Schlafly American IPA

Brewed by Saint Louis Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Maplewood, Missouri USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Alright I don’t know if it was a weird hop variety or what, but this beer smelled like weed. It has a huge aroma up front, and some is bitter hop, but mostly it just smelled like POT! Weird, I know, and I promise I wasn’t stoned when I had this, nor was there weed in the room. Anyway, the rest of the beer is pretty good IPA, full hop body and strong good finish. Try it just for uniqueness.

Draft. Medium off-white head atop hazy amber body. Aroma is medium sweet, grapefruit, pineapple. Taste is moderately sweet, pine/grapefruit, some alcohol. Resiny medium-full body. Really should be considered an IIPA.

UPDATED: JUL 4, 2010 Bottle. Pours a lovely orange with a whitish head that sticks dies down, but leaves a film on the surface that doesn’t go away. Aromas are decent, but kind of weak... lots of sweet malt (honey, dough and caramel), but flavor is glorious. Sweet malts up front give way to a wonderful hops medley of pine, citrus and that tropical fruit. This is the best IPA I have had in quite some time...

Very hoppy first initial taste. Finishes very strong and bitter. Excellent flavors and blends. It’s complex and very satisfying beer for anyone looking for a beer that doesn’t disappoint. Best Schlafly I’ve ever had.

UPDATED: JUL 29, 2010 Tap at Paradiso Georgetown. Poured a slightly hazy/dirty orange with a thin, off-white head that had excellent retention and excellent lacing. Wow. Aroma is typical less than fresh 3C hops: strawberry yogurt, old strawberry cheesecake. Taste is relatively boring with a creamy caramel body morphing into sticky sweetness that is cut by less than fresh high alpha acid hops that give the beer a sweaty, rank, old apple cider vinegar taste. Drying, powdery finish.6/5/6/3/12=3.2

Tap at Paradiso Dupont. Poured a slight hazy orange with a small, sem0-rocky, yellowish head that had very good retention and good webby lace. Aroma is loaded with dirty clothes, sweaty socks at first then moves to cinnnamon, sweet rolls, orange peel. Taste is bready, malty, orange pulp, a bit spicy. Sort of weird but not bad at all. 6/4/7/4/13=3.4

Another nice beer by Schlafly. The appearance is amber and cloudy. Not much head or lacing. Not a ton of aroma. Nice complex flavor. It isn’t too malty, and the flavor/mouthfeel changes quite a bit from start to finish. Good beer.

UPDATED: FEB 13, 2013 Location/Date:Bottle on February 13, 2013.

Appearance: Pours an orange haze.
Aroma: Aroma of grapefruit, pine, some grass.
Taste: Medium bitterness, nice amount of pine, grapefruit, some grass..hard to find the malt(which is fine with me).
Palate:Medium light, lingering aftertaste.

Summary: A solid IPA that has more grass notes than the standard. I guess my old rating was for a bottle that was kind of stale. New one was bottled 1/17/2013.

Old Summary 6/18/2010: From Dave on BAS Beer Night. Interesting earthy aroma. Gold appearance. Somewhat hoppy, grassy taste.

A copper pour with white head. It has a pine and grassy hop aroma with a touch of caramel. The body is full with a smooth mouthfeel. The taste is initially semi-sweet and fades to a bitter finish with a slight alcohol warmth. This is a great beer.

UPDATED: JUL 20, 2010 12 oz. bottle from Shop ’N Save in Maplewood, but this is all over the St. Louis area right now for about $9 a six pack. Pours a clear amber with a small eggshell white head. Nice aroma of herbal hops, with minor floral, earthy, and pine notes, and citrus, caramel malts, tea, and some mineral notes. Flavor doesn’t nearly bring what the aroma does, and falls a little flat- pine resin, caramel malts, tea, floral notes, herbs, and a variety of hops are present along with just a splash of citrus. Light-bodied, with mild carbonation and a mouthfeel like tea. Dry, herbal finish. After the nose, I thought this was going to be a world-beating IPA. The flavor doesn’t live up, but it’s a nice, light, refreshing IPA that is absolutely perfect for summer. RE-RATE after trying again 6/25/10: draft in a snifter at the Schlafly Tap Room, pours a beautiful, deep, clear amber with almost no head. The aroma explodes out of the glass with herbal and floral hops- so fresh. The flavor improves with a fresh draft, as well, and the hops come out to the forefront. The bottle is nice, but having this one fresh and on tap puts it in the top tier of IPAs.

On tap at the Flying Saucer in KC. Pours a cloudy, amber, red-orange colored body with a creamy, finger-width, off-white head that dissipates slowly and leaves lots of nice lacing. Aroma has lots of piney and resiny grapefruits up front with some sweeter florals. Dies down after a minute, but has some other citruses and bitter orange peels. Very bright smelling hops. A good amount of caramels as well for a nice, malty, moderately sweet and chewy balance. I get a pinch of toast at times as this warms. Flavor is more the same. Lots of bright citrus, grapefruits, and orange peel with a mixture of resiny pines and florals. Not quite as bitter as one would expect with this amount of hoppy flavor, but it allows for a nice balance and remains easy drinking. Solid caramel backing before this finishes dry and somewhat resiny with a moderate, piney and floral bitterness. Lengthy aftertaste following a medium body and light to moderate, soft and creamy carbonation. Overall, a very solid IPA. Lots of hops that provide plenty of enjoyable flavor without ever going over the top when it comes to bitterness. Personally, I wouild like to see a touch more on the bitter end, but I appreciate this for what it is. Well done.