Florida Beer Swamp Ape IPA

Brewed by Florida Beer Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Melbourne, Florida USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Bottle at Coffee District. Dark amber color with a thin bubbly head. Aroma is pretty much hoppy, earthy, and piney. Flavor has a good hop presence with a solid malt back. The malt makes this beer a little sweet, probably a little to sweet for my liking. A solid beer non the less.

12 oz bottle, deep golden color, above average head, aroma is sweet and malty, very little hoppiness or floral aroma present for an IPA. Taste is initially sweet and caramelly that turns more bitter. Body is average, not active on the palate, long astringent aftertaste. High alcohol content very evident. Was expecting better but overall very average beer.

12 ounce bottle at beer tasting in Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for Craft Beer Week. Very good!

Yuck, way too much hops...Too bitter and ewe, and I usually like a strong beer. Tasted at Tap 42.

strong alcohol flavor, medium bodied and citrus,terrible hops combination with sour, hard palate. Hard to enjoy if you are expecting an IPA ( stone ?)

Tap. Very slightly hazy orange pour with a small clingy white head. Syrupy palate. Nose and taste is pine resin and sticky citrus.

In bottle. Pours a dark golden colour with a fair white head. A musty, herbal aroma with caramel, lemon and white pepper. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation, light CO2 prickle and an oily mouth-feel. Quite bitter with a long alcohol hum. I like this.

bottle at home ... amber ... swampy vegetable light floral nose (oddly nice)... zezty orange fruits ... juicy little musty though ... little herbal floral odd its ok

Location: 12 oz bottle from State Line, 4/12/12

Aroma: The nose has some citrus fruit hops, caramel, herbal notes, and a little soap
Appearance: It pours a clear orange color with a light foam of white head and sporadic lace
Flavor: Tastes lightly sweet with a lingering mid-plus bitterness and like the nose a bit of soap
Palate: The body is medium, with a decent amount of warming alcohol, and a lengthy, dry finish
Overall Impression: This one wasn’t a great IIPA. There were the makings of a decent beer here, but there wasn’t enough of a flavorful hop punch. Instead, I got a dry, but lacking, bitterness and a little bit of soap. At 10%, with some heat, it isn’t particularly drinkable either. For me, this is not close to the top of a great style.

This is decent stuff. Not as hoppy as other IPAs, and good citrus flavors. Got it at Publix.

Lots of yeast and pine in this. The citrus aspect is in here, but I feel like it is predominated by a metallic like taste. I don’t care for some of the carmel like notes I get from this.