Flying Fish HopFish India Pale Ale

Liked it alot good flavor loved the color and aroma. Great overall pale ale

Bottle courtesy of Juart. Probably a little bit longer than I should let an IPA sit in my basement, but it poured with a huge amount of carbonation. 3 finger cream colored frothy head. Good retention and a ton of lacing. A golden amber color with a slight chill haze. The aroma has a lot of sweet sticky citrus hop, but also a creamy caramel smell. Almost like a caramel sundae. The flavor doesn’t have as much of the bright hops as I expected. Very grassy and earthy with a little bit of floral note. A bit of a metallic flavor, but that might be from the age of the bottle. A decent brown sugar sweetness to it. The finish on it is surprisingly dry. It has a nice warming alcohol feeling left in the mouth to accompany the bitterness. Not anything great, but pretty solid.

Mostly clear, deep golden with a thick and fizzy white head. Spicy citrus and hay with a distinct malt back in the nose. Mild (for an IPA) bitterness, and understated malt flavor -- I expected more after the aromas. Still, nice sweet malt with touches of honey and glaze under some woodsy-tang hops. Finishes long with a crisp, dry bitterness showing through.

Copper color with a white head. Aroma of hops, floral-mild. Taste of spice, hops, malts, and citrus. Well-balance. Not much bite for an IPA.

This is a nice beer, but doesn’t taste anything like an IPA. The aroma is flowery hops mixed with caramel malt and the flavor profile seriously leans more towards malty. There’s a slight hop presence, but no real bitterness to be found.........and the copper coloring, beautiful tanish-white head, and malty flavor make this a great ESB. Better than Flying Fish’s own Amber/ESB. I’d buy this again, but it’s certainly no IPA.