Portland Brewing
Ink & Roses IPA
STYLE: India Pale Ale
SERVED: 1 pint 6 oz bottle
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 65
WEBSITE: www.portlandbrewing.com
NOTES:
One & 1/2 beautiful fingers of rocky head that hang around a good long, long while. A bright amber complexion sits under that whiteness. Nice carbonation there, smoothly active. Drinks all floral hoppy and perhaps a bit minty, definitely crisp. Sweetly balanced with a good bitter bracing, some oak. A light tick salted caramel. Quite malty, as well, by IPA standards. A kindly durian note stands out under/after the citrus.
That citrus climbs clings to the finish where it becomes a bit tinny. Somewhat sharp in the beer-hole, but not outside of pleasantly. Quenchingly. A bit lightly toasted. Lively on account of carbonation & brightness. But even-keeled and (particularly summer) chillaxin' as well. There's a dullness to the nose; a far away sweet grassiness.
Not overly complex outside of its citrus realm which ain't always a pleasure. Surprisingly un-nuanced for all its surprising legginess. Also, surprisingly balanced for an IPA ('nuff to note again). All told, the drinkability is nigh high -- hampered only by a dwelling soapy mineral intensity on the tongue. One to slam more so than rigorously contemplate.
SERVED: 1 pint 6 oz bottle
ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 65
WEBSITE: www.portlandbrewing.com
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One & 1/2 beautiful fingers of rocky head that hang around a good long, long while. A bright amber complexion sits under that whiteness. Nice carbonation there, smoothly active. Drinks all floral hoppy and perhaps a bit minty, definitely crisp. Sweetly balanced with a good bitter bracing, some oak. A light tick salted caramel. Quite malty, as well, by IPA standards. A kindly durian note stands out under/after the citrus.
That citrus climbs clings to the finish where it becomes a bit tinny. Somewhat sharp in the beer-hole, but not outside of pleasantly. Quenchingly. A bit lightly toasted. Lively on account of carbonation & brightness. But even-keeled and (particularly summer) chillaxin' as well. There's a dullness to the nose; a far away sweet grassiness.
Not overly complex outside of its citrus realm which ain't always a pleasure. Surprisingly un-nuanced for all its surprising legginess. Also, surprisingly balanced for an IPA ('nuff to note again). All told, the drinkability is nigh high -- hampered only by a dwelling soapy mineral intensity on the tongue. One to slam more so than rigorously contemplate.
FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59
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