Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IPA

Brewed by Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Anchorage, Alaska USA

Bottle. [After party @ Papsoe, thanks buddy] Average off-white creamy head that mostly diminished. Fair display of lacework. Light cloudy amber color. Aroma of heavy hoppy notes with pine, grapefruit, citrus and apricot as the dominating notes. Very chewy hoppy feel. Also fruity and toasted malty notes can be detected. Over the palate came heavy bitter and strong hoppy notes. Medium to full bodied with an average carbonation and dry almost oily texture because of the hops. Moderated bitter and sweet flavor in a well balance co-operation. Lingering hoppy and dry floral finish with almost sweet liquorish like underling end. 8 / 3 / 8 / 3 / 15

Decent pine, grapefruit, and floral aromas. Citrus/Grapefruit hop flavors and a bitter hop finish. All I can do is to describe the hop profile. Poured a clear dark orange color. Thanks to MaltOMeal for sending this one on.

Sampled at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits Wednesday evening beer tasting. Picked up a 22-oz bomber from John’s Marketplace in Portland, Oregon, pours a semi clear dark orange amber brew with a thick off-white head that slowly dissipates and follows the beer and retains a small head. Aroma of citrus zest, pineapple and a touch of tangerine fruity character that over-powers any caramel or multi-grain malts. Taste is quite bitter, some light multi-grain malts, piney, grapefruit and a touch of pineapple. Finish is a sharp bitterness that lingers long after the finish. A pretty solid West Coast caliper IPA.

Bottle purchased at John’s in Portland and consumed in an Idaho hamlet in the rockies. Froth on amber. Sticky lacing. Drinkable and enjoyable. Fruity hop flavour. Strong but easy drinking.

Tap @ Humpy’s - Pretty standard beer for the tourists here. Floral hop nose, with a hint of cirtus. Grainy malt background with a little too much carbonation. Not the greatest offering.

20061007 After Kennett. Bomber. Damn dry stuff, floral. Pithy, quick finish. Not up to the standard of the strong beers I’ve had from Midnight Sun, but good enough.

Dirty, dark orange with a nice off-white head. Nose is grapefruit, floral hops some sweet malts. Flavor is spicy malts, pineapple, orange rind and bitter hops. Solid beer.

From Skyview’s bottle. A tasty, and somewhat above average, West Coast IPA. Brown color and a thin, white head that leaves a lace. Abundant floral, flowery hops in the aroma. Flavor is bitter, and a combination of herbal hops, and sweet malt. Medium palate. This is the sort of IPA you keep in the fridge all the time.