Laughing Crow IPA
Winding Path Brewing Co / Wyndridge Farm Brewing

 

12oz bottle into a pint glass. No freshness dating.

Slightly hazy yellow with a hint of orange body. Rather a lot of carbonation.Thick creamy white head leaving gobs of lacing.

Getting a little hops on the nose.

very drinkable mild IPA. tingly from the carbonation, a little floral and faint pepper. Good malt background.

Between medium and full on the mouth, slightly bitter on the finish.

Overall, a very drinkable non typical ipa. My first offering from this brewery. Nice artwork too.

12 oz bottle. Pours hazy golden with tall, long lasting, fluffy white head, nice lacing and lively carbonation. Aroma is of citrusy hops, bready malt and tropical fruit. Body is medium and crisp. Herbal, citrusy hops, bready malt and tropical fruit fill the mouth. Finish is long and dry. Good brew.

A: Medium yellow in color with a large white head.

S: Citrus with tons of grapefruit, although perhaps just a little bit cloying.

T: Bitter grapefruit, and orange peel. followed by a touch of caramel. Long bitter cling in the finish.

M: Medium body, carbonation is a bit lack luster.

O: Overall a decent sippin' IPA, but nothing out of this world.

12 oz bottle in PA.
An average appearance, including a clear amber body with a good white head.
Moderate strength and bitterness for style but with more caramel sweetness. Grassy and fruity notes.

 

A: The beer is relatively clear amber yellow in color and has a light amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a short off white head that quickly died down, leaving a large patch of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Light aromas of caramel malts are present in the nose along with hints of floral hops.
T: The taste follows the smell, having flavors of floral hops and notes of caramel malts.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This IPA isn't that heavy on the palate but is rather easy to drink.

Serving type: bottle

 

 

Draft at Wyndridge Brewery.

 

Wyndridge Farm Brewing "Laughing Crow IPA"
12 fl. oz. brown glass bottle without production codes or freshness dating
$2 @ Weis Market #231, Conshohocken, PA

Look: Slightly hazy golden body beneath a short head of soapy white that fades shortly, leaving behind thin streaks and spots of lace.

Smell: Piney, floral, and mildly citrusy.

Taste: As the aroma suggests within a straightforward, grainy golden malt base that has just a touch of golden caramel to it, and some apple-like yeasty fruitiness. Solidly bitter. Dry finish with lingering pine and floral notes.

Feel: Medium bodied and gently crisp.

Overall: I applaud this beer for its straightforward simplicity. It doesn't try to be anything fancy. There are no exotic or experimental hops, and there appear to be only a few in use, rather than many, which gives it focus. It's simply a solid, well brewed, bitter, and hoppy IPA.

 

Poured from the tap into a pint glass at the World of Beer in Pooler, GA. The appearance is a clear golden color with a small white head. The aroma is fruit and malt with some hops. The taste is citrus and some piney hops with some malt tossed in.

Poured from a brown 12 oz. bottle. Has a golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of melons, some malts. Taste is melons, pine, light malts, moderate bitterness. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer, but the aroma and taste seems just a bit off.

 

12/31/16....pours clear gold, somewhat bright with a white foam lid and active bubbles. Sweet nutty notes. Floral aromas. Peppery bitter malt, forward and fast. Spearmint back. Lemon rind in the close, grapefruit too. Building bitter.

From a 12-oz bottle purchased at a large supermarket chain with a notoriously LARGE craft & imported beer selection--aisle-long open cooler plus a beer cave. Appearance is classic for a traditional American IPA; pale golden with a very slight haze. Aroma is classic American IPA: piney, floral--more piney than grapefruit, certainly. Taste is, what I call, "old-style" American IPA. A tad "thin" on the mouth feel, but balanced between hops & malt, with a slight sweetness up front that quickly gives way to a nice, dry finish. This American IPA would have been a standout when I was a homebrewer, in the early to mid-2000's. Palates are so outrageously hop-stretched today, this little A-IPA may not seem like a particularly notable example of the style; I would say that such an estimation would be a regrettable error. This is a really nice A-IPA; definitely more piney & floral than today's grapefruit-centered A-IPAs, but nearly spot-on style-wise to this "old-school" kinda' guy.

I tried this beer at the Pie Factory in Florence, Alabama. It poured a hazy golden with white head that did not leave any lace. The scent had hints of grapefruit bitterness....not the good kind. The taste was bitter through...white grapefruit leaning....not overly easy to drink. The Mouthfeel was lighter in body with good carbonation .. Overall it's ok.