Saratoga IPA

Brewed by Olde Saratoga Brewing (Mendocino Brewing Co.)
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Saratoga Springs, New York USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Draft at the dutch with dinner.... I’fn this was a west coast IPA, then the left coast is slipping into the sea. An IPA certainly, but it was moderately hopped at best. I did enjoy it as it was served with gusto in my new mug, but it was an IPA in a crowd of IPA’s.

Draft. Tan color . A little watered down in a way. Easily drinking and very smooth. I'd have it again ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Light golden pour from tap, nice white head. Fruit aroma, very citrusy. Good malt hop balance but with a bitter aftertaste.

thought I would spice up my ipa depth and try somethiing new. Bad call on the idea that i would be pleasantly surprise. 12oz bottle into a pint. Pours a dark orange amber, looks more like a medioaker pale ale. Taste is flat hops, no west coast resemblance whatsover. I do like when the citrus grabs the nose at first whiff, but that subsides with the next sip and then the rusty, melded hops and malts simmer in. Im guessing the abv to be a bit under 6 since its not listed, but i really dont care. This brew holds its own for a microbrew and stands above say the shocktops and whatnot, but i passed up flower power ipa for this, not cool. Maybe this brew is just for while one is watching the horses. that would seem proper.

Silks Bistro (Albany Airport) in Albany, N.Y., on July 7, 2012. Draft into Pilsner glass. Two fingers of head. Caramel color. Caramel, milky foamy lacing with good retention. Smelled citrus hops, mainly lemon and lime. Got some pine in there. Some toffee malts as well. Tasted caramel and toffee malts, lemon and lime citrus hops and pine. Probably cascade hops more than citrus. Strong alcohol bite late. Bitter on the tongue after. Medium body. Oily texture. Average carbonation. Long bitter finish. Not a bad beer overall, especially for an airport. Still disappointed that Saratoga is actually Mendocino’s, but I’d have it again.

Draught at Rattle n’ hum: aroma is hoppy, fruity with intensive notes of cascade. pale amber color, low head. Flavor is light sweet, malty and fruity. Notes of caramel and sugar. Full hoppy with notes of herbs and citrus.

Tap @ Rattle N Hum, NYC. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are nice bitter hops, caramel, peach and malt. Bitter finish.

Medium amber in color, slightly cloudy. Aromas of zesty sweet hops, caramel, slightly citrusy. Flavors of zesty/piney bitter hop, caramel backbone. Bitter aftertaste, decent balence, slightly oily.

Slightly hazy copper coloured body with a good, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of light grassy and herbal hops, some malt, a little flowers and a touch of cardboard. Light to Medium-bodied; Good herbal and grassy hoppy flavour at first with a little mellow maltiness, some light sweetness and a pungent stale and slightly offensive hoppy flavour. Aftertaste shows some discrete bitterness, a touch of an earthy bite from the malt and some off-flavours that might stem from some inferior ingredients. Overall, not a horrible IPA, but not one worthy of searching out. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Oliver’s Beverage for US$7.36 for a 6-pack on 18-November-2011 sampled at home in Washington on the day the NY Giants won the Super Bowl, 05-Feburary-2012.

Bottle c/o Dad. Pours clear orange with a small creamy off-white head. Aromas of sweet malt, slightly buttery. Bitter grassy hop flavor, with some sweet malt backbone. Average. [950]