IPA Of The Month : September 2015 (Coach)
Foothills Brewing Company - Downtown Brewpub

 

 

 

Pours a cloudy amber with a thin white head.

The smell is lemon, orange, a little bit of malt.

The taste is much like the smell, big orange and lemon. There is a pretty sweet malt backbone in there.

The mouthfeel is medium bodied/low to medium carbonation.

Overall a good ipa, a little more alcohol than the previous months.

Appearance is cloudy golden. Aromas of citrus, grapefruit. Flavors of citrus, grapefruit with pine and hints of malt. mildly bitter on the palate.

 

 

I really look foward to these ipas of the month, but this one was not a winner. A bit overcarbonated, and feel like I am detecting something a bit off in the nose and flavor that reminds me of when I used to attempt to homebrew. The flavor profile itself is muddled, bitter, and very earthy. Not typical of the lighter and brighter tropical fruit flavors these offerings usually have. I know they all can't be the same, and all to the profiles I prefer, but this one really didn't do it for me. Definitely not picking up any more of this one.

Foggy orange color under a lovely lumpy, bubbly head. Surprisingly fruity aroma given the hop profile, though I think yeast is playing a large part in that. Some mango and grass. Flavor is a similarly muddled blend of peaches, tea, grassy/spicy hops, and buttery biscuit malts. Medium bodied and smooth. Not one of the better ones.

Evenly clouded/muddied orange color with an off white clumpy foam head. Lace seems to be medium sticky and casually shifting as I get deeper into the beer. Aroma is sweet, grassy, dry and citrus rindy, odd fruitness...kind of peachy gone tropical, herbal, and earthy. Taste matches. Dry, peach tropical, grass, herb, a little bit of hop spice. Interesting. Pleasant but not spectacular. I don't know why but I have a feeling this came out a bit different then intended by Foothills. I could of course be wrong about that. Overall not bad and worth a try.

 

Appearance: Arrives cloudy and apricot-colored; a nice head lingers on top of the liquid and spreads a fair amount of lacing around

Smell: Bright and fruity, with sugar-coated ruby red grapefruit and pineapple aromatics

Taste: Biscuity malt underpins the tropical fruit tones of grapefruit and pineapple; as the bitterness builds, after the swallow, the candy-like sweetness builds to serve as a foil

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A higher ABV for the cooler months; just a bit too sweet for my palate but otherwise delightful

 

 

 

One of the bigger "IPA of the Month" offerings from what I can remember at 6.9% ABV. not 6.3%.Came in a standard pint a clear rich copper color with a nice looking soapy head atop.Big spicy and earthy hops on the palate with even a hint of rye-like notes.The palate has that sharpness on it as well along with earth and biscuit malts,there is some pine in the finish.Now this is a little different and i like it,if I didn't know I would have thought there was a little rye in there.