Elliott Bay IPA

Brewed by Elliott Bay Brewery & Pub
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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I have to rate this strictly from notes - I liked it and thought it was an above average IPA, but not memorable. Very bitter to start, mildy smoky hops flavor. dry finish.

On tap at brewpub. Pours a clear amber with a white head. Nose is a good citrus. Taste was of citrus and caramel malt. Mouthfeel was medium, dry and bitter,

on tap at west seattle location. yeast and sugars in the aroma. floral and citrus hop taste. pours clear light brown

On tap at the West Seattle location.
Regular: Pours clear dark gold with a dense, lacy white head. Light citrus and toffee nose, lighter than their APA??? Medium light body, nearly still. Toffee and citrus taste with a lingering pine and earth finish.
Dry-hopped: Pours clear dark gold with a dense, lacy white head. Sweet citrus aroma. Medium light body, nearly still. Toffee and grapefruit taste with a lingering pine finish.

The regular version is reasonably good, but doesn’t take advantage of the hop characteristics I like most. The dry-hopped version is significantly better. Don’t know why the brewer considers both to be the same. (This rating is for the dry-hopped version. The regular gets 7/4/6/3/14.)

Golden pour with a decent head and stick lace. Soft floral aroma, biscuits and lightly sweet malty nose. Soft biscuity malt flavors with a spicy peppery, floral hop finish. Dry lingering finish. A good PNW IPA.

Clear amber with a fleeting head. Mild piney hop smell. Medium body. Decent bitter hop flavors, unbalanced though, with only a trace of malty sweetness.

Orange-copper-sienna body with medium whitish top. Mildly floral, bicuity nose on the malty side for an IPA. Another English-style offering from EB. Very drinkable. Not very bitter. More residual maltiness than hoppiness. Well balanced beer.

Draught @ Elliott Bay Brewery and Pub. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of citrus. Fruity malty hoppy finish with a bitter aftertaste.

UPDATED: JUN 30, 2008 Nonic Pint at the California ave brewpub. Pour is orange copper with a white head. Aroma of not too much, though a bit of pine hops did poke through. Taste has a lot of pine resin all the way through. Malt balances it a bit. Overall, a nice IPA.

Also had the Dry Hop version. On tap at the brewpub. I had this side by side with the regular IPA. The biggest difference between the two was in the aroma. Were the straight IPA was somewhat muted, the Dry Hopped had a big pine, orange peel and resin aroma. Appearance was orange copper with a white head. Taste is a lot drier than the normal IPA, and this causes all of the hop elements to be emphasized (a bunch of resin, orange peel, pine). This does throw the balance off a bit, though this version of their IPA was better.

Draft at the California Avenue brewpub. Pours medium amber, bit hazy, with a thin orange-y/tan head. Nice nutty/grapefruity nose. Medium body with firm tingling carb; quenching and refreshing as soon as you tilt the glass. Nice subdued malt backbone under a beautifully fresh grapefruit hop swirl in the mid-palate. Clean but biting hop finish. Very solid session IPA.

On tap at Brewpub Seattle. Pours out a clear amber topped with a nice little head. small aroma hops and sweetness. A pretty thin body. Not bad
Earlier Rating: 6/1/2007 Total Score: 3
On tap at Brewpub Seattle. Pours out a ligth amberish topped with a small head. A GREAT aroma of hops (dry hop will do that) As for the tast not as good as the aroma. But still not that bad.