Hales India Pale Ale

Formerly brewed at Hales Ales
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Tap at brewpub, Crystal nose citrus/ pine. Hazy reddish orange color, Small to no head. Sweet bitter flavors Grapefruit and orange creamcicle. Thin bodied, bitter finish. Tasty, englishy ipa

This IPA was quite a suprise! cloudy orange color. Mild hop, carmel malt flavor. balanced and enjoyable.

Comments Cloudy light amber with good lace. Long citrus hop finish. Underhopped for IPA

Brass appearance with a creamy head which yielded to an initially creamy mouthfeel. The hops in this beer are quite reserved for a Northwest IPA. A decent introduction to the style--the hops never get out of hand. Well balanced and a good beer to have in your hand--just not an exceptional or unique offering.

The head on my Imperial pint of this stuff was a bit thin--otherwise, this is an outstanding offering. Aroma is fruity/floral/hoppy and with plenty of it. As for flavor, malt comes through nicely to balance very prominent hop profile--excellent bitterness without strident harshness. Finishes pleasantly dry with subtle fruity accompaniment...as fine an IPA as will be found in the Northwest.

The best English (style) IPA I’ve ever had. Toasty, fruity flavors (Hale’s house character) are married perfectly with an understated, but very bitter, hoppiness. The thinking man’s India Pale Ale. This might actually be better than the phenomenal pale ale. Brewer Mike Hale might just be God incarnate.

A relatively underrated beer (and brewery for that matter) by afficionados, but I think this is a wonderfully aromatic and easy going West Coast IPA, well worth seeking out, especially on cask.