Missouri Mule IPA
Piney River Brewing Co.

Slightly hazy copper color with a massive and long lasting off white head with lots of sticky lacing. The aroma is pine, light caramel and a hint of grapefruit.
The taste is light caramel malt, a blast of pine resin and some notes of grapefruit, slightly sweet up front, dry in the finish with pine and citrus zest, moderate bitterness.
The body is medium, good carbonation, smooth and very drinkable. Altogether, this is a very solid American IPA, nice balance and bitterness, should go well with hearty cuisine, refreshing and enjoyable, well done.

8/4/24 Poured from 12oz. purchased by Tim as a thanks for watching Bruce.

Wow this is a lovely offering. Gorgeous golden peach color, rich aromas of pine and stone fruit, and the flavor is off the charts. A lovely summer sipper, give me a breezy pitch and a glass @of this and I'll be fine.

 

 

Poured from a can into a tulip tasting glass. BB date is either 4/13 or 4/19.
Look: Pours a dark copper color, but tends to lighted up a bit in the glass to a light copper color. Small head when poured and doesn't stay around real long, but leaves nice lacing in the glass
Aroma: First thought was "wow, lots of hops". Piney with some citrus notes. Do pick up some sweet almost "bready" notes.
Taste: Very much like aroma , piney taste which some citrus notes. The malts balance it out, but really no strong bready or biscuit notes, but some sweetness to balance it out. The finish is dry bitter finish.
Overall; I would call this an "old style" ipa which is what i came to enjoy. If you like this style this beer should be on your list. Nothing extraordinary, but a good beer which you will enjoy.

 

 

From the can, it pours a hazy amber with a nice thick light tan/off-white head that lasts and leaves lacing. In the nose, lots of citrus, in the mouth, citrus and malt come through. Nice!

On tap. Served a copper color with a small head. Aroma of citrus, bit of pine and grain. Taste of citrus, mild malt sweetness and grain. Decent bitterness and a fairly clean finish. Medium body, with an average IPA feel.

 

Burnt orange color that you can't see through.
There's a strong caramel smell.
There's a strong piney hop flavor with a nice bitter finish. Some of that caramel sweetness up front. I believe I detect a hint of alcohol.
It's got a nice medium feel with a good carbonation bite at the end.
Overall I think it's a better beer than the number I'm giving it, not the best beer, but a good one for piney bitterness. Some are calling it an old school IPA, this is more bitter than that.

 

 

Very unfussy. Almost agressively. They left the malts in there and don't mind using that as an excuse to dump the hop truck.

It's an IPA, and an aggresivly unflashy one. I like that. I didn't come for the grapefruit, I came for the Ozark lethargy.

A pleasant aftertaste, too, which doesn't always happen with an ale this heavy.