Potosi Tangerine IPA

Brewed by Potosi Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Potosi, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Flute, Shaker

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On tap. Slightly hazy pale orange in color with white head. Nose is tangerine/orange/mango with a mild pine hop aroma. Flavor has a pretty full tangerine/mango presence with a mild to moderate pine hop bitterness that melds well with the fruit. Clean and easy to drink with trailing tangerine/mango and residual pine bitterness. Fruit flavor is prominent and a tad sweet. No fake fruit tinge. A nice offering.

On tap at Milwaukee Brewfest. Poured medium golden with a sticky beige head.. looked good. The aroma picked up sweet tangerine and floral notes over caramel and pale malts.. fruity and well-presented. The flavor opened tart and bitter with pine and tangerine notes leading.. soft pale and caramel malt supported.. finished tangy with more oranges and some odd character I couldn’t identify.. OK overall. Light-medium bodied with rolling carbonation through the palate.. too many residual sugars in the end to really be refreshing.

On tap at Old Fashioned in Madison, pours a clear light golden with a thin head and spotty lacing, the aroma is very fruity with the tangerine really coming through, the flavor has huge tropical fruits with pine and a bitter finish, the tangerine is really forward in this one, nicely done.

Tap at Old Fashioned. Filtered orange-tan. Thin, patchy head. An odd concept, makes me wonder if it was initially conceived to cover up off flavors in their IPA. Sweet aroma, some tropical orange. Thin bodied, awkward artificial flavor compromises the hop tones. Really quite unimpressive, artificial. Another loser from Potosi.

On draught at Potosi Brewing Co. Served a nice reddish-gold with a decent head that faded to a full lasting lace. Aroma was of malt, tangerine and citrusy hops. Taste had the tangerine and malts up front with a solid IPA type hop finish. Mouthfeel was good. Even thought I am not normally a big IPA fan, I did find this to be a nice treat with a touch of tangerine juice added.

Pretty tasty stuff and an interesting approach. Served at a good temperature with a nice, foamy, thick, cream colored head that slowly settles down. Color is a clear, orange amber with some varying sized bubble trails. Aroma is malt, hop, caramel, fruit, Flavor is like nose - tangerine comes thru along with citrus, resin hop flavor and some carbonic tang. Body is good and ditto carbonation. Finish is like flavor, longish and good for at least one more draught.

On tap at the Malt House. The tangerine comes through on the finish, but not much on the nose.

On tap at the Old Fashioned. Amber with a medium white crown. Aroma of mild citrus, caramel, pine and a bit of tangerine. The tangerine comes through more in the taste and melds with other assorted citrusy goodies and is balanced out with caramel and some mild bready malt. Moderately bitter, this one was ok.

On tap at The Malt House - Pours golden copper with a foamy off white head. The tangerine comes through on the nose, clean and authentic, with light piney hops peeking through. Malt is sweet, bready, and plentiful. Taste has a sweet citrus blast up front that bites a bit, then transitions into bready malt with a touch of dark chocolate. The finish is a bit sugary with a bitter citrus rind snap. A little overzealous carbonation, but a pretty big, slick body. I like how tangerine-forward this is--it compliments without overpowering.

Tap at Louie’s Coup. The beer pours to a brassy amber body with a thin white head. The aroma is sweet tangerines with some bitter citrus and grass hops. The flavor is really nice and full of tangerines with some sharply bitter pine and grapefruit citrus hops. There’s a decent malt backbone too. The palate is intenselt bitter resin that lasts a long time. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation.