India Pale Ale
Milwaukee Brewing Company

India Pale AleIndia Pale Ale
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From:
Milwaukee Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6.5%
Score:
81
Avg:
3.38 | pDev: 10.65%
Reviews:
9
Ratings:
20
Status:
Active
Rated:
May 29, 2018
Added:
Mar 10, 2010
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  3
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Rated: 3.5 by GreenBayBA from Wisconsin

May 29, 2018
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Reviewed by pweis909 from Wisconsin

2.61/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Look -- Nice head. Gold. Chill haze.
Smell -- Diacetyl and hops
Taste -- Sweet, pleasant hops. Diacetyl.
Feel - A little slick.
Overall - a flawed beer. This would be a nice beer if it didn't have the buttery kiss of death.
Apr 23, 2018
 
Rated: 3.75 by BSEDS from Illinois

Mar 03, 2018
 
Rated: 3.37 by Crepuscular from Minnesota

Dec 30, 2016
 
Rated: 2.75 by fuzzcherry from Minnesota

Aug 05, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by Rick778 from California

Aug 05, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Daffron24 from Colorado

Aug 04, 2013
 
Rated: 4 by eliz108 from Wisconsin

May 17, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Borlando89 from Illinois

Mar 16, 2013
 
Rated: 3.5 by Kunstman from Wisconsin

Sep 07, 2012
 
Rated: 3.5 by LoraxLager from Wisconsin

Jun 15, 2012
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Reviewed by pschul4 from Illinois

3.15/5  rDev -6.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Bottle given to me by my cousin, thanks Ryan!

A- Looks very amber for an IPA. Quick finger of white head then just a ring around the outside and a few bubbles in the middle

S- Some faint sweet hops. Little bit of pale malt in the background but this one is certainly lacking

T- Falls short again. Pretty watered down with some floral bitterness. The pale malts are tasty but the rest of this beer is a let down.

M- Very light. Almost comes accross as an APA

O- Really wanted to like this one but it's just a pedestrian IPA. Hopefully these guys get it together as I would love to see another successful midwest brewery
Apr 17, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by Jenray from Texas

Nov 28, 2011
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Reviewed by cokes from Wisconsin

2.99/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 2 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Blurry tea colored with abundant clots of suspended particles. I'm half tempted to strain it. The moderate off-white head is decent enough, and leaves some lace.
The nose brings caramelized malts, apple peels, dates, milkweed, and lemon oil. It's not exactly harmonious, but there's enough hop life left to make me believe that it's not an old bottle, as the appearance had me thinking.
It knocks around between the teeth, bringing toasted grain, caramel, brandied pears, old pennies, apple cores, Fig Newtons, mint oil, lemon zest, pulled weeds, and dry brush. To it's credit (and probably by accident), the complexity score is relatively high per the style, but that doesn't matter much when it fails to stick the landing.
Medium in feel and carbonation. The mouthfeel is sturdy and appropriate. It's everything else that's weird.
It's hard telling how old this bottle is. I'm sure it's not brand new, but unless the new stuff is a bitter weedy astringent mess, this can't be way past its prime.
I've gradually teased my ratings up as I drank this (up from rock bottom, as there way a moment where I thought about drainpouring it). A lot of things here don't particularly work well together, or even work within an IPA style, but some of the ensuing cacophony I found a bit intriguing...though not enough to recommend.
Mar 31, 2011
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Reviewed by BarrytheBear from Wisconsin

3.23/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
12 oz paisley laden bottle purchased as a single and dumped into a tulip

Reddish-orange with a small billow that dashes to a thin collar along with a steady crawl of tiny bubbles from the deep

Clash of malt and a dash of citrus and forest

Bready malts hard up front meet a wall of bitter. While these two showboats strut their stuff, any semblance of citric hops is banished to the land of wind and ghosts to reside with Mr. Sparkle.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and fizzy. Nothing particularly wrong here, but also nothing memorable either. My kingdom for a readily available local ass whompin' IPA.
Mar 03, 2011
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Reviewed by cdkrenz from Wisconsin

3.54/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
A - Roasty copper body with a nice haze to it. The head starts out big (more than three inches) before it recedes to a half inch top.

S - Very nice leafy, citrus and pineapple hop aromas with a sweet malty presence.

T - Mild bitter hops with a sweet malt. The first is a bit rough... but it gets better.

M - Thick and rather chewy for an IPA. It goes down smooth.

