Bristol Compass IPA (Edge City IPA)

22oz bottle. pours clear amber with white head. noes of PNW hops but nothing overboard, notes of grapefruit and fruity hops. flavor has nice grapefruit and mango hop profile, but not that fruity or bitter, but tasty, perhaps this is not that fresh.

22oz bottle via trade with Crosling! - Thanks Nick! - Pours amber with a big fluffy offwhite head. Aromas of grapefruit as well as a good dose of apricot. Flavor is grapefruit, but a little apricot and even some pineapple. Caramel flavor behind that. Fairly well balanced. Medium body and pretty smooth on the palate.. Pretty drinkable and not over the top like lots of IPAs tend to be these days.. I liked this one..

GABF 2006: Amber color with a small off-white head. Diacetyl aroma covered up most else for me. Some malt underneath. Malty caramel flavor with a nice mix of citrus. Moderately bitter finish help to redeem the beer.

Pours with a brilliantly clear, reddish amber color that is topped by a frothy, initially three-finger thick, tan colored head. The aroma is quite fruity; ample notes of grapefruit, candied orange peel and apricot. There is a nice toasty maltiness here underneath the up front and dominant American Citrus fruit. After a bit a touch of alcohol is noticeable towards the end of the nose.

The taste is sweet up front, which helps to accentuate the ample hop notes, or at least the fruity sides of them. Notes of pine and a touch of menthol round out what is otherwise dominated by citrus notes of apricot, ruby red grapefruit, lychee, and candied orange peel. Caramelized malt notes become noticeable towards the middle, but then morph into a toasted biscuit-type malt note. The beer has a nice tongue gripping bitterness to it that adds a lingering bit to this beer from the get go. The finish has a mix of hops and alcohol that combine to give this beer a touch of astringent hotness; or more positively a bit of a raw, hoppy edge. This has just enough body to make it balance the agressive hop levels, yet not keep it from being quite drinkable.

This is definitely hitting the spot right now, I was certainly wishing for some hops tonight and this definitely is hitting the spot. This IPA is certainly big on hops; mostly it is smooth citrus notes, but there are also some more raw notes of pine and green hops.

I got a growler from a friend that was just in Colorado Springs. Hazy copper beer with a resinous white head. The aroma came off English to me. Malt comes through well. Earthy hops. Some citrus as it warms. Lots of bakery flavors. Herbs, mushroom, dirty. Nice full round body. appropriate carbonations. I’m not a fan of English beer, but this on was pretty satisfying.

I live in Colorado Springs where this is made and because of that I’ve it on tap and found to excellent. Creamy and full of hops.

22oz bottle (Thanks to BeerandBlues2) poured a copper/amber color with a small off white head. Aromas of carmel malts and fruity hops. Taste had an aggressive mixed hop bitterness with a big malt presents. One of the few IPA’s with as much malt as hops.

First sample from a trade with BeerandBlues2. Fits in with the IPAs I had in Portland and those I brought back. Thick lacing spackled on the glass above a lasting white head. Beer is coloured an orange-amber. Interesting hop, malt and spice aroma. Creamy mouth feel. Good blend of hops and malt comes across nicely. One of a very few strongly hopped IPAs that seems to lean more toward the malt.