Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Paso Robles, California USA

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

Good IPA. Big hop aroma. Hits the back of the tongue with some force. More hop kick than I expected. Finishes off slowly and nice. Something a bit different in an IPA. Not a whole ton of maltyness. Big fan of the overpresent hops.

Bottled on date: 02/02/09. The date is very small inked on just at the top of the fat part of the bottle. (a bomber) So the beer is about 30 days old. Pours clear copper with a good one finger head. The lacings are plentiful. Aroma is piney, floral. Taste is bitter (72 IBUs) piney grapefruit orange hops with a solid malt backbone. The bitterness is relentless on the back of my tongue. Carbonation is just right and the finish is dry and bitter sweet. This is a powerful IPA. It would be interesting to put this up against some Blind Pig. If you love bitter hoppy IPAs you owe it to yourself to drink this beer. I am just about finished with the bottle and still have a nice ring of head.

12oz bottle courtesy of ckeegan04 poured into a pint glass. Pours a light golden orange with a slight haze to it. The head is large, fluffy and almost white leaving a little lacing and a small ring on the way down. The aroma is dominated by light citrus hops, especially lemons and oranges with a bit of bready malts mixed in. Thereis definitely a tropical fruit vibe in the taste as well, with lots of the same oranges and lemons from the nose. The malts form a solid backbone but the hops come back with a vengeance and leave a strong bitterness in the finish. The mouthfeel is smooth with soft carbonation and medium bodied. This is a very good IPA, very drinkable and dominated by citrus. The bottle went way too quickly and is a good representation of a west coast IPA. Nice.