Butte Creek Organic India Pale Ale

Brewed by Butte Creek Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ukiah, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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12oz bottle. Upon opening the the bottle it made a his and that was just the start. Pour was like I have done in many a pint glass. But this one head just swelled up and got about 3 oz of beer. After 20 minutes of waiting for foamy head to settle finally got about 6oz of beer from 12oz bottle. Malt barley and some sweet citrus orange aromas and flavors. IF it takes you 20 minutes to pour a beer is it really worth it, hell don’t even know why I’m wasting my time on this one.

Well. Having this one in my hotel room here in Chicago. Nice that they chose an IPA for the room reefer; now if they woulda only chose a good one. Details. Guess you can’t have ever thang. Wait a sec - just dawned on me this is a "green hotel" and this beer is ORgaNiC!!! haw. Nice orangish color. Medium body. Not citrusy at first but in the finish. A bit soapy in head, body, and taste. I’ll finish it, but only..... aw hell, no I won’t either.

12oz from Bevmo. Pours orange with a big tan head. This beer has room for 7.1% what? Nose is sweet but a bit too sweet. Taste is very think and pretty crappy.

Pretty sorry excuse for an IPA. This one had no hop aroma, did smell of malt though. Light carbonation, no head, very light bodied for an IPA. The worst part was the flavor. It tasted dirty. It literally tasted like someone took a handful of soil and stuffed it in the bottle. Not very appealing at all.

Dark orange with virtually no head. Sour hop aroma. Gross dirty citrus flavor ... moldy and overly tangy, with a skanky bite.

Glowy orange color, little head. Aroma of orange and tootsie rolls. Flavor is rife with tannic huskiness, a harsh bitterness and a strong yeast presence. Syrupy mouthfeel. Just not pleasant to drink at all.

Opened this up and it was obnoxiously overcarbonated. Foam everywhere. Head sat in the glass in huge clumps, like a root beer float or something. Cloudy orange-yellow. Lemon, spice, and orange peel are evident in the nose. Is quite hoppy. Somewhat sour and tart, has an unpleasant metallic flavor to it. Finish has lots of somewhat floral hops, but overly harsh with little or no malt balance. Will not buy this again.

Call me crazy, but I think these so-called ’organic beers’ really suck. Without exception they have all had a sourish, curdled flavor that just eradicates whatever quality may be lurking beneath. I had heard good things about this IPA, but it turned out to be maybe the worst one I’ve ever had.

Amber, with a ridiculous head. This filled my pint glass with 1 inch of beer and 8 inches of head. When it finally settled down, the head still took 2/3 of the glass. Still can’t fit the remaining 4 ounces in the glass. Pretty bitter aroma. Tastes like perfume, and I like IPA’s and double IPA’s. Way too much on the hops.