Moylans IPA

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

Copper-amber with a glow to it. Soapy head with some pretty good lacing. Aromas of pine resin, wildflowers, and grapefruit. Big hoppy bite is clean and nice, some detergenty bitterness. Mostly, though, the hop bitterness jst resonates in that low, spicy, bitter register. Great length of bitterness on the finish, with a medium to light weight on the tongue. An all-out IPA.

22oz Bomber $3.79 Binny’s Oland Moylans just recently started distributing to Illinois and although I’ve seen the Hopsickle around this is the first time I’ve spotted the IPA. Pours a suprisingly bright golden with a moderate haze. A few streams of large carbonation bubbles crawl to the dense rocky white head. This beer leaves some respectable sheet lacing down the glass after each drink. I’ve sampled the Moylander IIPA a few times in the past and one of the things I loved was the huge hop resins in both the aroma and flavor. Their IPA sports those same great resins that make my mouth water. While the resins are there, there’s also a big healthy dose of white grapefruit (unsweetened of course). All this over the top of some ultra pale cake like malts. My nose tells me this is going to be a bitter IPA. This is my style of IPA big hoppiness with a tongue stomping bitterness. Luckily there’s not a lot of that pesky malt to get in the way. There’s enough cake like maltiness to let you know it’s there but it’s quickly brushed aside for the sake of hoppy goodness. Again that resinous leathery hoppiness comes through and takes thing over before being accompanied by bitter grapefruit. The bitterness grows from mid-palate throughout the swallow. This IPA has a medium body with just the right amount of carbonation to keep things moving. Prickly carbonation combines with a slick body to compliment the body nicely. A bomber of this is a pure pleasure to drink. Another bomber would be even better. My only reservation is the big hoppiness stomping on my tongue and not letting me fully enjoy another bomber the way I should. This turned out to be another great IPA from Moylans. I’m ecstatic to be able to get the Moylander, Hopsickle, and the IPA here in Illinois. A bomber of this for $3.79 is a bargain hard to beat these days in Chicagoland. 1/26/07

22oz. bottle, Baja Bean, Staunton VA. Bright gold, cloudy, with white head. Nose of pungent hops, really piney and spicey, with some pineapple in the background. Flavor is thick, sticky hops, slightly sweet, over a crisp light malt, with a healthy hops bitterness throughout. Creamy and full on the palate, finishing with more hops. Really nice, reminds me a lot of the Smuttynose IPA.

cloudy golden with a thin layer of white foam, the sweet floral aroma is invitingly simple and the flavor is straight-forward too. finishes rather bitter, this is a very enjoyable ipa.

highly enjoyable. Starts citric and then the piney thick resiny hops burst through and stay with you for a while. Loved it.

Warning! Warning! You might want to use a snifter or other glassware normally used for Belgian ales on this one. They aren’t kidding on the label when they say it is a live ale. This thing pours a fogged orange brownish with such a big head. I could use it as a pencil holder. And the thing never dropped!! Kind of a pain in the ass, but really nice to look at! Nose is perfumed hops. Even and smooth. Flavor is much more robust than most IPAs that are being thrown out. Definite deeper edge to it. Strong perfume notes that have a thick floral tone to it. Slick liquid tone with a nice level of carbonation to it. This is a very unique and different kind of IPA. Not the standard fare being shown by so many other breweries. Is it worth trying? Absolutely. Share it with someone you appreciate. And did I say it pours a massive head??

Nothing that realy sets this apart from the pack but a very solid IPA. Nice floral hops aroma.

Just your basic IPA. Nothing spectacular but nowhere to fault it either. Probably what the brewery was aiming for, given the other pales they produce. I would think this would be a sixpack beer, but on sale at only 3 bucks the bomber is pretty attractive.