Moylans Harvest IPA

Brewed by Moylans Brewery & Restaurant
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Novato, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Sampled at 1702, Tucson December 2009
This beer arrives from that tap a brilliantly clear, full gold to light copper color. The head is creamy textured, a pale tan color and a half-finger thick. The aroma has a herbal sort of grassy note to it as well as a pine needle scent up front. Behind this are notes of citrus, lychee, bergamot, grapefruit and floral apricot and tropical fruit hop notes. There is a clean, cracked malt aroma that is just noticeable underneath the ample hop onslaught.

This is very herbal tasting and bitter, but there is a substantial citrus hop bite here as well that helps to keep this “hop-balanced”. This is well carbonated, especially for a draft offering, it is quit prickly, but has a fullness to it that helps to carry the ample hop character; ultimately it is quite quaffable though. Other hop flavors of tropical fruit evoke thoughts of lychee, floral peach and orange blossoms. Bitter and herbal notes definitely dominate, but I really like the ample (though quite smooth) fruitiness that the hops provide too.

This is a really nice hop harvest beer. It has great, aggressive hop levels to it without being overly harsh. I could definitely drink a lot of this beer.

This poured a dark orange color with a beige head. Aroma was medium fruity and herbal hops and some caramel malt. Flavor was much the same nice hop taste and some malt backibg decent

On tap at the brewpub. It pours clear golden with a small off white head.the aroma is big tropical fruit with hints of peaches, mango, orange and only hints of pine. The flavor is drier with a bigger than anticipated bitter finish. Lots of pine with some bread and caramel malt. Some grapefruit and citrus peel as well. Pretty nice ipa.

tap @ San Diego Brew Co. Pours a lightly hazed deep gold with a frothy white head that left some great lacing. Great nose of fresh citrus hops and light grain. Flavor was a little more grainy with not much bitterness. I could have sat and smelled this beer all day.

On tap. Pours with a clear golden-orange with a large white head and great lace. Aromas of orange and big citrus, zest, sticky and resiny. Fruity and a touch estery. Flavors of tangerine, pine, caramel, and sticky. Light in the finish with a hint of fusel for the ABV. Not much. Lingering bitterness. Lively and medium dry.

I woulda written more notes and paid closer attention at SD Brew CO. if I had known there were only 11 ratings of this brew before mine. Gold amber in the glass. Rich round mouth. Mellow mid hoppiness. Bitter clean finish. Sharp.

Pours hazy light orange with a medium sized white head, sheet lace. Smells of earthy hops and green grass. Tastes pretty good. Nice, bitter, earthy hops up front with some nuttiness and malty sweetness toward the finish. Nice bitter brew with some nutty flavors. Medium body, good carbonation.

On tap at Beer Revolution. Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head and a pleasant pine aroma. There is a nice caramel malt flavor with a hot bitter finish.

Tap at Beer Revolution. Pours bright orange amber with an off-white head. Sort of resin aroma. Nice balance of light malt and hops. Burns the mouth. Great.

Clear golden with a fluffy white head. Big pine and grapefruit aroma and taste with a dry bitter finish.

Cask at Moylan’s. Medium amber orange with a one finger off-white creamy head, cask retention. Plenty of bright citrus hops before the head faded, then harder to nose--then it turned more orangey with some herbal dry hops. Flavor follows suit with plenty of orangey citrus dry hopped herbalness, hints of pine behind. The sweet caramel malt plays with the orange well, though I could almost see it being too much due to not a ton of buffering hops. Bitterness peaked at a 3 in the finish, lightly piney. Light to medium body with cask carbonation. Pretty good.