El Toro IPA

Brewed by El Toro Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Morgan Hill, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours copper with off white head. Vegital nose with some cheese in the flavor. I may have had a bad bottle so I need to find this again.

Somewhat thanks to Beerdrenched for sharing. This another in the El Toro line that was a huge disappointment. These were acquired in a trade & I’m guess they arrived too old. Poured clear copper with a huge cream colored head. The aroma was tangy and sharp spice with light malt. Medium / light body that is crisp with decent sharp carbonation. The flavor starts with woody / piney hops with oxidation adding cardboard. The finish is spicy, woody and dry. If I take a trip to CA I will retry this with a known fresh bottle.

A: Poured a burnt orange color with good carbonation, nice white cap and some soapy like bubbles and lacing remains S: Toasty, grapefruit, some spicy notes witha whiff of toasty smoke T: Oh boy. I’m not exactly how fresh this IPA is but it needs help. First sip is bittering orange peel, grapefruit, spicey, biscuity, toasted with a faded hop presence. The back end is a slick, grapefruit hop bite with a annoying buttery bite blended with hop bitterness, some astringency and booze. M: Heavy, unplesasnt and disturbing O: Wave the white flag.