Sheltered Bay IPA
Honolulu Beerworks

Seeking shelter at a time when the world is divided by New England-this and West Coast-that, there were a simpler time when everyone simply came together over an IPA just known as American IPA.

Traditionally honey amber in color, Shelter Bay floats an eggshell froth and a classic scent of citrus, pine and herbal grasses ahead of a malty-sweet taste of caramel, toast and nuttiness in a most granola way.

Fading sweetness leaves room for the hops to grow on the middle palate, bringing with it a juicy fruit flavor of oranges and red grapefruit to bring a juicy citrus character before the bitterness arrives. Piney, grassy and resinous, the hop bite brings a drying bitterness to the late palate to surpass the linger of fruit and caramel malts.

Medium bodied and bittersweet, the ale finishes decidedly hoppy with a linger of citrus peel, pine and herb into a long and resinous aftertaste.

 

 

 

September 14th, 2015 - Coming from IPA country in Southern California, I'm skeptical how tasty of a brew in the style I can get way out in the Pacific Ocean. It's a deep colored IPA, with an odd smell of Pez candies and lemongrass on the nose, but it's surprisingly good. The flavor is quite bitter, and more herbaceous or grassy, like a double IPA with a sappy bitterness. But it's not sweet at all, instead offering more botanical touches with pine or juniper. It is not in the San Diego style, but it is quite good with a different hop profile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap, 12/16/2016.