Cold IPA
Saint Arnold Brewing Company

A: Pours a clear golden/yellow color with a white head that forms. Good retention and lace left behind.
S: Citrus, tropical, a light pine hoppy character. I wish it was a bit more aromatic, but all the typical IPA character is there.
T: Follows the nose with the citrus, sweet tropical fruity, dankness, resin/woody and pine. With some bitterness lingering.
M/O: A medium body and crisp carbonation. The woody/resin, chewiness makes it slightly less "clean" for me. Not hard to drink at all. This is nice to come back to.

Maybe because this is my first so called "Cold IPA" and I don't really know what to expect. Its perfectly fine, and well made for what it wants to be...which is just another type of IPA. Again, don't get me wrong, it is very good, and I'm probably being a little to critical for my own good. So don't pay too much attention to my overall score here, which I would assume will go up if I try it again. Cause everything Saint Arnold makes is solid.

Like a hoppy lager…not a hopped lager. Crisp, dry, meandering grass and citrus, faint white pepper. A restrained take on a IPA which I can dig after years of drinking 12% triple IPAs that hit you like prison sexual assault. Listening to Pink Floyd’s Animals and that’s about right.

Crystal clear light gold.
Citrus and pine smell, from cascade hops I’d guess.
Light malt with a good balance of C hops, very clean mouthfeel, extremely crisp and dry. Very approachable as far as IPA’s go. Not overly bitter. Very drinkable. I don’t drink IPA’s much any more but this will definitely be a go to.

 

 

Straight up the middle - pours pale gold with thin streaks of slow-moving bubbles reminiscent of champagne. The nose gives wheat & herbs with a little bit of tropical fruit. Taste follows suit giving grain, cracker, light malt, and a touch of woodiness. Definitely digging it on a cold night, finished smooth.

I admit I don't know the purpose of cold IPAs. This is only the 3rd I've ever had.

Anyway: This is a crystal clear light gold colored beer with an initial head but retention is not great. Pine resin hop aroma, no malt or yeast notes in the nose. Taste offers some malt and restrained hop flavor, again mostly resin, to my taste, a little tropic fruit. Very clean yeast profile, not many esters. Bitterness is not too high. Decent flavor, but could use more bittering hops, IMO. Substantial body. Not really a quaffing beer. Doesn't really stand out in a world of 10,000 IPAs but it's not bad.

12oz canned 8-7-25, opened 9-27-25.
1+ finger whtie head with long staying power. Full lace left in its wake.
Golden body with a bit of chill haze initially that clears up.
Berries, tropical fruits, all hoppy fruit aromas in the nose.
Similar hoppy flavors with a light malt vehicle to carry them.
Light, bright body with medium carbonation and a clean, dry finish. Mission accomplished here.
Good to Very Good.

 

Clear gold pour, string foamy white head, bits of lace. Nose is tropical.

Taste shows strawberry, guava, some resin, peach, light kilned malt, zesty citrus. Medium mouthfeel. Finish is fairly dry, but still has the fruit peaking thru. Cold IPA is not my fabirite style, bit S.A. does it justice.

 

Canned 7/23/25. Drank 8/7/25
Crystal clear golden yellow with a huge fluffy white cap of foam. Good lacing and retention.
Nose is tropical, a bit dank, tangerine pretty prevalent. Orange
Tate is tangerine, tropical fruit, orange, moderate bitterness over a cracker backbone.
Clean, crisp finish.

Hop profile isn’t quite my favorite, but very well made as always! Delicious beer.

As good as any cold IPA I've had -- clean and crisp. Well done, Saint Arnold.