Great Dane Potters Run IPA

Brewed by Great Dane Pub & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Madison, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Cask, downtown Madison. Filtered looking amber-brown color. Mellow carbonation, with some fruity,flowery UK hops. A touch soapy and. Smooth and easy drinking, with a mild bitter aftertaste.

A hazed dark amber IPA with a thin lacing mocha head. In aroma, sweet banana malt with light herbal hops. In mouth, a smooth grassy malt with fruity esters, banana, grassy hops...is this a Belgian IPA? Or was I served the wrong beer. On tap at Madison airport location, Jan 22 2012.

Beer engine. Pours clear copper with a thick head that lasts. Moderate hop aroma, little malt. Moderate malt flavor with a wonderful hop finish. Pine hop flavor. Medium body, silky, almost creamy. Nicely done.

Draft at Great Dane Downtown. Pours a deep and clear copper with tinted white foam on top. Nose is floral with a citrus slant in the background and dusty malt. On taste, definitely English with round and full Pale Malt coupled with EKG floral notes. Mild bitterness. Pretty standard EIPA.

Served in a house-logo pint glass at Doty St., with a clear, copper color, an average amount of off white, small bubbled foam to the head, and some light, spotty lacing. The aroma was initially a little medicinal as iodine, along with some light mid-fruit and floral notes. The flavor added some bready nature to the fruit and floral notes, but concentrated more on the hop bitterness than a balance. As described, the temperature was warmer, but the low to no carbonation gave the whole experience a watery and thin character. Okay with my bar snacks, but not that impressed.

Almost a light caramel colored pour w/ a thick soapy head w/ good lacing. Served on cask lots of head for a cask. Avg pal. Lightly sweet orange blossom citrus touch of pine pretty light. Quite sweet floral hops & good citrus passionfruit sweetness some light caramel. A decent beer

On tap. Deep orange color with head that gives way to heavy lacing. Nice floral/grapefruit hop aroma. Nice caramel/biscuity malt flavor with spicy/citrus hop flavor. Pleasantly surprised! Very well balanced IPA. Similar in profile to Two-hearted, believe-it-or-not. Well done.

On draught at the downtown, Madison Great Dane brewpub. Pours a clear copper amber colored brew with an average sized off-white head that quickly dissipates but leaves behind some nice lacing. Aroma of dry roasted caramel malt, some light grapefruit zest, iced tea, and a hint of pear. Taste is medium bodied, flavors of caramel malt, dry leafy and floral hops and a hint of brown sugar. Finish is a touch more malty than hoppy. Semi-dry with some iced tea and caramel malt aftertaste.

Served on cask. Clear copper pour with a large, very open head, good retention but very little lace. Floral and pine hops aromas. Flavor very much a British styled IPA, good balance between the bitter, lightly floral hops and the beany malts. Well crafted, but a bit light on flavor. In some sense more felt than tasted, more sparkle and body than bitter and sweet.

This beer pours an clear copper coloured body, with a medium sized head with plenty of retention. A excitingly citrusy beer with plenty of hops. Aromas of brown sugar, pine, fresh hops and grapefruit. Taste is full yet soft, lime, orange and earth flavors.