Eel River Certified Organic India Pale Ale

Brewed by Eel River Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fortuna, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottled, 473ml from Bellingers Garage, Grove, Oxon. Hazy orange gold. Soft, fruity flavours initially, strawberry with sweet cherry came to mind, backed by a sweet toffee, caramel note. Could have done with some citrus to sharpen it up as it remained sweet and fruity. Lacks some oomph, but still drinkable.

12oz bottle, I don’t know, I don’t think I’m getting these organic IPA’s. Pours amber/orangish, thick off white head, nice hoppy aroma (so far so good), and then….the taste falls flat. Not bad, but the brew just doesn’t have that hoppy bite and profile. Definitely on the thin side, decent balance and CO2, it just seems to be missing something. A good APA maybe, I was surprised by the 7%adv.

355mL bottle listed as 7.2%ABV poured a pale orange-amber color with a quickly diminishing white head that left little behind in the way of lacing. Aroma of caramel malts and some floral hops. Taste is mild malt sweetness and a mild hop bitterness. The finish is clean and crisp. Overall, a decent india pale ale, but could be better with a more assertive hop profile.

Not sure if this is Ravensbrau; it was an organic Eel River IPA. Hazy orange pour. Aroma is sweet maltiness balancing the hops. Flavor is still sweet but with more of a hop bite. Interesting. Decently smooth mouthfeel.

Bottle. Orange and clear with some hops. Quite fruity and not as much hops and bitterness as you would expect. A very easy to drink and pleasant IPA.

Bottle: Murky dark cider look with small off-white ring head. Dry, hoppy aroma with some cardboard thrown in. Blunt bitter flavor but not that complex. Medium body. Not super impressed.

Bottle (7,2% ABV). A clear medium amber beer, with a small. frothy, lightly lacing, mostly diminishing white head. The aroma is lightly to moderately malty (biscuits, caramel, toasted grain), lightly to moderately hoppy (grapefruit, herbs, a touch of resin), with a hint of tea and soap. The flavor is moderately sweet, moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation, quite long finish with medium bitterness, lightly alcoholic. Probably the maltier (or maybe the least hoppy) American IPA I have ever tried. It has more than a resemblance of balance, but at the same time has some slight off notes and it’s a bit thin. It lacks bitterness if you expect the typical Westcoast IPA, but on the other hand it’s enjoyable and it could be furtherly improved.

On tap @ Humpy’s. Clear amber with a thick, dense off white head. Faint aroma of caramel, citrus and pine. Flavor is on the sweet side, with caramel malt, mild to medium hop bitterness. Medium body with average carbonation and a sticky, syrupy mouth feel. Not a bad IPA just a bit sweet and lacking on hop character.

Pours copper, dark and hazy. Aromas of, well, I am not really sure. Floral maybe. Weird smell. Taste is sweet with some bitterness. Palate is medium bodied. Finish is short and dry. Overall, I don’t know about this one. After reading the description, I do taste some strawberries, but not the good sweet ones, more like the over-ripe or rotted ones. Not a fan of this one.

Purchased at Golden Leaf in Chicago, IL; enjoyed on what will hopefully be the last cool day in the city in quite a while. Appearance a slightly cloudy amber with a rich tan/off-white head. Aroma is very sweet for an IPA, a mixture of hops and baking goods, in all honesty and I never thought I’d state this about a beer, it smells like a Krispy Kreme doughnut. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Taste is just weird, it is a sweet IPA, hops are present but there’s a sweet malty flavor in the back end that has an odd lingering to it. A weird malted candy type of flavor. Wouldn’t really drink this one again, can’t say it’s ’bad’ though.