TailGate IPA

TailGate Beer
Brewed at Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   update pic

This beer is just aweful, this beer has no redeeming qualities. It does not look or taste like an IPA.

24-oz. can into a pint glass at my house on Oct. 13, 2012 (purchased at Village Square Liquor & Kegs in San Diego for $1.99 on Oct. 13, 2012). Honey amber with two fingers of white head. Average retention on the sides and on the top. Smelled honey, caramel, heavy malts, syrup and light citrus (nectarine) hops. Tasted honey, syrup and malts up front, giving way to a nasty finish of sharp alcohol, slight citrus (orangeish/tangerine) hops and bitter finish. Medium-to-light body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Bitter syrupy finish. Just a bad beer all-around, save for the cheap price. I would never have this again on purpose. I feel sorry for someone who tries this beer as their first IPA.

A nice clear amber body with a frothy head which although did have nice retention it lacked a decent lace. A slightly elevated carbonation. Aroma had some nice citrus hops and some resinous hops, but mostly a sweet malt base mostly sugar but some caramel malts. Flavor was domintially sweet malts, i never found it to be anywhere close to being cloying but it was sweeter then bitter. Finish was smooth and full. A nice beer that really was lacking in a few areas. Still is an adequate session ale.

We grabbed this as a joke while at the store. That's exactly how it turned out to be, as expected. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

It’s OK, but nothing great. A fairly crisp, light IPA. Citrus hop flavor. It was refreshing, although a little thin and a bit of metal to it.

This beer is dreadful. Taste like blood and metallic. Zero hint at hops. Barely managed two sips. Disgraceful.

Tallboy from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours light amber with a foamy off-white head. Aroma is pretty much not much at all. Maybe a light hop but ? Med body. Flavor is light caramel with what must be floral hop. It starts sweet, ends kinda bitter, but like most Minhas beers I’ve tried, it’s not wholly pleasant.

On tap at SPSBF. Pours a clear golden amber with a white head that starts and remains at the edges. Aroma has minimal hops with earthy grains and backing hay. Flavor has some earthy grassy hops with a good amount of sweet hay and grains.

Available at the St. Paul Summer Beer Fest. Gold pour, white head. Weak session IPA - nothing interesting in this one.

Hazy orange with a medium off white head. Hoppy nose with malt and grapefruity notes. Hoppy flavour with pine, grapefruits and malty hints. Kind of a thinnish body. Finished dry and bitter though.