Cisco Indie Pale Ale

Brewed by Cisco Brewers
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Nantucket, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours gold with a large lasting white head. Smells of citrus, some caramel, some straw. Tastes of citrus and dry pilsner malt. Finish yields some perfumy hints. Mouthfeel is fill bodied.

22 oz. brown bomber bottle. No freshness date. Poured out a hazy, orange - rust color, with a thick tan head. Aromas are of apricots, some sulfur, grapefruity hops, some malts. Flavors are mostly grapefruit, some apricot, sourdough bread, hops. Medium body, fairly thick mouthfeel. Finished somewhat dry. I’d estimate the ABV at 7.5% or so.

750 ml bottle, many thanks to slob! Pours cloudy dark amber with floaties and a hughe fluffy off-white head that leaves thick lace. Fresh citrus aroma wiht hints of toastiness and loads of floral and dusty hops, biscuity as well with lemon zest too. Flavor is grainy malts, big bitter hop profile, floral and citrus with clove and spruce dust, green apple peel and florals. Medium body, aggressive carbonation.

Nice to see these guys doing 22’s... maybe these will keep better. This one poured an effervescent golden with a huge frothy white head. Aroma is light but good with notes of lemony citrus juice and rind, a bit of earthiness, a bit of soapiness. Flavor is very dry and refreshing with lots of lemony and orange citrus flavor, some chewy pine needles. The overall impression of the mouthfeel is very earthy and chewy, while the body remains light and effervescent. The dry and light ditrus character of this beer makes it taste maybe more like a souped-up golden ale than an IPA. I could see this being a nice summer refresher. An unusual take on the style that definitely has its place.

Bottle from State Line. Poured turbid ruddy medium brownish with 3-fingers of off-white head and a huge gushing as I opened the bottle. The huge head remained with every repour, and tons of sediment were also noted. The aroma was bready malty, with some spicy fruit and floral notes. The taste was caramel malty, hoppy, with earthy florals. THe hops didn’t take center stage here; rather this one came off like one of those earthy Belgian IPAs, with a relative earthy dryness throughout.

Bottle from SL. Pours a highly carbonated, hazy amber color, huge pillowy carbonated head with excellent retention, tons of lacing, tons of carbonation bubbles rising to the surface, holy carbonation! Did I mention this thing is carbonated? The aroma was citrus, melons, slighty wet spongey. The flavor was fruity-esterness, citrus, pineapple, full hoppy bitterness, slight breadiness to the malts, earthiness as well. Body was full bodied. Overall, this thing was pretty solid as an IPA, was surprised to see it not doing better in the ratings, although the flavors could have melded together a tad better with a more flavorful bitterness in the finish.

750ml bottle. Pours cloudy amber in color with full foamy BIG off white heasd. Aroma floral hops and malt. Taste of of grapefruit and malt with bitter after taste.

(Bottle at argo0’s xmas party, thanks Stine) Very large beige head, golden and hazy. Aroma has alcohol, and hops. Flavor is piney, heavy on alcohol.

Bottle, thanks Stine. Dark cloudy copper with suspended particles and a very very high off-white head - had to wait for it to calm down prior to drinking. Very woody/cedary aged hoppiness - interesting - somewhat similar to the aroma of Hitachino Classic Ale. Flavor has notes of pine, cedar, toffee, grapefruit, dusty malt and prominent bitterness. Full, round and creamy with somewhat of a lively carbonation level. An interesting IPA, but not necessarily delicious.

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2008 (2/25/08, 750ml bottle) Enormous off-white head that takes a great while to dissipate, eventually taking the appearance of an ice cream float, atop murky copper body. Aroma is medium sweet, juicy grapefruit, some pineapple, orange, light melon. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit with moderate sharpness, floral/orange, light caramel. Medium body, some creaminess, chewiness, light acidity. (8/3/7/4/15)

(12/8/07, 750ml bottle, thanks Stine) Enormous off-white head that fades to a nice lacing, atop cloudy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, juicy grapefruit, some orange, cantaloupe. Taste is medium sweet, grapefruit, some orange. Medium body, some effervescence, light acidity, chewy. (8/3/7/4/15)