Woodstock IPA
Portland Brewing Company

Woodstock IPAWoodstock IPA
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From:
Portland Brewing Company
 
Oregon, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
6%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.59 | pDev: 12.53%
Reviews:
31
Ratings:
35
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Mar 14, 2014
Added:
Aug 09, 2001
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
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Rated: 3.5 by buzzy from Pennsylvania

Mar 14, 2014
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Rated: 3.5 by shelby415 from Oregon

Feb 26, 2012
 
Rated: 3 by cdwil from Texas

Dec 26, 2011
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Reviewed by Jason from Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap @ Redbones in a 12 oz flute.

Amberish hue, thin lacing. Hoppy aroma of citric and grassy hop oil ... tad woody. Good balance between the hops and malt, decent crispness. Sort of a mild of the road IPA when it comes to craft beer, nothing special but drinkable none the less. I think I am pretty confused by who owns this brand and if it still brewed the same way ... either way not too bad for an IPA.
Nov 17, 2005
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Reviewed by beerceller99 from Louisiana

3.88/5  rDev +8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 oz. bottle pours an amber colored fluid with a slight white head. Smell is woody, with smoked malts, and a subtle hop aroma. Medium bodied with a rich, creamy mouthfeel. Taste has a strong malt presence followed by a tasty hop bitterness.
A unique taste here, definately not your typical West Coast IPA.
Jan 04, 2005
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Reviewed by NeroFiddled from Pennsylvania

3.7/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
This slightly hazy orange-amber IPA holds its head fairly well and leaves some minor craggy lace at the outset of the glass. The nose is welcoming and clean with a waft of grassy hops and yeasty fruitiness atop a lightly sweet and caramelish malt. It's gently crisp in the mouth with a fine-bubbled, median carbonation and surprisingly medium-light body. The flavor does offer some of the promised woodiness from oak-aging; as well as a nice balance of light malt, yeasty fruit, and grassy/leafy hops. A note of vanilla and some delicate, bready and caramelish malt appears at the swallow; followed by a solid bitterness that rises to leave it dry and refreshing. It's easy to drink and a bit more exciting than your average beer, but it falls slightly short on the IPA scale.
Dec 14, 2004
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Reviewed by CBFanWish from New York

3.72/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A good IPA with no real "wow" qualities to it except for drinkability. Pours a clear copper colour with just a slight head after a vigorous pour. The aroma was citrucy with orange and grapefruit. There was also a nice grassy smell to it. The taste was well balanced with a malty sweetness and a citrusy bitterness from the hops. It went down very easy and I could se myself drinking a lot of these durring the summer months when I want an IPA, but nothing over the top.
Jun 05, 2004
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Reviewed by dauss from Colorado

3.94/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Woodstock IPA which has been oak aged. Its got a strong bitterness at the very first sip all over the tongue. Stong carbonation, a little malty and woody. The bitterness lingers for a bit after you swallow. Pours a beautiful golden tan color with a big white head that has some good staying power. It also smells good, no off scents at all. Only if the beer tasted as good as it looked and smelled. I thought it was way too bitter, and that woody and bitterness aftertaste I didn't enjoy at all. Its an ok beer, but its not bad or good.
Apr 25, 2004
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Reviewed by 86MonteSS from Connecticut

4.03/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The appearance is pretty much what you'd expect from an IPA. The head jumped out of the bottle, and once poured, looked solid. Amber body (no shit, right?).

Very well balanced flavor. Definitely maltier than most of the other IPA's I've sampled though, and being a lover of English pale ales, I really liked this. Unique among IPA's. If I can find it again, I'll buy it.
Dec 27, 2003
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Reviewed by hotstuff from Indiana

2.93/5  rDev -18.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
I am not a fan of IPA's to say the least and this one was just way too bitter tasting for me. It poured a small sized white, smooth, creamy head with fine-small sized bubbles that mostly dissipated. The body was slightly cloudy and carbonated with an orange hue. The nose was hoppy, fruity, sweet and peaches(?). The taste of this beer was very bitter, hoppy, sour, tart, sweet with a lingering aftertaste. The mouthfeel was tingly, thin and a bit watery and medium bodied. The lacing was fair.
Oct 31, 2003
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Reviewed by beerguy101 from California

3.46/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4
Amber color. Medium head. Malty and fairly hoppy IPA. Very oaky taste. Very hoppy and bright. Mellow flavor. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is crisp and smooth. Aftertaste is bitter. A very traditional American IPA, bold and very hoppy. This IPA is much hoppier than Portland Brewing's IPA. They are the same beer are they?
Aug 31, 2003
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Reviewed by ZAP from Minnesota

3.7/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Not a horrible beer, but not a tremendous beer either....pales in comparision to the west coast IPA's but would stand up nicely as a APA....Oak Aged...pours a light bronze color with an impressive white fluffy head that rims the glass nearly perfectly...you get some of the wood barrel aging on the nose...almost a hint of bourban too...some maltiness and some fresh floral hopping...the body is medium...flavor is pretty balanced between the malt and hops....the hops don't blow you away like a lot of the West Coast IPA's but they are nice in their own subdued manner..they exert their influence a little more on the finish when some citrus notes become more pronounced...overall a nice APA to have with dinner....not an IPA to blow you away though...
Aug 10, 2003
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Reviewed by JISurfer from Utah

