Free State Stormchaser Summer IPA

Brewed by Free State Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Lawrence, Kansas USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours a translucent golden amber with a large foamy off white lacing head. Aroma of a Free State beer...haven’t nailed it down yet but my guess is either a heavy dose of some crystal malt...or Munich malt in the grain bill. It’s not a bad thing but gives all either beers a very malty up front nose. This is an ipa and when poured into a glass, hops should be the first thing I smell (in my opinion), but that’s not the case with this beer. Needs more dry hopping (to be honest I’m not even sure they dry hopper this beer at all). So besides the malty nose I do get some citrus and pine. Flavor is a bit more hop foward and bitter. Pine and grapefruit with a very aggressive bitterness. Malt flavor of toffee, caramel and toasted malt. If this was my summer ipa I would get rid of any crystal malt and dry hop the hell out of it. Would also tone down the bitterness. Just looked at the commercial description again...I would not call this blonde at all, it is def amber.

Love the initial aroma, orange for sure with cantaloupe. Appears clear gold. Spotty lacing slight head. Taste is pretty subdued grapefruit with slight bitter. Lighter. Slight lemon. Crisp summer session ipa.

Bottle at home, thanks to unclemike. Not like he’s my uncle, but he could be, I have a very fucked up family tree. I really could be my own grandfather, so that’s pretty fucked up. Pours deep hazy orange, moderate off-white head, great lacing. Nose is fantastic, really juicy with pine, spruce, grapefruit, lemon, tea, herbs, really solid nose right here... Flavours of juicy peach, soft nectarine, tea, cedarwood, ginger, so pretty. So, so, pretty.

12 oz draught at Urban Table. Pours a slightly opaque copper color. Aroma of tangerine, pine, grapefruit, wheat. Flavor is tangerine, orange, pine, grass, wheat. Overall quite citrusy with a hint of bitterness, but very light for and IPA. I really enjoy this one.

Pours a clear light copper with a nice white head. Aroma citrus, pine, and floral. Taste is citrus and piney with some malty sweetness.

12 oz bottle a gift from Beastiefan2K. Thanks a bunch Eugene! Nose is tons of citrus hops with lots of little tropical fruit notes against a light sweet malty background. Hazy urine yellow with a big, heavy lacing, pale yellow head. Flavor is moderately bitter with some sweet melon notes. Finishes with a smooth light bitterness. A nice light, not overpoweringly bitter IPA.

Deep golden with a frothy off-white head. Sweet citrus/floral hop aroma. Medium body with a crisp citrus flavor and finish.

A clear orange beer with a very small white head that quickly dissipates. The aroma is grapefruit and tropical fruit, very good. The flavor is very fruity and floral with quite a dose of bitterness, but still quite pleasant.

On draft at BRGR: hazy golden, bubbly off white head. Nose is subtle pine, herbal, grapefruit hops. On the palate, grapefruit, bubblegum hops, huge bitterness. Really green, leafy, crisp hop bitterness and mild caramel malt sweetness. Dry, crisp and drinkable. Summer at its finest ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle to a tulip glass. Pine aroma. It really doesn’t have a citrus scent, but I enjoy it. Dark copper color. Taste is bitter. This is the type of IPA that is just plain bitter. No malt complement, just bitterness. It is a great taste however, but this is the one-dimensional IPA. Medium carbonation, feels average but I really don’t pay attention to the palate. Overall, a tasty, bitter IPA from my home state.