Great Lakes Commodore Perry IPA

Bottle and served in my GI IPA, a perfect clean deep golden hue topped by a fluffy head and excellent lace. The aroma was a combination of both grassy herbal hop and resiny fruity hops along with a pale malt and biscuity ester. The flavor matches the nose to a tee with a constant bitterness balanced by a slightly sweet malt layer. A wonderful combination that allows both hop and malt to shine. The mouth feel is refreshing and a tad dry and metallic, I would never guessed the ABV to be 7.5% for it is well hidden. Not a huge over the top IPA but one you could finish off a sixer in an evening with zero problem.

A 12 oz bottle shared by Badgerben. Pours a light clear golden yellow brew with a lasting white head. Aroma is piney, lemony citrus hops with some herbal spice. Taste is a well balanced IPA with bitter piney and flowery hop flavors. Finish is herbal hop and lightly bitter.

Bottled. Poured a clear, lighter golden with a short cap of white head and some rather nice lacing. Nose picked up primarily floral hoppage with a dry, subtle toffee, light fruit, and caramel backing. The flavor had pine and floral bitterness with a sweet malty base... became sticky right at the finish... alcohol was a tad more prevalent than I would have liked.

Poured a clear orange-amber color with a small off white head. Hoppy aroma of citrus and pine with some notes of oranges. Malty start to the flavor with citrus hops that quickly take over. Pines then finishes it off. Long semi-dry bitter finish. Medium bodied.

don’t know why they keep honouring people in a war they lost, but this is a winning IPA. Very good aroma, with C-hop, and smooth although not fully bodied. Very nice orangey appearance. A touch of fruit. A good food accompaniment, and necessity due to the mouth-puckering bitterness.

Bottle (12oz). Clear amber, average frothy off-white head. I get a ton of pineapple in the nose, dry floral hop bitterness; restrained. The taste is also pineapple, with lots of grapefruit, and slowly building dry funky hops - again, simple, restrained, dry and sneaky-boozy. Decent body, very astringent, mildly alcoholic, long non-aggressive bitter finish - I really like this one, I’d drink this a lot, wish it were readily available in my area!

Bottle 355 ml, Appearance: bright light amber with mid white top, fragmental lace. Aroma: clean ,strong , fresh nose. Malty ,sweet sticky bottom with ripe fresh mango feel. 7+ Flavour/Palate: medium full bodied. Sweet with ,mild yet rich hop character. Alcohol burn blend nicely bonding all ingredients felts till late finish. Solid ale.

Sept 2007. Bottle. Golden orange-yellow body with a huge fluffy white head. Light hoppy aroma is quite mild, pleasant but very muted. Flavour is bitter, moderately fruity with notes of grapefruit, and oddly sweet tropical fruit. Alcohol is not in your face, but is lightly noticeable throughout, amplifying the bitterness. Smooth average to medium palate. 7/5/7+/3+/14 - 3.5 July 2007. Draft at the brewpub. Yellow almost headles body. Interesting aroma, light citrus and a melange of well blended fruit. (7+) Bitter flavour, and pleasantly fruity hops showing light grapefruit, lemon, and a touch of lychee in the finish. Alcohol is quite restrained. This is tasty, but not what I was hoping for - the flavour is quite pleasant but not nearly assertive enough. Others have rated ths highly, so perhaps I will crack open the bottle I picked up to compare. 7+/3/7/3/14 - 3.4