District ChopHouse IPA

Brewed by ChopHouse & Brewery D.C. (owned by Rock Bottom)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Washington, Washington DC USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours a hazy light amber color with minimal head. Slight floral hops aroma. Light citrus flavor. Not as malty and hardly the hoppiness i was expecting. I compare many IPA’s to Stone’s, and this was pale in comparison. Could definitely use some more bitterness and some hops.

Draft at the source. Hazy golden color, small white head. Aroma of pine, grass, light cotrus. Taste is similar, with moderate smooth bitterness. Nice.

This beer is as good as their Amber Ale. Nice hops flavor and a higher alcohol content. Pretty average but still good. If you want hops and alcohol get the IPA, if you want a little more flavor get the Amber Ale.

Pours golden from tap with a thin white head. Nice floral aroma on the nose but it doesnt transfer to the tongue. Finish is clean.

Tap @ Brew Pub: Cloudy golden color with a white head. Mild aromas of junipers with a sweet hop flavor and a mildly bitter aftertaste. Nothing in this brew screams out "I am great." However, if you want an IPA at this place, this is all they have and it will do.

Draft. Pours golden orange with a white head. Hoppy fruity aroma with light piney notes. The flavor has light piney, floral, and citric hop notes on a pale malty base. Solid.

Nice hazy amber coloured body with a thick tan head. Aroma of strong hops, a touch of malt and a lot of caramel and nutty scents. Medium to Full-bodied; Deep pungent hoppy flavour from a herbal and grassy note more than west coast hops, but a good malt backbone and some light nut flavours make it quite complex. Aftertaste shows some good hop character and a little alcohol bite and some light sweetness at the end. Overall, a good IPA, especially for a brewpub, but not up to the hoppiness of a west coast IPA, but that’s expected. I sampled this pint on draught at the brewpub in Washington, DC on 12-February-2011.

On tap at brewpub 6.8%
Aroma citrus , floral aroma. Sweet friendly sided nose. Quiet approachable.8-
Appearance slightest haze on amber brew. Medium beige top. 4-.
Flavor and Palate : medium full bodied. Soft, clean , oily with good balance of hops and malt. Rather sweeter and softer than most IPA. Fruity finish.

Pours a cloudy amber with an off white head. Smells of resiny hops, some bitter citrus, floral. Tastes hop forward with sweet and bitter citrus, sticky hops, some soapy hints, nice balanced bitterness on the finish.

Tap at District ChopHouse. Pours hazy orange with a large, creamy white head, long retention and excellent lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, meal, cookie), heavy hops (floral, citrus, pine), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of grassy hops, peach, and pineapple. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, meal, cookie), heavy hops (floral, citrus, pine), and average esters (dried fruit) with notes of grassy fresh, wet hops, peach, and pineapple. Medium body, warmth, and carbonation, low creaminess and a dry finish.

Serving: Draft at the ChopHouse. This one pours a deep orange with a white, merangue like head. Good head retention gives me promise. The nose delivers with strong notes of citrus and pine assailing my nostrils. I like where this one is heading! My first sip leads to nothing but disappointment. All that flavor you thought you were going to get with the aroma turns into nothing but bitterness. And lots of it. In fact, go out and get yourself a bunch of hops and just chew on them. It would be a lot cheaper than paying for this one. Medium bodied and just one dimension. Oh, how I was fooled! Do yourself a favor and don’t fall into the trap as well.