Paseo
Austin Street Brewery

Paseo

Austin Street Brewery

IPA - American

Pine and orange zest on the nose. There is much more zippy, peppery orange zest from the hops in the taste as well. Earthy pine tree sap and husky, slightly sweet malt balance. Peppery pine sap hops is actually really fun for a change.

 

 

 

Really not bad; the hops are a little bit chemical but the carbo is right and I like the color. Aftertaste is a little too malty for me but it´s still a great brew.

Dark in color with a good amount of carbonation. I get smoky apple on the nose and at the back end, taste wise. This is very boozy to me. I checked the label again -yup- 6.5%. This isn’t a very complex beer and I get a lot of malt. Feel is nice, almost creamy. Fair beer.

 

 

A- Tallboy pours a deep golden copper brew into a snifter. A one finger, frothy white cap rises up quickly with good head retention. Large sheets of lacing wrap around the glass.

S- Basically pure hop pellets somewhere in the Columbus to Centennial range. Intense hop pellets with that true raw alpha acid aroma also giving very dank weedy and oniony notes as well as hints of grapefruit, pine resin, oranges and floral hops. Slightly grainy.

T- Pine and citrus hops take off into orbit with a strong resinous/grapefruit pith bitterness all rounded out with intense dank herbal hops. Really bitter. Onions, slight apricot, floral and raw hop oil hints. Moderate sweetness with some malt character like bready, fresh mash base grain, nutty and slight caramel notes. Malts gain some ground after some time and cut into the bitterness providing some balance from the first few truly green hop sips.

MF- Medium bodied overall. Puffy and creamy texture and smooth on the palate. Big bitterness lingers in the finish.

Refreshing to see an IPA that isnt cloudier than swamp water and lacks that powdery acrid stranglehold on the palate. Intense dank, citrus and pine hops that bring the bitterness but meet some bready and toasty malts for balance. The hops feel a bit too pellety and raw but still a good brew.

 

Pint can - no date - poured into a tulip at 44F

Pours a fairly hazy deep copper hue, with two fingers of plumy ivory head that stick around for an impressive length of time, eventually receding to a thick cap, leaving substantial foamy lacing. Head builds right back up with a little swirl.

Nose: Some sweet, but crisp caramel malt, toasted grain, and floral, resinous, West Coast hops. Perhaps some Chinook or Cascade. Tangerine, orange, and a touch of grapefruit. There's also some sweet ripe stone fruit, including a little bit of mango. Brown sugar. Lilac, honeysuckle, clover, lavender, cedar, and fresh mountain pine. A real alpine floral quality.

Palate: Caramel malt, and lots of toasted grain. Almost a faint roasted corn quality to it. The grain/malt base definitely takes precedence. The caramel sweetness is quick, tame, and quickly becomes crisp once the hops come into focus. Very much in line with the nose, the hops are resinous, floral, citrusy, appreciably bitter, and sticky. Honeycomb, pine sap, cedar, lilac, potpourri, with an increasingly resinous bitter and spicy finish. The floral notes quickly fall back, allowing the toasted grain to emerge once more, this time dry, slightly metallic, and sharp. Hop resin and grain lingers well after the finish.

Mouthfeel/Body: The beer is medium-bodied, fairly typical for the style, with an enjoyable softness to it. Hope are oily enough to notice, and provide some further softness and cling. Not terribly sticky, but still somewhat so. Ultimately crisp and drinkable, with a somewhat quiet effervescence to it. The finish leaves some oily coating, which is a nice touch.

Overall: It's always nice to see New England breweries who have established themselves via their New England IPAs, to go back to basics, and brew some more traditional, West Coast-style hoppy beers. With the likes of Maine Beer Company, it's hard to really stand out in this field, and while this has some really nice elements to the aroma, it doesn't feel completely cohesive, and almost translates as an imitation of something that it's not. Nevertheless, it's an enjoyable beer, with some nice qualities to it, and serves as a refreshing change between all the super turbid IPAs on this side of the country.

Pours a hazy, dark orange-gold color with a 2 finger pillowed off-white head that retains well.

Aroma has strong notes of orange with a slightly yeasty sweet malt background.

The flavor is mostly a medium-bodied malt flavor up front with some grapefruit and orange notes that kick in mid-taste along with some floral sweetness that balances the hops out nicely. bitterness is light to moderate, mostly felt in the finish that can come across as "Pine-ish".

The feel is soft and creamy and medium-bodied. There is very little stickiness to it. Carbonation is moderate.

This is squarely in the West Coast IPA variety and I think does a damn good job of it, balancing the citrus hops and the floral, sweet malt. A west coast is not what I tend to reach for but I got respect for this one.

Poured from a 16 oz can into a tulip glass.

Pours a faintly hazy amber color with 2 fingers of fluffy off-white head. The head has great retention, leaving some cobweb lacing before eventually settling into a thick blanket of foam.

The aroma is very earthy and citrusy. Lots of grapefruit, orange rind, and tangerines, followed by a wave of spicy hops and dank pine.

The flavor is far more malt-forward than the nose led on. There are notes of grapefruit and orange, followed by plenty of doughy malt. Finishes faintly spicy with a ton of pine. Very clean.

The feel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Very smooth and creamy, yet a touch sticky and resinous.

Overall, a great IPA that definitely represents the "West Coast" style very well. At 6.5%, this beer is quite drinkable without sacrificing any dank hoppiness IPA drinkers love.