(We Had To Do A) NW IPA (2015 Symposium Ale)
Ninkasi Brewing Company
- From:
- Ninkasi Brewing Company
- Oregon, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
- ABV:
- 7.3%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 3.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 17, 2016
- Added:
- Apr 21, 2015
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Brewed for the 2015 Portland Craft Brewers Conference
Northwest India pale ale.
Breweries:
Caldera Brewing Company
Double Mountain Brewery
Falling Sky Brewing
Flat Tail Brewing
Fort George Brewery
Mazama Brewing
Ninkasi Brewing Company (host)
Oakshire Brewing
Northwest India pale ale.
Breweries:
Caldera Brewing Company
Double Mountain Brewery
Falling Sky Brewing
Flat Tail Brewing
Fort George Brewery
Mazama Brewing
Ninkasi Brewing Company (host)
Oakshire Brewing
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.52/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from JohnGalt1. Above average NW IPA, lots of hands in the kettle here. Nice deep golden pour, small but sufficient head. Nice balance of malt and hops, for proto-typical NW IPA.
Mar 17, 2016
Reviewed by JohnGalt1 from Idaho
3.64/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.64/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours clear light orange... Foamy white head shows pretty good lacing and retention.
Nose is weird for a "PNW IPA"... instead of the traditional pithy citrus/pine it is much more grassy/spicy and herbaceous... Pine shows up with warmth.
Flavor is definitely "Old Skool" IPA... Light pine with more spicy/big grassy hops.. malts balance too much IMO as dry toast and a bit of biscuit..
Light body with good drinkability.
Out of all 6 of the CBC beers, this was the outlier.. How the fuck can they do a "PNW" IPA and not have it super hoppy?!?!? I guess this would have been considered "hoppy/bitter" maybe 15 years ago, but for modern palates Mirror Pond has a more clearly defined hoppiness.
I appreciate the effort but don't care for the outcome.
Too bad.. I wanted to like this one more... They should have made a tongue demolishing DIPA .... Let Barley Brown's+Boneyard have a crack next time around... Just sayin'.
3.75/3.5/3.75/3.75/3.5
May 02, 2015Nose is weird for a "PNW IPA"... instead of the traditional pithy citrus/pine it is much more grassy/spicy and herbaceous... Pine shows up with warmth.
Flavor is definitely "Old Skool" IPA... Light pine with more spicy/big grassy hops.. malts balance too much IMO as dry toast and a bit of biscuit..
Light body with good drinkability.
Out of all 6 of the CBC beers, this was the outlier.. How the fuck can they do a "PNW" IPA and not have it super hoppy?!?!? I guess this would have been considered "hoppy/bitter" maybe 15 years ago, but for modern palates Mirror Pond has a more clearly defined hoppiness.
I appreciate the effort but don't care for the outcome.
Too bad.. I wanted to like this one more... They should have made a tongue demolishing DIPA .... Let Barley Brown's+Boneyard have a crack next time around... Just sayin'.
3.75/3.5/3.75/3.75/3.5
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