Great Waters Anchorhead IPA

Poured a hazy peach/amber color with a very large clump of white soapsuds-like foam. Excellent lace throughout the pint. Light citrus smell. Good tasting, citrussy IPA - hops like grapefruit. Quite bitter (in a nice way), with more grapefruit in the aftertaste. Medium-bodied, it could have used just a hair more malt complexity, but still very very tasty. Exceptionally smooth carbonation, very creamy - I really liked that part of the beer. A lot.

A titch hazy, with a deep amber glow and colors from the yellow spectrum arrayed in the glass. Good dense head and a clean line on the body. Lovely fresh pine aroma and the essence of Walt Disney World in the air. The cask gives it a nice smooth palate. The bitterness is timid and beautiful. I had a really impressive visit to the Great Waters after visiting a number of times a few years back. (cask conditioned and handpulled at brewpub)

Tap @ brewpub. Rich golden color with a foamy light brown head. Floral and wonderfully hopped with pine. I was very impressed by both IPAs (this and the Imperial IPA) for their balanced attack.

Very appealing peachy color in this IPA, with a lush white head, a flurry of cascading, cask-driven activity. Nose is very inviting, hoppy, redolent with fruity notes, pineapple, citrus, and pine. Lively and attractive. Much less bitterness appears on the palate, as well as less flavor than I’d anticipated, but this is still tasty. Lacks the kind of bite I prefer in an IPA, and is ultimately all about smoothness. Cask-conditioning makes for a very creamy mouthfeel, and while it easily slips past the lips, it’s not a very memorable representative of the style. (Although I’ve had 3 pints in the past week, what can I say, I’m just an IPA kind of guy!)

Again...I’m not a huge IPA fan....but I still thought this a very good beer....and it’s due credit....Dark Amber Coloring. Thick Head. Fruit...pineapple? Hops...Worth getting again.