Mammoth Epic IPA

Brewed by Mammoth Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Mammoth Lakes, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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UPDATED: JUL 19, 2009
Name: India Pale Ale
Date: December 04, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear copper, scant off white head
Aroma: sweet crystal malt aroma with light citrus hops
Flavor: sweet crystal malt flavor, floral and citrus offer good balance, a bit of a soapy character, lasting bitter finish

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *+/4

Date: July 04, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Appearance: clear copper, fine white head, bits of lace
Aroma: huge citrus hop aroma, nice crystal sweetness
Flavor: big hop flavor, lots of citrus, sweet crystal, well balanced bitterness stays out of the way of the hop flavor

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Draught. Medium gold, white head. Hoppy aroma, spruce, grain, apricot, grapefruit. Off-dry, medium body, high bitterness, balanced CO2. Hoppy, malty taste, grapefruit, spruce, quite grainy. (2012-05-02)

A - on tap. pours clear orange amber with no head. S - aromas of citrus hops and tropical fruit. Grassy and very subtle pine notes as well. M - full bodied ipa with a simple but nice palate. Lingering bitter hops. T - citrus and pine hops up front. Tropical fruits and bitter grass on the palate. Caramel malts come through in the end. O - quite nice simple ipa. 6-

Arbitrary score 4/5 for Appearance, as nighttime conditions prevented correct assessment. Very orangey hops, bit sweet-smelling. Bit sticky-sweet flavour, again much orange(peel) oriented with bitter resiny components. Kafir lime. Sticky MF too, feels light bodied and oily. Pffff...

(Bottle) Pours a clear amber body with a small white head. Aroma of pine, caramel, and florals. Flavor of sweet malt, light pine, and cream. Seems a bit weak and watered down; more like a pale ale than an IPA.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of JohnC. Pours a hazy amber with an off-white head. Fat and juicy peachy hop aroma. Medium body, caramel and peachy hops with a distinct tartness - bordering sour. Hoppy finish. It may have survived a journey from Britain to India, but it didn’t make it from California to Denmark! 221109

12oz bottle via trade with bu11zeye. Aroma: Light aroma, but smells fresh. Pine, light resin and floral. Touch of caramel. Appearance: Medium amber in color and clear. Off-white head was full and foamy with good retention. Nice lacing. Flavor: Some light caramel and cracker flavors up front. Hop flavor is nice, but seems a little low for the style. Pine, citrus, resin, floral, and grass into the finish. Light bitterness. Medium-dry finish. Palate: Medium-light bodied. Medium carbonation. Overall: There was nothing wrong with this beer, there just wasn’t enough to it. It was quite drinkable, but was hoping for more.

12oz bottle. Light amber color with some sediment from the bottle conditioning, capped by a clinging head. OK, this is where it gets weird. This is two shades away from being a great IPA, but something with the hop combo they use gives it this spicy, oniony vegetal aroma and flavor that just does not really work. The aroma has a nice hop intensity. The flavor has a nice dry, toasted malt base, higher bitterness, and plenty of hop flavor. The hops are spicy and floral, and if it werent for the vegetal character, I really think I would love this beer. Hopefully this is a crop quirk that might go away in the next year because it feels like this is a well made beer.

dark clear peach body, looks good, off white head that doesn’t last, not much going on there... the nose changes quite a bit, very complex, but sometimes its great other times bad, the nice notes are oranges with some really mellow dank notes, other times I smells like vomit... the taste is hot dank, a bit spicy with some pine hops, a total malt backbone but its not sweet, just sticky malt, not really successful... I’d pass on this

Pours orange in color. Aroma is strong and woodsy. Taste is strong too. But it stops heavy hopping midway through and has a solid set of flavors.