Caldera IPA

Brewed by Caldera Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Ashland, Oregon USA

Pours a clear coppery amber color. Moderate white head with decent retention. Lots of pine and a hint of citrus in the aroma. Flavor is bittering hops with a note of caramel malt. Bitter finish. Moderate mouthfeel. Good IPA. Bonus points for the can, making this a beer you can take on summer outings.

Can. Body is a clear orange with a nice head and gives off aromas of pine, sweet malt and honey-like sweetness. flavor is similar and has a sharp crispness to it that is pleasant. Just a hint of metal interferes with the palate a bit, but never becomes too problematic. Good stuff in a can.

Can... Pours clear and orange with a mid-sized, creamy, off-white head. Excellent retention. It’s a musky, PNW hops drenched nose of honey, pine and grapefruit. Medium to full-bodied and very creamy with modest carbonation. Remarkably well-balanced between the lupulin bitterness and honey, toffee and caramel malt sweetness. Very lightly tangy. Crisp, moderately bitter, refreshing finish. Can courtesy of scraff!

Can shared at Muckfest 2009 in Lancaster Ohio. Pale golden pour. Big aroma of pine and hops. Flavor was grapefruit and pine and hops. Not my thing.

4/25/2009: Caldera IPA is golden in color with an off-white head. It’s aroma and flavor are loaded with lots of big citrusy (orange) and resin hops. The bitterness level is mild to moderate. It has a light body and is quite good.

Sample from can at Dark Lord Day 2009. Rating #147 for this beer.

Can from my friend in Oregon. Pours out a nice orange color without much of a head. Smell is orange, grass, straw, and heavy on the hops. Mostly centennial comes through on this. Taste is hoppy and kind of sweet. Dry, very easy to drink.. I am running out of things to say here. This is a good beer, but its just a typical west coast IPA. This one does not stand out at all. Its good, its in a can, its worth trying, but it doesnt stand out.

Poured from 12 oz can into pint mug: Aroma - Citrus,pine, grassy, malty. Appearance - Dark golden amber in color. Clear, with nice 2 finger, off-white head. Excellent lacing on glass. Flavor - Golden malt at first; quickly followed by citrus and pine. Finishes fairly dry but leaves slight metallic aftertaste. Palate - Medium. Carbonation is very fine in character. Overall - As big as this is on flavor, I would have thought the ABV would be more than 6.1%. It’s very drinkable; but at @ $14.00\6 pack it will have to be an occasional treat

Straight forward approach to the NWIPA - Moderately bready malt backbone accented with sweet caramel notes and light, ripe peach hints. Solid grapefruit character with a leaf and grass component. Great balancing bitterness that finishes with a moderate resinous oily character. Really well done drink.