Caldera IPA

Canned beer that I picked up from Bellingers Jet Garage, Grove, nr Wantage, Oxon 16-09-09 consumed the same day This pours for all the world looking like a classic UK bitter with just the right sized white head sitting atop as well. Wonderful hoppy aroma with pine and grapefruit lingering for a long while on the nose and a floral edge to it also. This has a nice initial hoppy sting that is tempered by a very pleasant honey sweetness, really tasty and most enjoyable. A7 A5 F7 P4 Ov 15 3.8

Can. Deep amber pour. Lovely juicy hop aroma, but lots of bitter grapefruit pith in the flavor. Pretty dry, powerfully hopped, nice and drinkable. Pretty darn solid beer.

Color: Reddish brown Aroma: Slightly musty, distinct basil, floral, fresh resinous hop Flavor: Initially smooth fruity malt followed by an intense bittering hop attack with bitter grapefruit and grapefruit rind, basil and resins on the mid-palate and finish. Comment: Starts with a deceptive balance of malt and hop and then the hop bitterness explodes and carries though the finish.

Pours amber-gold with a foamy white head. The thing that I loved about this was the aroma, strong citrus-floral hops abound with a hint of malt, very fresh smelling. Taste is just-cut grapefruit, light caramel and a bitter, resinous finish. Mouthfeel is smooth and clean with a light to medium body. Very drinkable and good quality for the price, especially from the can.

Can. Pours a clear copper with a smallish tan head. Nice balance in the aroma with plenty of caramel and vanilla to offset the pine and grapefruit. Medium body. Fair balance taste-wise too. Starts off with some earthy caramel flavors. Light vanilla follows. Finishes with plenty of bitter grapefruits. A solid IPA.

12 oz can purchased as a single at Oliver or Twist in Platte City, Missouri. Pour is mostly clear copper golden with a two inch off white head. Head is lasting, when it falls it leaves behind nice lacing. Aroma of fresh citrus (orange and pineapple) and resin hops with a nice caramel malt backbone. Nicely balanced nose. Taste is more resin than citrus, but is certainly the hops out of the gate. The resin is earthy and woody. The caramel malt is big as well. Balance is nice, as with the nose. Palate is medium, pretty heavy IPA mouthfeel. Carbonation is low, and the finish is minerally, almost dirty. Nice enough IPA.

I needed a can to bring to a NASCAR event and this IPA was suggested. What a winner! And in a can! Nice but very strong piney nose. may have lost points because I couldn’t see it. Slight malt buildup sits down as you descend into a wonderful bitter lemongrass finish.

Poured a sunset orange with a small white head. Nose was big and hoppy, some citrus but dominated with pine. Taste is clean, nice monotone toffee body with a very clean hpop bitterness and great chinook flavor.