Trout River Hoppin Mad Trout

Brewed by Trout River Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Lyndonville, Vermont USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Hazy orange color with a large white head.Plastic hop aroma,mild hop charcater if you want to call it that, that leads into a nutty charcater??? This brewery is in shambles.

Hazy golden body with an off-white head that explodes out of the bottle. Aroma is lemon, light flowery. Taste is medium sweet, floral, some lemon tartness. Finishes lemon. Watery medium body. They can call it an IPA all they want, but it doesn't seem like one to me.

Nobody told me this was an IPA. Hard to figure what it was by the name. Fizzy head goes to nothing fast. Cloudy, unfiltered appearance. Light amber. A little on the spicy side but not overly hoppy. Drinkable, but nothing to write home about.

UPDATED: JUL 21, 2003 re-Re-rate, 3rd bottle flushed How many of you have had to chuck 5/6ths of a 6-pack. This tastes like they bottled the rinsate from washing out the tanks. How many do I have to rate before I qualify for the drain pour (I suggest toilet flush) category. 2nd bottle even worse, I can tell difference - Busch is better. In a blind taste test I don't know if I could differentiate this from Busch. My problem is that I have 5 more at 1.25 a pop to get rid of.

Hoppy aroma, decent fuggles? hop flavor with decent malt texture. Litte hop aftertaste for an IPA. Decent.

Doughy yeasty nose. Pale orange yellow color. Funny flavor, toasty metallic light molasses. Thin and fizzy finish. Not that enjoyable. Now I'm hoppin mad, I've got 3 left in the fridge.

Pour is mid-amber, medium white head that quickly diminishes, but leaves decent lacing. Aroma is malty, with light chocolate being the main standout. Flavor is mixed with light chocolate and other various mild malt flavors, ends with minimal hop presence. Body is medium. Not all the impressive to me.

Bottled version. Somewhat of a darker golden color, but cloudy. Some head, but didn't stay long. A little fruit in the nose, but where are the hops??? A malty taste to it, but where are the hops??? The beer is fairly smooth to drink, but I don't know how it is classified as an IPA. More of a summer day beer.

Had it on tap, godlen amber color with very nice lace. Very mild hoppy aroma with slight fruit tones. Starts off somewhat creamy and a little malty and quickly turns to a slightly hoppy somewhat upleasant tinge. Very lacking on hops for an IPA, very lacking on flavor for a beer. Leaves a mettalic/skunky/slightly dry fininish. Wont be gettin this one again.

UPDATED: FEB 6, 2004 Pours hazy orange with a huge dense and quickly diminishing head. Fake easty aroma, fizzy palate. Not really bitter at all. Hardly an IPA and pretty bland.