Estes Park Renegade

Brewed by Estes Park Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Estes Park, Colorado USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Hazy copper color with a small offwhite head. Aromas of pine, kind bud, and citrus. Flavors of pine, and grapefruit rind. Bitter from beggining to end. Could use a little more malt for balance.

Murky amber-brown in color. NIce hop aroma. Light mouth feel. Nice hop flavor up front but finishes like water. Notes: Pub visit during ’09 GABF

Shared by turd. Rudy brown pour with one finger of offwhite head. Nose is meh, bready and slightly oxidized with herbal hops and slightly papery character. Flavors the same, bitter and oxidized. Paper.

bottle from arminjewell. thanks. dark copper orange with small sudsy white head. malty, light citrus, herbs, lots of malts, Hops take a back seat here.

(bottle 6/3/11). Dark copper/amber color. Medium off white head. Moderate floral hop and sweet malt aroma. Flavor of the same. Avg duration. Light bitter finish. Slick texture. Soft carbonation. Fair lacing.

Pours out a hazyish medium amber. Smells of caramel notes, pale malt, and a faint whiff of nuttiness all behind a leafy floral hop aroma. Smells bitter and sweet at the same time. Taste was big and hoppy up front, with bitter and leafy/floral tones making way for nutty caramel. Pretty ho-hum medium body. The potential was there for something great, but something was lacking, probably its body or its slight bitter imbalance. Finishes dry with leafy herbal bitterness coating the aftertaste. It’s a fine brew, tasty and all, but it’s missing spunk and balance.

Amber pour. Light resin, toffee and earthy hop aroma. Flavor is piney, caramel and finishes a little bitter. Average.

Bottle from Brennans in Brookfield. Pours thick brownish amber with all kinds of floaties. Black ones. Pale ones. After a bit they even stopped moving around in the glass and just lurked. Aroma was pine, resin and caramel. Taste is grape, sweet caramel and some woodiness. Thick and chewy, although not literally; the floaties were not actually as solid as they appeared. Finished somewhat dry. Very much an east coast style ipa with a strong malt background mostly covering the hops. One of the least attractive glasses of beer I’ve ever had.

Hazy copper-orange with an off-white head. Aroma of caramel malt, resin and citrus. The taste was lightly sweet, and very bitter, ending a little harshly. Medium body. Decent, but a bit too bitter for my preference.

Bottled. Poured rather thick medium amber with a ridiculous amount of sediment throughout. The aroma picked up redder fruits and honey with a hint of caramel.. some pine and leafy notes around, but not a whole lot of ’em. The flavor found redder fruits (some tart skin and some meaty sweetness) at the core, with the tartness extending outward.. light, grainy pine bitterness was the most evident hop character.. more sour than it was bitter. Medium-bodied and dry on the palate.. grainy.. balance was OK, I suppose, but it wasn’t a great brew.

Pours hazy dirty brown with a beige head. Strong resin aroma. Losts of resin/grapefruit over mild roast caramel. Quite bitter. Better than average IPA.