Butte Creek Fresh Hop Organic India Pale Ale

Draught at Rogue, San Francisco. Clear brown, minimal head. Aroma of hay and orange. Sweet with clean cookie malt character under a thin curtain of resiny orangey hops. Finishes with medium bitterness. A straightforward, quite hoppy ale with simple malt character.

Name: Fresh Hop
Date: 11/24/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

clear dark amber, wispy beige head, bits of drippy lace, sweet caramel and crystal malt aroma with soft floral hops, sweet crystal malt flavor, well balanced with floral hops, lasting bitterness,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **/4
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Name: Fresh Hop
Date: 12/15/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

clear dark amber, wispy off white head, drippy lace, sweet crystal malt aroma with earthy hops and a strong solvent character, mostly dry caramel malt flavor, lots of earthy hops to balance the caramel keeping it dry, just a touch of sweetness, light bitterness lasts into the finish,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **/4

Pours a transparent orange copper with a small, frothy light tan head. Aroma of earthy grainy pale malt and some soapy piny hops. Body starts lightly sweet and grainy with some mild grapefruity flavor hops toward a slightly more bitter finish. Needs some bigger fresher hop notes, but still a decent IPA.

Deep amber colour. The aroma is fairly nasty smelling. Nutty and slightly oxidized rancid maltiness. A touch of herbal dusty flavour. Oily and cheesy smelling. Wet dank hoppiness. Hoppy, but lacking in any great character. Meh.

Poured a clear orange copper color with a small off-white head. Hint of citrus and floral hops. Somewhat earthy as well. Nutty malt. Earthy and floral malt flavor. Light to medium body.