Snoqualmie Falls Wildcat IPA

Brewed by Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Snoqualmie, Washington USA

Dry hopped version on tap at Brouwer’s Hopfest ’09. Pours a dirty orange with a small head. Really nice nose - almost all hops - just enough malt to keep it from being overbearing. Full in the mouth, and sharply bitter, but not too much to handle. I wish it had a slightly greater malt contingent, but this is really nice, crisp and refreshing.

This is a really pretty looking beer, transparent red/amber color with a very nice fluffy white head and active carbonation. Smell is pleasant but so very small in stature that I can barely detect anything. Taste is still there, a pretty flavorful beer for a regular IPA. A bit of bread over taken by fruity pineapple. Mouth is thin and bubbly with a nice bitter finish. Overall a solid but unspectacular beer.

Tap. Dark gold with a super thick white head. Nose is faint pine and citrus that grows into resin. First taste was without any great features. Second taste is a mouthful of hops. Refreshingly bitter.

22 oz. bottle purchased at QFC in Mill Creek, WA. Pours a BEAUTIFUL amber color with a thick off-white head. Aroma: Bold hops, grapefruit, and pine. Flavor: Sweet malt and citrus.

Bottle: Pours a light citrusy looking gold color with a thick, fluffy beige head. Aroma is lightly malty at first, but grows into a sweet, citrusy, and floral blend. Lots of floral hoppiness up front with some lingering citrus and caramel malts. Finishes rather dry and filled with lingering bitters.

11/07/2007: Snoqualmie Falls Wildcat India Pale Ale loos thick. There is a great shimmering effect as the bubbles rise through the orange liguid to the surface. On top is a lasting off-white crown that creates great lacing on the glass making each drink. Succulent grapefruit along with a hint of the underlying toffee malt excite the nose. This beer has a thick toffee and caramel maltiness in the flavor that is immediately followed by a hefty grapefruit hoppiness. There is a mild to moderate bitterness that this blaanced by the sweetness in the finish. This beer has medium to medium-full body and a smooth, if not a bit oily, texture. This is a great IPA worth having again and again!

1 pt. 6 Fl. Oz. bottle (Alc. by Volume 6.6%) from 5000 via trade. Thanks! Rating #201 for this beer.

Lightly hazy deep straw color with large and steady white head. A little light on aroma. But I am a little stuffy. Initial flavor is a quick burst of hops that is midigated by the malty sweetness. Balances well. Plenty of hops but no where overbearing. Really nice hop finish.

on tap at some diner in fremont, seattle. hazy gold-orange pour with good sized white head. earth hop, grapefruit, perfume aroma. sweet candied fruit and perfume in the taste. long bitter finish. K6.5