St. John Brewers Virgin Islands Island Hoppin IPA

St. John Brewers - The Tap Room
Brewed at Shipyard Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Cruz Bay, St. John, United States Virgin Islands

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Bottle 12fl.oz.

Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, butter, moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110212]

Tallahassee, Fl - Liquor Loft - 12 oz bottle. Dark copper pour, off white sticky heady that leaves nice lacing. Aroma leaves a bit to be desired - some phenols, but basically neutral. Flavor is a notch in quality above the aroma. Some faint citrus notes, cake mix sweetness and a little bit of nuttiness. Mouthfeel is on the spritzy side. Home won’t receiving a letter about this one, but does in a pinch.

Very light citrus aroma. Orange pour with creamy white head and lace. Caramel malt with a light sweet light bitter finish. A bit thin and watery. Drinkable beer

Clear amber/orange body that produces an average-sized white head. Fragrant floral citrus hop aroma. Moderately bitter flavor. Not a bad IPA, and certainly a find if you happen to be in Saint John’s!

1/27/11. 12oz bottle. Slightly hazy orange/amber pour with a small khaki head that fades fast. Light malty aroma with hints of grapefruit peel and some sort of papery oddness... bitter, buttery, metallic disgusting flavor. This is like somebody’s first horrid batch of homebrew... only this time some idiot decided to bottle and sell it.

Once again, another beer that you have to be out on a tropical ocean/beach to appreciate--so props again w/that in mind (lacking in boldness in flavor). However, just too weak for my liking. A sorry excuse for the IPA style, but there are worse. Weak nose, not much hop bite to be found, but not offensive in flavor.

Bottle. Pours a clear copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy caramel aroma. Sweetish malty hoppy bitter flavor hints of caramel and hints of citrus. Has a sweetish malty hoppy bitter finish.

12oz bottle. Medium beige head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange/grapefruit, light bread. Taste is moderately sweet, orange, some grapefruit, bread. Light-medium body, slightly watery, light resin.

Light amber coloured body like cream soda with a thin tan head and a bunch of bubbles rising from the bottom and sides. Aroma of hops, guava, pineapple, caramel, corn and a bit of sugar - odd indeed. Light-bodied; Hoppy taste of herbal and grassy hops with a resiny touch and a light bit of tropical fruits later, the beer envelops to a malty, almost oaky dryness. Aftertaste is subtle but efficient - hops definitely make the most of the taste with some light sweetness offsetting the hops a touch. Overall, a less than stellar IPA, but one that was better than I was expected and frankly, one that is better than some others by places you’d expect to have better beers. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Total Wine in St. Petersburg, Florida on 13-November-2010, sampled in New Paltz, New York on 20-November-2010.

Pours a five-fingered white rocky head that slowly fades to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Crystal clear amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Grapefruit hop nose. Flavor is mostly grapefruit hops, some caramel, lingering grapefruit finish. $2.00 for a 12 oz bottle from Barb’s Beer Emporium Concord, NH.