Flagship India Pale Ale
Steamworks Brewing Company

 

Resinous, hoppy, dank orange and malty. More of an unfiltered west coast IPA but whatever. It’s distinct and apparently a staple up here. Great can art and drinking it at the top of Blackcomb Mountain = timeless.

Reliable but basic tasting west coast IPA

Big retaining head, hazy orange

Nice citrusy smell faint pines

Hop dominates on tastes less on malt, refreshing, kinda sweet and finishes heavy on hop

Sticky medium bodied

Again reliable and actually goood

 

 

 

 

This is an awesome IPA.

 

 

16oz can (no date, but the code H2600926 on the bottom) Poured into 14oz teku. Poured a fully murky dark orange color with over 1-1/4 inch of white head that had good retention and light lacing.

On the crack of the can, a blast of the expected frooty hops popped out. No real malt presence.

Same on the tongue, with the addition of a metallic aspect.

The body was lighter than average for the style, smooth, and carried good carb throughout.

Drinkability was OK, but was hurt a bit by that metallic tang.

Overall, a fairly typical murkster.

Rather nice looking for a hazy, with distinct dark amber color showing through and abundant foam in the Kasteel chalice. Lush and sudsy mouthfeel is a plus. Interesting aroma of peach and green vegetables. HInt of apricot in the flavor but bitterness rather than hop flavor is less pleasant. A hint of malt and a sweet touch to start.

Overall, this is more than a little odd, with the fruity and woody aftertaste lasting long. Just moderately acidic but rather bitter. They still need help in Canada. From the 16 oz can purchased somewhere in the far Northwest.

This IPA is good. When I think hazy IPA this flavor comes to mind. Although, I feel like it's not taking any chances, it'll appeal to the masses but lacks that creativity that makes a beer great.

With that said. If you ever have the chance to visit the Steamworks location in Vancouver, do it. Its a fun brewery and the location is amazing.

 

Cloudy, hoppy, citrus, piney, delicious.
Top 3 local IPA's in my books.

Hazy orange-tan color. Not a lot of head, and it quickly collapsed to a thin skiff across the surface, leaving a rim of lacing around the glass. Strong flux of fine bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass replenishing the thin head.

Slightly sweet and floral hop scent. A bit of barnyard. Swirling the glass kicked up a light barnyard and straw scent.

Medium bitters with a light sweet and sour flavor. Mild floral and vegetable hop flavor. Light citrus flavor. The aftertaste is a fading citrus with the hop floral and bitters dominating.

Strong carbonation caused some tongue tingling as most of the fluid turned into foam. Some oily feel.

The light sour base is interesting for an American IPA - perhaps this should be re-styled as a NEIPA. The barnyard scent is on the edge of detracting. I would prefer that it was dialed back a bit.

Orange-gold juice coloring, fully opaque, non-turbid. Soapy bright white head of compact, multi-sized bubbles with solid retention and spotty lacing.

Incredibly dank and juicy on the nose, with citrus, stone fruit, mango, marijuana, green onion, overripe grapes, and grass clippings. Smells wonderful, and the dank hemp note gives it some real depth. Pretty fascinating and doesn't really fit into a specific American IPA sub-category (hazy, West Coast, East Coast, etc). Really an interesting conglomeration of all of them.

Taste profile is similarly nuanced but not as harmonious, though some of that could be because of an aged can (I don't know how old the beer is). The strong dankness remains, but bleeds immediately into overripe peach, grape, berry, and cantaloupe. A little pine and biscuity malt, grapefruit and nectarine towards the back, a little bit of candied fruit residual sweetness at the end, that quickly drops off into a fairly dry and pithy finish. Pretty different and interesting for a "flagship" beer, and highly drinkable. Maybe a little heavy on the stone fruit (and overripe fruit in general) for my tastes.

Soft and silky with a nice prickle on the tongue, but a touch thin. Nicely carbonated. Not sticky at all.

 

Cloudy gold with lots of carbonation and 3 fingers of light beige head.

Smells of ruby red grapefruit, pine, pineapple and oranges.

Tastes follows the nose with hints of spice, black pepper, coriander, and dank green weed.

Medium, resinous body with little to moderate carbonation.

I got this in Kamloops, BC where I am enjoying it, Aug 22nd, 2019. Excellent ipa!