IPA
Peak Organic Brewing Company

12oz can purchased from the fridge as a single for $1.99. Best by 2/21/23. Fortuitous because that is today's date! I would guess that this is 4 to 6 months old.

Look: Pale straw color with a significant haziness. A pinky finger of compact, fluffy, white head.

Smell: Very nice grapefruit, orange zest, and pine aromas. Mild green notes. It has both a brightness and an earthiness to it.

Taste: It's tasty. It also seems to me that this beer tastes a bit watery and is under-delivering for a 7.1% IPA. Up front, I get juicy grapefruit and some orange zest flavor. The finish has a moderate bitterness with nice grapefruit rind and pith flavor as well as some pine resin. Crackery malt after the hops and bitterness fade away. The beer also tastes very one-dimensional and I was hoping for more complexity.

Feel: It's very fizzy and it has a medium minus bodied mouthfeel. A bit watery on the palate. I wonder if this beer may have too much carbonation.

Overall: This is good, however I don't enjoy it nearly as much as the other Peak Organic beers I have had (The Juice, Fresh Cut, Slim Hazy, and Summer Session). For a 7.1%ABV IPA, Peak Organic is capable of bringing a lot more flavor than this.

Pours an opaque straw color with a finger of head. The nose has piney and mildly dank notes. The flavor has light citrus notes. This offering is thin for the style.

Pours the typical copper color. Head was very bright white that left a nice ring of lacing. Nose is very fragrant. Taste was piney and gave off superb bitterness. I like this a lot.

 

 

Standard IPA leaning towards the west coast style. Easy drinking.

 

 

 

Peak organic does IPAs really well. This is crisp and grapefruity, really refreshing. I also love their Winter IPA but this is perfect for summer. While at 7.1% it’s not a crushable beer; I love it as a summer regular. So drinkable!

This one pours a slight hazy dark orange color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like piney and spicy, and pretty old school, with a little bit of citrusy character.

I didn't have high expectations for this, but it was honestly pretty good. It's old school, with a clean pithy bitterness, lots of grapefruit and orange, and very little maltiness.

This was crisp and very clean, with a nice drinkability.

I haven't had anything from Peak in multiple years now. This was nice, and reminds me of how much I used to like their hoppy pilsner - Fresh Cut.

 

Slowly becoming a big Peak Fan...After the Slim Hazy, Superfresh and the Autumn IPA, this one follows in wake. This IPA brings a Sweet Nose and above average juicy flavor. Surprised and delighted.

Beautifully hazy, straw colored beer. Think the color of a Hefeweizen. Huge head with tons of lace.

Piney hops, kind of reminds me of the Sierra Nevada aroma found in their pale ale and several of their ipas. Buttery undertones.

Oily, piney hops, delightfully bitter in the finish. Not very complex, but nothin wrong with simple hop flavor.

Mouthfeel is the weak point. Low carbonation and a little slick feeling.

I picked it up at Trader Joe’s and had never heard of the brewery before. I would definitely get it again as a part of a mixed sixer, but I won’t be buying any six packs any time soon.

Not bad!

 

Pretty disappointing considering all the hype. I was first shocked by how light colored & hazy for an American IPA. I guess I expected more of a caramel malted look. I did enjoy the smell & the taste did have a citrus & malted taste. Don’t get me wrong I wouldn’t push this back. Good day drinking beer. I should have gone in with no expectations without any influences from others

Pours cloudy yellow with low non-fading white foam cap. Notes of vibrant citrus and floral notes with juicy bursting hops with slightly bitter aftertaste. Crisp, refreshing and bold classic IPA, locally sourced and certified organic as well!

A bit disappointing after I really enjoyed their Winter IPA ... Great nose, but thin in taste and feel ... Not likely to revisit this one ... Not bad, just not great

 

 

My good friend and old neighbor from the 'Wego gave me a can of this beer. It poured a hazy golden with white head that is leaving some lace. The scent had a nice balance of sweet crystal malt and subtle citrus hop notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with good pine and citrus balance. The mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation. Overall it is a great beer.

Poured into a tulip/snifter style glass.

L: 3.25 Cloudy gold. White head that leaves lacing.
S: 3.25 Bright hops. Fruity.
T: 3.75 Malty. Lemongrass. Peach. Bubblegum simcoe.
F: 4.25 Very nice. Medium bodied but ultra smooth.
O: 3.75 Solid IPA but not worth a revisit. Am glad I gave it a go though.

 

L: Straw yellow. Hazy and active. If you opened this warm it would likely foam over.

S: Citrus hops over pale malt.

T: Sharp and bitter with a slightly pungency.

F: Moderately juicy. Slightly resinous.

O: It's a hair above average in quality. Well balanced.

Hazy, amber/orange appearance with a small, off white head and very good lacing. Subtle herbal hop aroma with a touch of pine. Modestly sweet taste up front followed by spruce and citrus hops. Medium bodied, nicely carbonated mouthfeel with a lingering finish.

BOM 7/2020

From a beer of the month club and from a can. Poured a slightly hazy, honey gold with a barely off-white foam head. Scent is on the piney/floral side of hoppy, although subtle notes of citric hops are also peeking through. Taste matches well with a bit more of the citric hops poking through and a very nice malt backbone, although the aftertaste is dominated by the piney/floral hop bitterness. Feel is a dry and medium bodied, although a bit of heft comes across at times when the malt backbone comes through. A good group of complex flavors interacting that is worth at least one, if not more, tries.

 

 

Solid rich amber color with plenty of carbonation, which birthed a beautiful off-white head. Plenty of lace trails the dwindling liquid in the glass. There's a bountiful fresh hop aroma in and around said vessel. The taste is refreshingly hoppy, delivered so smoothly, I had to deliberately slow my consumption to best enjoy it. Although it's complex, it's also light and finishes dry. If this is the epitome of an organic IPA, I'm going to be searching for them. The 7.1% ABV seems just right for this one, as good a standard IPA as I've ever had.

Light bodied and slightly cloudy. No flavourings added. Nicely bitter and alcohol well hidden. You need to drink this one fresh as I had one a year old about a year ago and it was a different experience. I thought I would give it another try and glad I did. Reminds me of a German IPA without all the fruit and flavourings and other stuff so common in the US these days.

 

Bottle from Wegmans. Hazy golden pour, small creamy head, tons of lacing.Hoppy aroma, hints of citrus, lemon. Taste also is mostly citrus, sweet and tart. Lemons mostly.

 

 

 

Sample Source: 12 oz can