Lakefront IPA

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

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle (Jan 08 bottling). Head is initially average sized, frothy, off-white, mostly diminishing. Body is light to medium amber. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain), moderately hoppy (resin, grapefruit). Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, velvety texture, lively carbonation, lightly astringent. Pretty ordinary, American, citric rendition; plenty of hops in the nose and finish, but not much depth under them. Nice mouthfeel though.

A Tasting at Three Cellars Milwaukee. Another basic IPA. One of the better brews from Lakefront. Nothing great but good enough to have again.

Bottle from valpoaj - thanks!! This one pours to a slightly glowing orangeish-amber color with a soapy white head. Aroma has a some floral, pine, and gentle citrus notes along with some sugar. Flavor is a pleasant sweet lemon-orange-grapefruit hop mix with a bit of herbiness and light malt. Long hoppy finish. Pretty good IPA.

Thanks to valpoaj for the bottle - hazy copper beer, with a soapy, lasting head - fairly sprucy/piny aroma, with a green hoppy character, some grapefruit, mild biscuity malt - tastes a bit artificially bitter and metallic up front, followed by some very citrus-like hop flavor (grapefruit, mostly) - the malt backbone is not strong enough to support the bitterness, so the bitterness starts to feel dry and astringent on the tongue - some bready flavor arrives late, and a little bit of caramel pops up that fills out the flavor a little more - some alcohol warmth in the finish makes me wonder what the abv is - overall, not quite balanced, and a little thin through the middle, but it’s pretty good for a lakefront product.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2008 OK. this is a really kick ass IPA! The beer is a perfect example of what an American IPA should taste like. It has a fantastic balance of malt and hop harmony. Huge bouquet! Aroma is very floral and piny from obvious dry hopping. The smell reminds me of camping in the Colorado mountains in the summer. Unfiltered straw color with a creamy head. Taste is like grapefruit with a dash of sugar. This beer is a great session IPA. I knocked back a six with a buddy very easily!

This is a great IPA. Nice caramel amber in colr with a thick frothy white head. Aroma of citrus and pine. The flavor is well balanced between the caramel malts and citric hops. Warm and creamy mouthfeel with a crisp finish. Tasty. Thanks Adam.

Bottle. Pours a golden yellow with a white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, floral and piney hops. Flavor is a hop bitterness with light sweet malt, grapefruit, piney and floral hops with a smooth mouthfeel and a bitter and dry finish.

Sample at PCBF 08. Pours a translucent amber with an average creamy/bubbly off white head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, cat piss and some caramel malt. Flavor of cat piss, residual malty sweetness, caramel and grapefruit.

Nice full head that held up until the finish with powerful citrus and terpenoid notes in the aroma. The aroma is especially nice- just the way an IPA should be. It could stand a little more maltiness and has a rather thin mouth feel. All in all a good IPA.

New brewer and beer for my area. Picked up a six pack. Poured a golden color with a huge big bubbled head and lacing that coated the inside of my glass. Very strong nose of citrus hops, with a background of flowers and pine. Rich and fairly high carbonated mouthfeel, and quite refreshing on the tongue. The flavor is dominated by the citrus hops, Dry and bitter finish rounds out what I consider to be a very nice IPA. We need a photo I see.