~ The brew has a nice 'head' and leaves little to guess upon. I'm a fan, but only after the first couple pulls.
Oct 07, 2010
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Reviewed by BeerFMAndy from Wisconsin

3.33/5  rDev -1.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
12 oz bottle poured into a Sierra Nevada imperial pint. No date or info. [Review moved from Milwaukee Ale House]

A - Suspended particles of sediment floating in the bottle make their way into the beer giving it a very cloudy appearance. The dirty apricot orange color looks a bit off-putting as it's filled with yeast. The head on the other hand looked great! Three fingers tall and bone white with good retention and some thick, patchy lace score the IPA some attraction points but not enough to help the hazed-over beer.

S - Hops burst from this beer, smelling heavily of pine, but eventually mellow out to a green, floral nose with a small splash of citrus. The hop aroma started out with promise but just became mundane. The malt backing has notes of honey-drizzled biscuit but is otherwise not engaging. A basic IPA aroma really.

T - The pine that disappeared in the aroma came back full-force to punch you square in the teeth. Tons of pine resin-flavored hops give this IPA a punch of strong bitterness. Floral and herbal notes add a bit of depth but seem like an afterthought. The malts also seem this way a little bit too. Touches of caramel appear but a biscuit plain-ness is the real flavor component. It's definitely better cold too. The flavor becomes less distinct as it warms.

M - IPA lands smack in the middle as a medium-bodied beer. Probably the best part of this beer though is it's initial searing bitterness that caught me off guard. It leans to the bitter-hoppy side but still keeps a decent balance to it. Medium carbonation, which seems a little low, makes it feel a little fuller as well as the sediment.

D - The flavors really seem to blend together too much. Pine stands out heavily but nothing else really does. It's middle-of-the-road IPA that could use some work in flavor separation. It's not bad per se, but changes need to be made.
Aug 16, 2010
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Reviewed by beerwolf77 from Wisconsin

3.45/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Poured into my pint glass the beer is a sediment filled orange amber. A finger of thick off white head fades slowly leaving a full coating of lace.

The aroma is moderately hopped. Lemons and grapefruit are initally what come to mind. Maybe a touch of pine. The malt is present but doesn't overpower things.

The flavor is light citrus and pine with a heavy sweet malt backbone. The sweetness in the malt seems to wash out the hop bite with each sip. The bitter hop blast turns to biscuit and bread rather quickly.

Medium body with a modest amount of carbonation.

Overall another run of the mill IPA. Drinkable but nothing worth seeking out.
Jun 03, 2010
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Reviewed by nsmartell from Wisconsin

4.08/5  rDev +20.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
I enjoyed this beer on tap at the brewpub while sitting out on the patio in one of the first warm days of the year. Poured into their standard imperial pint glass.

Appearance: Pours a pumpkin orange color with a paper-thin white head that lasts throughout.

Smell: Sweet smell of oranges, citrusy pine hops and grapefruit.

Taste: Just as the smell suggests, very citrusy taste. The grapefruit comes through as well with a nice bitterness.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with lots of nice carbonation. There is also a very nice coating of the tongue on the way down.

Drinkability: Not a bad IPA. Maybe it was being outside in the fresh air, but I thought this was a pretty good IPA. The orange and citrus were a bit much for me and not as well balanced as I like, but it was still a solid beer. Would try again and recommend to others.
Apr 19, 2010
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Reviewed by crossovert from Illinois

3.66/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Labeled as IPA or India Pale Ale. No date or abv. I believe this is brand new to bottles.

Pours a deep darkish amber with hints of orange and brown. It has a nice 2 finger white head that has nice retention and recedes to some nice lacing

The smell is very reminiscent of English IPA the hops are slightly piney but it also has that indescribable British ale aroma. The yeast and malt is at work here too.

The hops are amped up in the flavor, I kinda disagree with the malt flavor in this one, it isn't sweet enough to complement the hops or flavorful enough to replace them. The hops are predominantly piney with a hint of grassy bitterness. They are prevalent but perhaps a bit one deimensional, you get the same decent piney bitterness each sip.

The mouthfeel is very nice though, moderate carbonation with a nice fullness. The drinkability is also high, It seems very sessionable.

Perhaps a DIPA or a more hop oriented IPA is in the wings for this brewery but as a session ipa this one works well.

Overall it is good, but could be better, this brewery seems like it could do big things in the future.
Mar 11, 2010
India Pale Ale from Milwaukee Brewing Company
Beer rating: 81 out of 100 with 20 ratings