Champion Missile IPA

Brewed by Champion Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Charlottesville, Virginia USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draft at Craft Brewers’ Conference 2013, Washington DC, Footy orange peel aroma. Hazy amber, fine floaties, thick head. Orange peel flavor, Easy carbonation.

Oranges, limes, apricots, and light caramel on the nose. Red-orange hue, with white head, and decent head retention. Good bitterness, and well-balanced and well-supported by the malt backbone. Full-bodied with lively carbonation and a snappy, bitter finish. Maintains the traditional IPA style while incorporating some big hop features.

Draft at the brewery. Pours a clear apple color with a large creamy white head. Good head retention. Aroma of citrus, herbal, earthy hops, pale malts. The taste is pithy lime and grapefruit, other citrus and some resin notes. Medium bodied with a lingering bitterness. Definite West-coast style IPA. Solid beer.