Howe Sound Super Jupiter Grapefruit IPA

Formerly brewed at Howe Sound Inn and Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Squamish, Canada

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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1 liter bottle pours a pale amber color with is finger of white head that leaves a few spots of lacing as it settles. Aroma is mild grapefruit and caramel. Taste is a citrusy hop bitterness with an underlying caramel malty sweetness. The flavors are well balanced and body and carbonation are adequate for the style. This is a well done IPA, too bad it is retired so soon.

Nice citrusy hops nose. Some malts. Maybe a touch of grapefruit. Colour is orange with some white foam. Flavour is nice citrus some grapefruit rind. A touch almost cloying . Interesting idea. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Couleur ambrée/roux avec une mousse épais moyenne. L’arôme est dominer par la pamplemousse mais aussi fort d’houblon. D’abord le goût est de pamplemousse, ensuite d’houblon un peu sucré, comme un IPA double mais pas aussi fort, après une finale de pamplemousse. Il me semble qu’il y a deux types d’amertume ici, un du houblon et un de pamplemousse. Une bonne bière pour l’été.

Mostly clear medium copper, foamy off white head settles. Disapointing faint fruity citrus hop aroma. Fruity citrus hop taste, mild grapefruit bitterness, lightly malted. Crisp and fresh, ABV well hidden. Average carbonation, light-medium bodied, moderately hopped. Finishes dry. Nice enough, but I was expecting more. NFL (Not For Lagerboys)

Plenty of citrus hops are apparent in the nose along with a pleasant underlying malt sweetness. Clear copper coloured body is topped by a generous and lasting thick off-white head that costs the sides of the glass. Toasted and bread-like malts are offset by moderate bitterness with citrus and floral hop notes. Medium body with wonderful soft but full effervescence. Perhaps just a touch sweet bit quite enjoyable. Tulip glass. Cellar temperature. Bottle purchased at Hellsgate in February 2013.

GRAPEFRUIT//CARB//HOLY HOPS// nice dark color with a beautiful white frothy head, first smell hops and more hops nice bitter taste followed by a sweet grapefruit balances nicely an all around good fruity ipa well balanced

From bottle -pours copper amber hue with nice thin white head that retains. well carbonated but not overly so. Aroma is grapefruit and citrusy hops. First sip is slightly bitter with a bit of fruit astringency (grapefruit). Balanced well with caramel malt sweetness. No booziness present but alcohol content is higher than average. Overall this is a decently balanced beer, and I know from experience that grapefruit is a fickle fruit to brew with.

pours a rusty apricot. The nose is floral hops. The nose is bitter hops and grapefruit.

Big frothy healthy head, faint lace left overs. Rich copper colour, medium carbonation. Big citrus stanky freshness; pamplemousse rosy sweet. Crisp first sip, feels nice on the tongue. Obvious grapefruit overtones, fades to bitter. warm malt finish... meh.. really missing the hopperbomb I love. Still a lovely brew. Great 1 litre bottle too.

1L bottle. Pours a hazy amber-brown with foamy beige head. More malt-heavy than I was expecting -- bready, nutty caramel topped by orange/citrus notes. Lightly bitter-sweet. Chewy, smooth and barely carbonated. Soft finish for a dry-hopped IPA. A little too subtle; what I hoped for was a tangy hop bomb.