Colorado Brewing Hat Trick IPA

Formerly brewed at Colorado Brewing and Trading Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Danbury, Connecticut USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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On cask. Pours nice and frothy in that inimitable cask conditioned way. Big hoppy aroma, with a bit of citrus and good malty backbone. Flavor is clean and sharp. Nice IPA. Plenty of body, well balanced, slightly estery, adding a grapefruit flavor. Hops are just right. Nice beer. My idea of a proper IPA.

Please note that on my older reviews I used a 100 point scale. To make up for any scoring discrepancies, all palate and apearance scored are assigned a neutralized 3/5.

07/07/01: I don’t get to try IPAs fresh too often but they’re meant to travel so I guess that’s not a big deal. This smells like oranges and tastes bitter with some caramel there. I like it quite a bit.

Nice english version with a slight americanized addition of Cascades, but not too much. Definate Goldings aroma and flavor and just a nice mellow brew, but no IPA by any means.