Lakefront IPA

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

12oz bottle. Pours a cloudy orange-brown colored body with a finger-width, off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a moderate lacing. Aroma has some orange hops and a moderately sweet maltiness. A lighter caramel with a thin breadiness and crystal sweetness. Some wet graininess to this as well. Flavor is similar. Has a wet graininess to the malts with a bready caramel, moderate sweetness. The hops are present, but somewhat thinner orange and grapefruit. Finishes smooth and somewhat malty sweet with a light, floral bitterness that lingers for a moderate duration. Medium body, smooth, and a soft carbonation. Overall, a decent tasting IPA. Has a nice orange and grapefruit taste to it, but its fairly unexciting. The malts are somewhat boring and don’t offer a whole lot to the overall flavor. It wasn’t horrible, but it was unremarkable.

thin and bitter have had worse but this is nothing special. shipped a few k miles. bs. drink local. if u r in milwaulkee this is great but no need to ship it. some citrus if u try to get into it

Afearin this bottle mighta sat around a bit too long. Warm orange color in the glass with a forever lasting cream colored head. Thick with suspended stuff. Massive amounts of yeasty lookin’ goobers. Think it’s not fresh. Nose is pineapple juice and Christmas tree. That may be sap on my hands from my Christmas tree though. Taste is hoppy and lots of high citrus. Huge white chunks sunk in the bottom of the tulip, with lots still suspended. Bummer.

12 oz bottle sent to me by my winter 2009 Secret Santa. Aug wk 1 notched on label. Pour is a cloudy orange brown with a fluffy lasting 2 inch off white head. Really nice lacing. Aroma of resin grain pine and soft fruit. A bit of a catty aroma in there which gives it nice depth. Pretty fresh smelling hops, nice. Taste is the nose with resin pine and soft orange fruit and orange peel - followed by a mineral herbal element in the back. Palate is medium, very unfiltered feeling along with soft fine carbonation. A touch of alcohol present in the dry aftertaste after it warms. Nice one, thanks Santa.

Always fond memories of the brewery tour at Lakefront. Opaque caramel appearance. Small almost white head. Nose is caramel and apricot. From sip to sip the taste varied from sweet fruit to tart grapefruit. There is a big bitterness that doesn’t quite seem natural which can also be said for that sweet fruit. A nice and interesting IPA.

Here is the problem: I like bitter hops. But dumping a ton of bitter hops into an otherwise flavorless grog just doesn’t do it for me. This has hop aroma, hop flavor, hop aftertaste, but nothing else. I mean NOTHING else. No malt, grains, or other flavors what-so-ever. Just a bottle of unbalanced hop juice. it could be worse, but should be better.

Pours a murky honey with hints of orange. Aroma flowers, grass and pine. Taste is slightly bitter with flavors of flowers and citrus with a nice molasses malt coming through in the finish. Pretty well balanced and nicely brewed.

Copper coloured body with a nice tan head that tops the beer and a very pleasant haziness to the beer that shows very well - this is what an IPA should look like! Aroma of fresh cascade hops with the big hints of grapefruit and pine - very nice. Medium-bodied; Chewy grapefruit hoppy flavours with a mild malt backbone, some kicks from caramel and grass, but mostly hoppy without a large malt backbone. Aftertaste has a lot of hops, some malt, but a good dose of herbal and grass flavours. Overall, a very nice IPA - perfect for warmer weather, and lighter drinking conditions - because the hops come out very well, but the malt isn’t there to back it up - which is good in some occasions! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Half Time in Poughkeepsie, New York on 27-November-2009, sampled at home in Washington on 21-December-2009.