Buckeye Hippie I.P.A.

Brewed by Buckeye Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lakewood, Ohio USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Props to Buckeye. I’m a big IPA fan and I must admit this is my favorite. Pours a beautiful copper color and the aroma of Cascade hops is perfect. Nice head and a perfect carbonation level. The flavor is right on. The Brewery moved in the past year and I couldn’t find the beers for a while but, they are starting to turn up again (this sample was on tap) I think it tasts even better than before, not sure if it is brewed any differently now, or if it seemed better because I haven’t had it in a while. I strongly reccomend this to all of you hopheads out there.

UPDATED: JUN 23, 2003 WOW! I have finally found a rival to Stone IPA and Hop Devil - this puppy is so pleasantly hoppy, i was in heaven. The color is different from most IPA's I've seen - deep ruby red. very decent head stayed the whole time along with beautiful lace. Thick, chewy malt body is perked up by bitingly citrus hops - 80 IBU is pretty hefty (must be the 5 additions of hops - that seems like alot). I originally tried this beer about a year and a half ago - i really didn't care for it then, but I really didn't like hops then - decided to finally give it another chance and I am so glad I did. This could easily become my new favorite.

A Buckeye classic. This is a benchmark for what an IPA should taste like. This is a good introductory beer for a neophyte craft beer drinker who wants to experience "full bodied taste".

This is a mighty tasty ale. The aroma is a luscious hop flower and the bitter flavor is balanced with a sweet malt flavor. Reminiscent of an American Strong Ale - like Rogue Santa and Arrogant bastard. I wish I could buy it here in Rochester. Props to Alcfron for the sample.

Aroma is sweet citrus, pine, and tropical fruits with some malt backbone. Very nice. Well balanced hop profile and maltiness. Pours with pillows of egg shell head and yellow orange body. Taste is sweet caramel malts, biscuit, piny/citrus hops and passion fruit. Very well balanced, not overly aggressive. Finish is dank pine and citrus with some sweetness and a scant dryness to round it out. Very good IPA!

Dark amber color,small creamy off white head that lasted for a long time and left a nice lace behind.Nice hoppy grapefruit aroma with a mild sweet side.Nice smooth grapefruit and hop flavor that starts out kind of sweet then finishes off with a nice hop bitterness.You gotta love a brew like this,killer aroma and smooth highly drinkable brew that leaves you wishing for more.Thanks go to Drew for sending this mouth watering selection.

Nose speaks of a huge hops blast of spicy burnt pine & citrus. No shortage of perfume. Why can’t someone make a cologne that smells like this? The titanic bone white tight frothy stiff head bursts forth like nothing I’ve ever before witnessed. I mean really, this is ridiculous. The brewers at Buckeye Brewing have taken the NOS head 1 step further by adding detergent to their beer. They definitely take good head seriously, I long for head like this. Did I already mention that this head has permanent retention? The flavor is not lacking in the balance department, not an easy task for the style. The character and depth are notable as well. The medium soft body is dry.

Lasting thick creamy head on top of a copper-reddish body. Great lacing. Nose of orange rind and citrus. Lemony citrus taste with hops prevalent over the malts, but balances nicely. Very fresh and enjoyable.

22 oz bottle. Nice pour -- I don’t know why but I was surprised by the relatively dark color of this, rusty reddish brown with a nice head. The aroma is damn near perfect -- like a northwestern hop farm, but nice and even and not too overpowering. And this drinks with a pleasant citrus-pine roundness and a full-up malt undertow. Don’t know why my expectations were low, but this beer far exceeded them and more. (#3556, 5/27/2009)

The foam is very healthy, yet unusual. It’s got a mixture of large bubbles on one side, and some density on the other, similar to a Belgian I cannot currently recall. The foam subsidence eventually turns rocky. Very frothy and sticky, nevertheless. Unfiltered hazy strawberry. Extremely fruity aroma boasting tropical fruit (mostly pineapple and coconut), interesting phenolic-blackberry-strawberry intervention, leather, candied malt sweetness, peach, bread, rubber, hint of spiciness from the intense hoppage and alcoholic esters. However, the mushy malts are a distraction and lead me to believe this is a tad dated. Very soft and round mouthfeel. The initial flavors reveal alcohol. Then come the bitter orange peel and leafy hop textures, before the pepperish blaze and faint toasted malt bring this to a conclusion. The phenolic notes, which I am finding in too many heavily hopped ales, are too much for me to fall in love with this. After a few minutes away from this, I can feel the alpha acids attacking my rear palate. This is seriously reminiscent of Marin White Knuckle in every fashion. Thanks, alcfron!