Liberty IPA

Brewed by Liberty Steakhouse & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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UPDATED: JUL 6, 2011 This is our second visit to Liberty Steakhouse in Myrtle Beach. This time I enjoyed the IPA in draft. The taste was hoppy and had a good balance of bitterness. There was some citrus flavors. The head laced down the glass. A visit in 2011 and the IPA is listed as an English IPA (ABV 6.5%). I owered my scores. It is thin without the body that a good IPA has. The bitterness was modest and not much citrus. The lunch was good.

Draft @ the pub, Pint. Poured a medium sized offwhite head, retention was fair, lacing was minimal, spotty and somewhat stringy. Clear amber, copper hued ale. Nose was soft, lightly hopped, citrus being most notable, light malt backing. Body is med/light, soft carbonation, lightly oily. Light hop flavors, citrus, light earthiness with some faint caramel malts sliding in behind them. Not much to speak of. Light fruitiness. Dry finish, a touch fruity and spicey. meh. Good stuff for the tourists i,d say.

On tap at Liberty... Pours a straw-orange into the glass, with nice retention and soapy lace. Orange and hops come through in the nose, and immediately transfer into the flavor. Orange peel and citrus upfront, this offers some complexities, despite the weaker hopping in the finish... there does show some further signs of orange peel and zest as the brew opens up. The mouthfeel is medium, and it does cleanse the palate well enough. The aftereffects show some nice candied fruit notes. Interesting brew, not terrible.

I am partial to this beer as i live very close. when it is good it is very good. there is some inconsistancy in the brewery process at the Liberty in HIGH POINT. most of the time it is a delicious offering. Lots of hops bitterness, which is why i like it. appearance is excellant and flavor has a nice maltiness not found in other IPA’s. not for the meek. if you do not want a bitter beer go with the Nut brown and leave the IPA to the true believers!

UPDATED: MAY 9, 2010
Date: December 17, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Myrtle Beach
Appearance: hazy amber, fine off white head
Aroma: dry caramel malt aroma with light floral hops
Flavor: light hop flavor on a tasty sweet caramel malt base, touch of citrus, nice light bitter finish, very tame for an IPA even in a 6% state

Date: December 20, 2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, High Point
Appearance: hazy dark yellow, wispy fine off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light citrus malt aroma
Flavor: nice bitter hop flavor, touch of malty sweetness to add balance, hint of citrus, tame for an IPA

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Pours a nice deep golden yellow color with decent white head. Aroma is grassy and missing the hops. Guess what so was the flavor. It was a refreshing ale none the less. But i drink IPAs for the hops.

A few years back this had plenty of Hops. Big hops aroma and taste. Alittle too much of a bite for me.

Pours a hazy amber orange with thin white head. This was suprisingly low carbonation, maybe I got a bad batch. Nothing special and nothing that I would care to have again.

Draught at the brewpub (High Point, NC location). Clear golden color with white head that laced the glass. Perfumy hop nose and flavor. Little or no hop bitterness.

Tap. Pours a rich amber color with an offwhite head. Smells hoppy but tastes like melting plastic. I know a lot of people really like this brew which leads me to believe I had a bad one. Myself and the guy across from me both agreed that it tasted like melting plastic, weird eh? I think I should try another to see if it was just skunky.