Wormtown Be Hoppy IPA

Brewed by Wormtown Brewing Co.
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Worcester, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Translucent gold, thin oily white ring. Herbaceous oily nose, light orange. Flavor is sweeter, orange first, then sugary caramel. Thin and sticky.

22oz bottle pours a clear straw gold with some creamy, white head. Nose is mild, but inviting, tropical fruit, start fruit, a little lime, some mango. Flavor is a little weaker, malt, honey, lime, star fruit, pineapple, grapefruit. Medium bodied, dry finish.

651mL thanks to nimbleprop. Pours clear, light orange. Thicker foam. Rings of lacing. Nose is squashy, melon, yellow nectar fruits. Taste is dusty, spicy, nutty with some saving melon, cantaloupe, squash. Palate is bitter, dense, aggressive IBU is just right on the edge of being astringent and overpowering. Better than expected.

Bottle. Courtesy of Nimbleprop, thanks! Hazy golden yellow color, large fluffy white head. Aroma is nice freshly mown grass, light scallions. Taste is bitter grass and pine. Decent.

Tap. Pours a murky yellow with a decent head. Some strong citrus flavor up front and a lingering astringent bitterness. OK overall, but would have been better with less of the astringency.

bottle from Table and Vine in Springfield MA, bottle says the beer was bottled in Apr of 2013 and it’s Apr 9th so a very fresh bottle. Pours deep orange with a rocky off white head that lasts all the way to the bottom. Lovely looking stuff. Aroma is all big juicy fresh hop cones. More pine and skunk than anything, but very bright and wonderful nose. Flavor is a tad disappointing but still a solid IPA non-the-less. Big toast and pale grains strangled by bitter, bitter, bitter hops. A little too heavy handed hops for me, but I still killed the bomber fairly easily and would definitely like to drink this again.

Cask at Redbones, part of the NERAX (New England Real Ale eXhibition). Pours a hazy, sandy orange, off-white head not even a fingernail in length. Smells and tastes of American hops, guava, yeast, and chalk. Bitter, but enjoyable.

Served on cask. Smooth, nicely hopped. Great depth of flavor. Head is smooth, creamy almost and lingers. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tap pours cloudy yellow with white head. The aroma is musty citrus and pale malts. The flavor is rich and full of bitter citrus hops, filling strong pale malts and a light herbal pine bite. For an ipa it is very full flavored and strongly hopped, though by the end it comes together well. West coast in the east.

On tap at the 20th Vermont Brewers Festival. Pale yellow with a light biege head. Lots of grapefruit, earthy malts, some resin. Nice bitterness and depth, moderate body and carbonation, like the resin and malt finish.