Schooners Hoptomic

Brewed by Schooners Grille & Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Antioch, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

Pitcher at the beer dinner at RBSG 2009. A hazy dark golden beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has strong notes of hops and grapefruit. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of hops and grapefruit on a malty background, leading to a bitter finish.

Sampled during RBSG 7/10/2009 at the brew dinner. This IPA pours a medium gold color. Medium sized white foamy head. The aroma was grapefruity and piney hops. Very fresh hop aroma. Medium bodied IPA. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are grapefruity. Fairly intense flavors with a lot of hop bitterness. Nice balance. Good carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean, crisp and dry. Aftertaste is bitter.

(Draught) Pours a cloudy golden orange body with a small white head. Aroma of hand-full of fresh hops, grain, and earth. Flavor of hops (pine, earth, peppery, herbal, citrus), cereal, and grain with a dry, bitter finish. Certainly for the hop lover!

On tap. Pours a cloudy and opaque orangey golden with a rough, off-white head. Fresh, peachy hop aroma. Medium body, lightly sweet fruit accents and a little caramel. Bitter finish. 100709

From a pitcher at the RBSG beer dinner. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Solid grapefruity and slight astringent aroma. Solid grapefruity flavoured yet with the bitterness downplayed. Solid growing bitter into a dry finish. Hop juice really.

Date: July 10, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: RBSG 2009 Dinner
Words: tripple dry hopped IPA
Appearance: hazy orange, wispy white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma, plenty of balancing hops with a peppery spicyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of hops, citrus, light spicyness
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Sampled at the RBSG 2009 beer dinner This is a dark gold pour with lots of citrus hoppiness. It finishes neatly dry. Tasty beer.

Craig does it again! Pours a medium dark golden slightly cloudy amber with a thin eggshell colored head. Wonderful pine, light citrus and caramel nose and flavor with a slight bitter and perfectly dry finish.