Russian River Blind Pig IPA

Brewed by Russian River Brewing
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Santa Rosa, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle @ Bruce’s. Cheers to Bruce for bringing this back! The pour’s medium amber with a tiny white head. The nose is lemon, spruce and pinecone. Forest floor. Light pastoral hoppiness. The taste is light lemon peel and pine cone. A bit of lemon cake. Subtle flavors, not overpowering. Light, effervescent body. Really nice balance. Overall, this is pretty great. An easy drinker for sure.

A wonderfully simplistic IPA. Super well balanced and impressive in spite of the hop profile seeming a bit boring. Classic. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

UPDATED: MAR 23, 2013 Pours clear orange-gold. Aroma is citrus and pine and fresh kneeded bread dough. Flavor is grapefruit and light malt, with more pine and citrus to finish. Lingering dry and bitter on the tongue. Easy drinking IPA, but I enjoyed it much more on tap... Edit- maybe my glass was dirty yesterday, thankfully I bought two bottles. Still enjoyed it more on tap, but upgraded the palate and overall scores, taking this rating from a 3.9 to a 4.2.

On tap at Apex bar. A: Bright orange with a lazy eggshell colored head. Slides off the glass. N: Loads of hoppy goodness. Grapefruit, pineapple, spruce. Very tropical. Some light sweetness. It’s tempered and inviting. M: Very dry. Does a number on the palate. O: An excellent all-around IPA. As with Pliny the Elder, it never overextends itself, leading to a brew worthy of drinking time and again.

Appearance was clear orangish gold with white lasting creamy 2 finger head, spotty lacing. Aromas are citrus fruits, sweet pale malts, no alcohol present. Taste are sweet pale backbone with lemon, orange, grapefruit and soft pine resin. Palate was soft smooth creamy CO2 with medium body, lasting citrusy piney pale sweetness for a finish. A easy drinking IPA, you could knock back a few.

Pours golden with medium head. Big pine notes with a little spruce and mango. Tastes of pine and floral almost medicinal notes.

bottle. Golden with small head. Huge hops. Awesome west coast ipa. Hard to believe this isn’t the one they’re famous for.

Bottle fresh from San Francisco care of deeblo. I can’t thank you enough Bruce. A beer I’ve been after for the past 2 years. Pure clear gold colour with a thick cream coloured head. As I poured it, all I could smell was PNW hops. As I bring the beer to my nose, it’s all concentrated grapefruit hoppy. In the mouth it’s smooth and well balanced. Yes hoppy but there is just enough pale malt to keep it in check. It’s very clean. Not overly bitter on the finish. Yes big aroma, big hop flavour in mouth, but a clean refreshing finish. I mean stupidly drinkable. You could down pints and pints of this stuff. None of that sweet crystal malt character you get with many US IPAs. This is clean and showcases the hops perfectly. Comparing this with Thornbridge Jaipur, BrewDog Punk or Marble Dobber almost seems unfair. Jaipur probably comes closest. beautifully clean and elegant. But it has the everyday drinkability that you’d kinda like this in your local pub every day and would be your regular beer. Not sticky nor cloying. You know you shouldn’t meet your heroes but this and the Pliny the Elder were both better than I expected. And then Once in a Lifetime by Talking Heads came on the stereo........Yep a really great beer.

Bottle. Orange, white head. Good lacing. Nose is very floral, sticky pine. Taste is flowers, citrus fruits, pine, fresh bread. Smooth, great body, lasting dry bitter finish.

UPDATED: APR 9, 2013 Really solid IPA. Bitter with floral hops, lemon and orange peel flavors. Drink it fresh or not at all as the bottle says. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone