Green Man India Pale Ale

Brewed by Green Man Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Asheville, North Carolina USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draft @ Jack of the Wood, Asheville, NC. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.

UPDATED: MAY 23, 2008 Date: 01/25/2002
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

Appearance: Dark yellow, whispy head,
Aroma: soft sweet hop aroma,
Flavor: solid european hop flavor with a lingering esb style finish
-------- /> Date: 09/22/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewery
Score: ii to iii

Appearance: cloudy copper, fine thin cream colored head, lots of lace,
Aroma: sweet citrus grapefruit aroma,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: nice sweet malt flavor balanced by lots of hops, very light bitter finish, all about the hop flavor and not the bitterness as it should be
-------- /> Date: 12/22/2006
Mode: draft
Score: iii to ii+
Words: jacks

picking up more of a bitterness in addition to the sweet grapefruit character, last batch was a bit better,
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 03/30/2007
Mode: Firkin
Source: Brewery

Appearance: hazy yellow, fine white head, streaks of lace,
Aroma: sweet citrus aroma with light grapefruit,
Flavor: medium malt flavor balanced by light citrus hop flavor, light lasting bitter finish,
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 09/21/2007
Mode: cask
Words: dirty jacks

the citrus character has taken a bit of a backseat to the sweet crystal malt, still the nice light bitter finish
-------- /> Date: 01/19/2008
Mode: draft
Words: jacks

still a bit too much bitterness in the finish but almost enough sweet caramel and crystal malt to balance it,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+/4
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 04/11/2008
Mode: cask
Score: 2.8 to 4.0
Words: dirty jacks

Appearance: clear orange, creamy beige head, lots of thick drippy lace,
Aroma: huge fresh sugary sweet grapefruit aroma like a breakfast sunrise,
Body: creamy body,
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor is perfectly balanced by the citrus hops, light balancing bitternes stays out of the way of the wonderful robust hop flavor, light bitter finish is a dim reminder of the past wonders,
Overall: john has this one dialed in perfectly
-------- /> Name: John’s First IPA
Date: 05/17/2008
Mode: cask
Words: dirty jacks

I could retire to a desert island and live out my life as a happy man with nothing besides this IPA on cask

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ***+/4

(draft) Crystal clear amber body with small beige head that leaves nice lacing. Aroma is medium sweet, orange/pine, some grapefruit. Taste is medium sweet, orange/pine/grapefruit. Medium body, quite drinkable.

on tap-pours an off white head and dark gold color. Aroma is sweet pine, medium malt. Taste is bitter hops (cluster)/medium malt. Maybe some orange rind.

An amber IPA with a thin moka head. A nice British floral hops, wild grass, quite nice. In mouth, a good kicker of an IPA, with biscuitty malt, grassy and floral British hops, oily and nice. On tap at Twin City Brewfest, August 13 2011.

Draft. Clear yellow golden color, thin white head, good lacing. Aroma of grass. Taste is bitter citrus. Nice.

On tap at Jack of the Wood, Asheville NC, 6 July 2006 at 5.8%. Hazy orange colour. Having seen which hops are used after tasting this, it is not surprising it is not a big pine, citrus and perfume hop explosion. But it does have plenty of spicy, tangy, bitter hop presence and does not degenerate into the "hop juice" feel that heavy hopping with these varieties can produce. In short an assertive, firm, but very drinkable IPA, if not in the usual American vein.

Served on draft at the brewpub as part of a sampler. Pours a hazy amber color with a small head. Average retention and nice lacing. Aroma is sweet malts and floral, fruity hops. Taste is bitter citrus hops. Not too complex. Medium bodied.

On draught at 12 South Taproom. Pours a slightly hazy honey color with a medium off-white head that recedes steadily. Strings of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of herbal hops, citrus and malt. Medium-bodied with flavors of grassy hops, citrus and toasted malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a short hoppy aftertaste. Decent all around.

Had this during the 2011 Shenandoah Throwdown. Pours a mostly clear orange gold with a thin to medium sized white head. Pine and citrus, big malt. Lots of earthy astringent hops. Gritty hops, long earthy malt and grapefruit on the finish.