3.06/5  rDev -14.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Had a nice head to it and it lasted long. The color of the beer was a redish caramel color. I'm not too huge on IPA's, but I saw that the selection of this brew was dwindleing at my beer store, so I thought I would try it. It was ok, but nothing spectacular. I am more into dark "beefy" beers, so this just wasn't really in my forte. I was just trying to broaden my horizons.
Jun 21, 2003
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Reviewed by Mitchster from Michigan

3.37/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Drank on cask at Portland BC. Slightly hazy light amber with a thin white head and poor retention and lacing...clearly inferior in looks to the plain tap version. Aroma is of faint floral hops (much less so than I would expect for an IPA), and sweet caramel malts. Mouthfeel is woody and soft with very mild carbonation. Taste is again very fruity with suggestions of rotting apples and cherries, the unpleasant fusels kick in, followed by round English hops and a prolonged earthy bitterness and woody dry finish. Very mild with a thin to medium body. Not up to snuff for an IPA, and inferior to the tap version of the same name.
Jun 20, 2003
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Reviewed by BierReise from Florida

3.57/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I've been a little overwhelmed with IPA's recently but I thought I'd try yet another west coast IPA. This one was actually better than the others I've had recently and deserves a chance. Poured very clear and lighter in color than most. Not much head but tasted very smooth, not overly bitter and had almost a delicateness to it. The oak aging wasn't all that present but certainly led to smoothing out the rough edges of a usually bitter style. Not on the top of my list but not a dissapointment either. I'd like to sample more from this brewer
Apr 28, 2003
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Reviewed by mickeymac from California

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The color is slightly lighter than many other IPAs, gold with a touch of orange. The head was minimal and what was there faded rather quickly. In addition to a healthy dose of hops, the smell of oak is certainly present. With the exception of the light oak flavor, the taste is more or less middle of the road IPA. The mouthfeel and drinkability also lack any real distinguishing characteristics.
Apr 27, 2003
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Reviewed by Riggo from Oklahoma

4.45/5  rDev +24%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
I don't know what the other people who reviewed this were smoking--this is a very good beer. Unique among the IPA's i've sampled, this ale is aged in oak barrels, and you can taste it. According to the brewery, the original IPA's were distinguished not only by the now familiar heavy amount of hops for preserving the beer in its voyage to India but also a pronounced oak flavor from the wooden barrels they traveled in. (Note: I have since learned that the claim to oak flavor in IPAs being authentic is, at best, controversial. Regardless, that flavor element in this beer is a plus in my book.)

Pours a clear bronze/pale-orange. On a normal pour, the head on this beer is slight, but a hard pour delivers an inviting foamy, creamy beige head with fantastic lacing. Some of the best lacing i've ever seen, which brought up the numbers on appearance. The nose is a gorgeous mixture of earthy oak and fruit--orange, grapefruit, peach, and lemon-citrus hops. Taste is initially of butterscotch perhaps, an earthy, oakey nuttiness balanced with a grapefruity hop bite. Some alcholic warmth noticeable on the tongue (6% abv) and a long, dry, cedary hop finish. Mouthfeel is crisp yet chewy and soft, coating the tongue. A very drinkable brew, first in that it's well-balanced but more in the sense of just wanting another.

Despite its coming from the northwest U.S., this IPA is more English in its restrained use of hops not to mention in its rounded, earthy tones. A very charming beer that deserves higher numbers. When's the last time you had an oak-aged IPA? Well, that's too long.
Apr 25, 2003
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Reviewed by AtLagerHeads from Ohio

3.37/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Not a classic IPA. The nose does give off a fair amount of hops against a background of caramel malts. The appearance is of a cloudy copper with a very thin slightly off-white head. The head didn't last any time at all. Despite the lack of a head there was a small continuous amount of non-sticky lacing. The flavor started out tasting mostly of caramel malts, but switched to a more heavy hop sense as the brew warmed. Fairly sweet in the front, bitter in the back. The reasonably full body is creamy, buttery, and oily.
Apr 21, 2003
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Reviewed by Pegasus from Texas

3.5/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Hazy copper color with a small off-white head, good carbonation, and slight lace. Very aggressive hop aroma as well as a rather sweet caramel maltiness. Taste begins with sweet caramel malts and a slight tingling from the carbonation, towards the middle of the taste some oak tannins are noticeable. Near the end of the taste the expected hops appear, although not as pronounced as the aroma would suggest. Finish is rather dry. The mouthfeel is smooth and pleasant. A bit different from most IPAs I have tried, but, nonetheless, pleasant.
Mar 13, 2003
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Reviewed by Quaffer from Missouri

3.74/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Appearance: This was an amber beer with a weak, white head. It rose up to not quite two fingers and disappeared quickly without leaving a trace of its prior existence.

Smell: There was a rich caramel maltiness combined with a slight buttery aroma. The hops was almost undetectable. I had to really concentrate to pick any out. As the beer warmed up, a pleasant smokey aroma started to emerge. It really helped this beer out.

Mouthfeel: A medium bodied brew that had a smooth, creamy feel. It reminds me of the way butter feels in the mouth: smooth and a little oily.

Taste: The main component of this beer was a sweet, caramel malt flavor up front. It was mixed in with butter (ever-present in this beer, I guess). There was only a slight hops bitterness that emerged well into the finish.

This brew wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special either. Not enough bitterness to balance out the sweetness up front, especially for an IPA.
Mar 10, 2003
Woodstock IPA from Portland Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 35 ratings