11th Hour IPA
Crow Peak Brewing

 

Clear golden color, small white head. Good retention.

Piney and grapefruit aroma, pine bark and wood more specifically, grapefruit zest and some juiciness, a hint of malt, earthy, lemony, some iced black tea.

Reminds me a lot of Lagunitas IPA. Pine bark, pine wood, pine sap, earthy, pine cone...zesty grapefruit oils, citrus and pine oils coat the tongue. Seriously piney IPA. I love it. This is one of the super nice old school liquid pine cone IPAs. Crisp, dry, biscuity malt. Pretty serious bitterness hits initially, rides for a bit and then subsides to a fairly crisp finish. Mouth is coated with oils a bit. Crushable in spite of its bitterness and intense pine.

If you like old school American IPAs, you're going to love it. I personally am a huge fan. If you're in distro, buy this! Take your taste buds for a whirl.

12oz can into a pint glass.
L: Pours clear medium caramel w some large steady carbo bubbles, a 1+" foamy pock-marked off white head w excellent retention, loose baggy lacing w some ghostly banding.
S: Grains, grassy hops, caramel malts, floral, a hint of orange, a suggestion of hard candy sugar.
T: Lightly sweet malts, a hint of bread, a firm hop bite, bright citrus zest, a hint of toffee, pine, hops are slightly intense but aren't bashy, fairly full flavored, lingering bitterness.
F: Firm, brisk, med to med-light bodied, bright and wet w a moderately long medium dry finish and a long linger.
O: Well balanced, excellent bittering, hop forward, gently sweet, very EZ drinking, good carbo to end. A beautiful American IPA. Would like to try this on tap. It is excellent in its style.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a clear amber color. 3 finger fluffy white head. Head retention is decent. Really nice lacing on the glass.
The nose has a nice, but mellow pine hop to it. There's a hint of pineapple also, but faint.
Taste - Yeah, lots of sticky pine flavor here. This is a very old school IPA flavor here.
Very sticky feeling. The hops coat, and cling to my throat, and just don't let go. Body is decent.
Solid old school IPA, and a good throwback to what IPAs used to be. I like it.

Golden, and lacy once the head recedes. Great look in the glass.

Smells like an IPA.

Bitter and bright. A little hollow. If you like IPA, you'll like this; but it's not pushing any new boundaries, that's for sure.

Thin and smooth mouth feel.

Not bad. Not special.

 

 

No canned date

Appearance - Pours crystal clear and brilliant orange in color with an off-white, near two-finger width head. Displays good retention before settling to a thin, consistent layer of surface suds.

Smell - Grassy, slightly piney and floral, and with a hint of bready sweetness riding beneath.

Taste - Follows the nose. Really grassy, with hints of pine and floral character accenting the hop profile. Fair malt presence, with bready sweetness and a faint touch of toffee, especially near the finish. Aftertaste lingers with that grassy bitterness.

Mouthfeel - Light-to-medium in body with fair carbonation. Drinks easy enough before a mostly dry finish.

Overall - Fair to good IPA. I'm not really one for grassiness in IPAs though. I finished the sixer no problem.

L: Ice tea or copper coloring, surprisingly clear (in today's age), with a quickly receding beige head and sparse lacing.

S: More like a malty amber than an IPA, one note. Bitter. Astringent. Unpleasant.

T: Disparate malt bomb and bitter nuke. Turpentiney pine-like bitterness. Horribly strong bitter finish which lasts seemingly forever. I like the very bitter IPAs, but this is a crazy outlier.

F: Okay carbonation and dry finish on a medium body, but bitey and difficult to drink.

O: This just seems to me to be a prime example of what not to do - more bittering hops eventually is not better. This is two different beers fighting to dominate - a malty amber, and a cloyingly bitter IPA.

6/22/19...medium copper, still light, foamy lid. Pine bitter leads. Grassy too. Soft open, sneaky bitter mixed with a toffee malt. Bitter gains steam as the beer goes on. Hearty finish.

Would not recommend personally.

 

Great brew! Just enough hoppiness for my taste with a smooth finish. I always pick up a 6er or two when I make it to S.D.

12oz undated can poured into a wheat beer glass at fridge temp 6.5% ABV. The beer pours bright golden light amber with persistent light khaki head. The head recedes to an 1/8" cap and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is evergreen. The taste is caramel and evergreen with mild bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied, adequately carbonated, dry and a little chalky. Overall, ok.