Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

Bottle. Pours clear orange amber with a decent white head. Grapefruit and pine in the nose and taste. Medium-bodied with a nice hop finish. Re-rate: Cask at Elysian’s SBW Firkin-Firkin throwdown (vs. Big Time Scarlett Fire). Pours clear amber with a small white head. Floral/pine /funky citrus nose. Taste is pine hops and pineapple sweetness. Nice bitter pine finish. I liked this a little better than the Big Time.

650ml bottle from Freddy. Bottled on date 02-12-09. Pours a translucent orange-brass color with a fair sized white head that has good retention. The aroma is medium in strength with pine, caramel, earthy hops and a bit o peat. The taste showcases the pine nicely, rounding out the sides is citrus, caramel, rock candy and toffee. The finish is long and biter with lingering cascade hops. The mouthfeel is smooth and a bit oily. Overall: A very tasty and well concocted IPA.

Appearance: Pours a clear, golden body with a thin, white, bubbly head. Smell: Pungent earthy, herbal pine needles and soggy grapefruit rinds blanket the lesser aroma of pale malt. Taste: Pale malts along with a rather subdued caramel sweetness. Profuse hop flavors of citrus fruits and herbaceous pine thoughtfully deliver a nice pinch of medium-high bitterness. Finishes appropriately dry with a long, lasting bitterness. Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation. Just a tad bit oily in the mouthfeel. Drinkability: Goes down surprisingly easy (and quickly) for being a 7.5% ABV. A solid, competent India Pale Ale.

Bottle... Poured orange with a white head. Strong hop aroma. Well carbonated with flavors of a bread-like backbone and bitter hops. Finished with grapefruit and floral hops.

12oz bottle. Clear, golden color.Lots of citrus, lots of pine. Nice hops. Flavor is a nice toasted malt, sharp hop. Good C hops. The best Firestone....

bottle. pours a long amber color with a frothy overtone.. smells of citrus and piney hops.. intitial hit to the palate is that of a smooth hoppiness (if theres such a thing) and slightly bitter aftertaste. the hops hang out and hints of earthy citrus coated buds dance their way around my palate. surprisingly good IPA and in my opionion the best firestone out, yes better than the double barrel..

From the bottle. Amber body, great clarity with a tall white head. Big floral hop bouquet, citrus grapefruit notes. Really well built all around, a hop bomb, but really focused on the aromatics, not overly bitter. Excellent.

Very clear copper pour with quickly dissipating head. Floral hoppy aroma with some citrus notes, tastes of grapefruit and piney hops with a little malt, very clean bitter finish. This is a very well done beer