiness with a slight citrus grapefruit touch. Some orange peel, tasty.

Bomber bought at Whole Foods in Maui. Poured a clear copper with a lasting amber head. Aromas of earthiness, caramel and a bit of pine. Palate was light bodied and smooth. Flavours of caramel, earthiness and a faint hint of pine with a lingering lightly bitter finish. Decent but underwhelming.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with joeneugs. Pours a slightly burnished, mostly clear gold with a moderate white head that lasted until mid-glass and left spotty lace. Weak aroma of dusty malt and equally mild grapefruit. The flavor is light malt followed by a wash of moderately bitter grapefruit pith. No real fruitiness to the hops, mostly just some moderate bitterness. Reminds me more of an APA than an IPA. Ok as it is, but lacks a bit in intensity and flavor.

[Bottle] Pours an orange/amber color with a small white head. Aroma of grapefruit and pine needles. The taste is of earthy hops, biscuit, citrus and caramel malts. Moderate levels of bitterness and somewhat low carbonation. Lingering bittersweet finish. Seems a bit muted flavor-wise, but about on par with many organic beers.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber color with a moderately sized, white frothy head. Lacing is average. Aromas of citrus, grapefruit, and pine dominate very well. Palate is really smooth with a sticky finish. Flavors of pine and grapefruit, but this is a good IPA.

UPDATED: DEC 14, 2010 Bison IPA--USDA Organic--2005 22 oz. Bottle. 6.80% ABV. 60 IBU’s? 4.0 / 5.0. Light sediment. Mild lace head. Cloudy rich bright amber red color. Mild floral hop front. Malty doughy rich caramel mild sweet ester fruit body. Earthy bitter hop spice creamy end. Malt over Hops IPA. Sampled 12/2/2005. Bison Brewing Company--BISON IPA--Organic India Pale Ale--USDA Organic Since 1989--2010 12 oz. Bottle. 6.00% ABV. 64 IBU’s. (3.5 / 5.0) Big dense lacy lasting off white head. Clear bright orange gold color. Floral grapefruit pine hop front. Crisp tangy thin dry sweet citrus fruit light caramel hop infused body. Dry hop spice clean slightly astringent citrus crisp refreshing end. Needs malt. Sampled 12/14/2010. Malt of the Earth Beer of the Month Club Selection received 11/29/2010.

Aroma is malty with pine, herbal and faint citrus hop notes. Flavor is has malt and a fairly weak hop presence, some citrus/floral notes. An ok IPA, but nothing to get excited about.

Bottle. Poured orange with a creamy off-white head that settled to a ring and left light lace. Floral and light pine aroma. The flavor found pine, orange rind, and light caramel. Medium body and a mild bitterness.