IPA
Broken Compass Brewing

 

 

 

 

 

On tap at the brewery in Breckenridge. Orange color, good head. Aroma is strangely like fruity pebbles, fruity hops combined with cereal like grains and I get straight fruity pebbles. The flavor is much the same, not really bitter at all and also not my bag as far as IPA's go.

 

 

 

A: Bright orange in color with a thin, quarter-inch head of large, white bubbles. A little hazy.

S: Not as intense as I would like, but still a nice aroma. Resiny and dank with some citrus and a hint of mint.

T: Wow, much more intense flavor than expected. There is a strong caramel malt back bone with the hops almost playing second fiddle. The hops, however, do provide some nice citrus notes and a little grassy flavor.

M: The big bubbles translated into a strong carbonation. The body is medium to big.

O: Nice IPA, and great atmosphere to enjoy it in.

 

 

Nice IPA. Not overly hoppy

 

 

Being critical, this is the least impressive brew I had at broken compass. Being honest, it's still pretty darn good. Looks the part, pale golden with bronze hues and a nose that suggests Nelson hops to me. Tropical and citrusy both, light and bright, summery, actually smells like some of the famous Vermont IPAs.the flavor exhibits a lot of what the nose puts out, but it seems a little muted, hushed, less in my face than it was in the smell. Not drastically so, but less so just the same. Maybe a pinch of wheat in the grain bill. There is some texture to this. Lemony of the finish, a little less charged on the bubbles than I like in American IPA, nut tasty brew on the whole. The coffee chocolate stout is the pick here though for sure. IPA fans will also dig this no doubt