Irvington IPA
BJ's Restaurants & Brewery

 

This is easily, by far my favorite of the BJ beers. Pours a hazy gold in color with a nice half inch head. Nice fruity, hop smell. Taste is much the same with a good amount of bitterness. This I could drink all the time. It's a shame the rest of their beers don't come close to this. This should be a regular offering, once this goes I'm not sure there'll be anything there to drink.

Had this on tap at BJ's in Cincinnati Ohio.

Color burnt apricot/orange. 1/2 inch white head that remains for an average amount of time. Nice sticky lacing as I digest it.

Smells of a big hopbomb with light malts.

Taste was high hops with faint sweet malts on the finish. The bartender claimed it was 88 IBU and I beleive him. Lots of hops on this one, spicy and rich.

Mouthfeel was thick and syrupy, similar in body to Bell's Two Hearted. I couldn't drink this as a session beer, but it was certainly better and more unique than the other beers they had on tap.

This cask beer was good but not up to the stuff of most real ales. First they got the serving temp right, but I found the beer too thick in it's mouth feel. Deep amber with lasting head though not much lace is left. Nice inviting aroma of fresh hop. Heavy hop of the taste buds, spicy and peppery. As mentioned before the beer was very full bodied, almost too much. Still not bad.