Left Hand Midnight Project Oxymoron India Pale Lager

Brewed by Left Hand Brewing Co.
Style: Strong Pale Lager/Imperial Pils
Longmont, Colorado USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Footed Pilsner, Lager glass, Stein

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On Tap at Left Hand Brewing Company, Longmont 15/09/2010 Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured floral hoppy and smooth on the palate with a hint of dryness in a bitter and creamy malt finish.

Pors deep golden with a bit of a haze. It has muted notes of spicy hops which truly show up nicely on the mid palate and then blends out to a nice herbal finish. Doesn’t show the ABV that badly.

Pours deep amber into a shaker. Off-white head with medium retention recedes leaving spotted sheets. Resin and vanilla aromas. Sweet caramel and vanilla upfront with a lasting woody resin finish.

Picked this up at Rick’s in Alexandria. Poured a light orange copper with a white head. Nose brings a bit of citrus zest along with some mild grainy notes. Taste offers some hops, but.not what I would expect from the IPL "style." Some citrus and a bit of an herbal taste. Mouhfeel is light and slightly bitter. Drinks fairly well but is not what it could be given the hoppy portfolios of the breweries individually. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-07-2010

Bomber via Lubiere, served cool in a tulip glass.

App.: Clear orange-amber with a small, thin white head. Aroma: Quite fruity with peaches and berries, behind that, a good dose of pine, grapefruit and resinous hops, dusty, some decent caramel, a little peppery, more fruits, citrus, light esters?, nice. Palate: Medium body, moderate effervescence. Flav.: Biscuit, caramel, the malts are a bit...dirty, fairly strong pine and resin hops, still a bit dusty, a touch brothy, there is a bit of vague fruitiness, but much less than the nose, a bit of eucalyptus, kinda strange; lightly sweet with formidable bitterness and a mineral, dusty, peppery/pine finish.

A different brew indeed. Clearly brewed with care. Not entirely my cup of tea. Or beer.

Bomber from Capone’s. Pours hazy deep copper with 2-finger off-white head. Nose is very peppery, with caramerl malt and floral tropical fruity hopcitrus. Tastes rich, very citric, pepperym, with caramel malt, some tannins, and a true hop blast at the finish.

(draft at Trinity, 9/20/10). Clear amber color. Medium off white head. Light spicy hop aroma. Flavor of the same. Avg duration. Moderate bitter finish. Slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Good lacing.

Old note, @ Tylers Apex. Good aroma, yeasty, malty. Sourdough, vanilla, wheat bread. Brownish orange color, small head minor lace. Bitter sweet flavor. Medium body, creamy oily mouthfeel. Dry finish. Interesting. Big lager beer always get my attention as I don’t always think of them. Aroma favorite part. Flavor was a tad dull.

Bottle 650 ml
Aroma: proper floral mix of Central Europe hops with some mineral touch to it, golden clean malt with drop of alcohol. Slight fruitness.7+
Appearance: slight haze on amber with rather thin bone white top. Nice lace on walls.
Flavour and Palate: full bodied, well very full to be honest. Frontal thick heavy almost syrupy golden sweet malt followed in mid by semi dry hop presence. Carbonation pleasantly mild. Very smooth and clean for such strength. Reminds me of bitter double bock. Alcohol dryness only noted at edges. With such friendly approach this beer quickly become quiet dangerous. To unskilled taster this beer might feel quiet simplistic but trust me there was nothing easy to make this beer. Pale lager of such strenght with such clean approach is no easy task. Good job!

Bottle, shared with TylerDurden. Clear orange amber, foamy white head with lacy fingers. Aroma is citrus, grass, caramel with undertones of metal. Palate is rather briskly carbonated, lending to a hard mouthfeel. Flavour is grainy caramel, citrus pith and grassy greenstick hop elements with a bitter dry finish. This beer has a lager feel to it all the way, and the use of both Euro and N.Am hops makes it very interesting. Well done.