Elk Rock Wapati IPA

Brewed by MacTarnahan’s Taproom (Pyramid Breweries)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottled. Looks dull: clear golden with no head. Light grapefruit aroma. Sweetish and juicy with clean rounded mouthfeel and plenty of crystal malt. Medium bitterness.

Bright amber colour. Light stewed peach sort of hop note. A bit light and peachy flavour. Well-balanced, perhaps a little too much so for a beer calling itself IPA.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a sweet malty aroma with some hoppy citrus hints. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor with some citrus hints. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.

Bottle. Orange tinged golden color with a fizzy beige head. Decent citrus hop aroma. Near medium body with fizzy carbonation. Flavor is citrus/floral hop and biscuity malt. Malt is a bit harsh, and this makes me think ESB rather than IPA. Finishes nicely bitter with malt to balance. It’s a decent drink, but doesn’t stand up to the better IPAs.

Medium yellow. Brown rice aroma, dusty beef jerky aroma as well. Peach and banana hop flavor, a little too much of a sickly-sweet dark fruit flavor. Finish is uneventful.

Bottle courtesy of 5000. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells of pine resin and caramel. Tastes resiny and peppery with some dry splashes on the finish.

nice sticky white head & good lacing. Clear gold color. The aroma is very grassy with fresh hops, expected IPA, the generic version if there ever was one. Dry hopped but no hops in the flavor, some caramel malt but mostly domestic 2-row. Finishes balanced, mild, refreshing. fortunately my amber went MIA in the fridge.

Caramel, grapefruit, lime and pine in the aroma. Clear copper coloured body is topped by a low off white head that recedes rapidly to a thin partial cover with some nice lacing. Fruity esters, citrus hops and caramel malt flavours are all somewhat overshadowed by buttery diacetyl. Somewhat slick in texture with moderate carbonation. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle. Bottleworks. Aug-08.

10th rater for this one. Legitimizes the beer. Bottle. Dark yellow. Moderate fluffy white head. Nice hop aroma. A nicely balanced lighter IPA with a touch of sweetness. Medium hop finish with a lingering hop touch on the tongue. Kind of a breakfast IPA.

Bottle: Courtesy of Styles. Aroma is all citrus and hops with some orange peel. Pours a transparent orange with a decent yellowish-white head. Flavor is light sweet citrus up front with a balanced piney hop finish. Not great, but not bad.