Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale

12oz bottle, 2007 vintage. Served in an english pint glass. Aroma is perfumy with some woodsy, earthy notes and a touch of lemon. Color is amber with a one fingered, off-white head. Taste is herbal hops with caramel & biscut malt flavors. Finish is towards the bitter and there is a lingering earthy flavor. I remember being somewhat surprised that SN decided to make their IPA in the English style. Overall this is a well made, tasty beer, and I’m sure they got what they were seeking out, but I don’t care for the goldings flavor.

Faint hoppy nose on this dark brown pour. Not a lot of head and a disappointing amount of hop character the body.

Københavnske Øldage 07. Bottle. Warm golden and a huge, creamy head. The aroma has notes of fruits and citrus. The flavour is slightly sweet, has notes of caramel and piny citrus and it’s quite harmonic and rather dry - but I would have preferred a different chose of hops, more clean and distinct. 2156

Pours a five+ finger off-white head that slowly fades to a thin layer leaving some lace. Nice crystal clear amber color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. Hoppy nose. Flavor is sweet and hoppy with hoppy finish and lingering bitter aftertaste. Typical IPA. $1.50 for a 12 oz bottle from Capital Convenience Concord, NH.

Bottle at Københavnske Øldage 2007. Clear amber - white head. High hoppy, resin, pine, grass, soft malty, light sweetness, grape, a bit sour-hoppy. Lasting bitter finish !!

Bottle 2007 - Amber body with a white head; Very little simple hoppy aroma; Bitter ordinary balanced body; Medium bitter very ordinary finish. Uninteresting.

Not very good at all. Orange color. Light, bitter hop aroma. Weak hop flavor and a dry finish. They are attempting to appeal to a wide market I suspect, and sacrificing quality to do it.

Coppery, head diminishes to a thin film. Strong initial flavor that stays hoppy through the finish. Nice shot of citrus for the day.