20 Gauge IPA
Marsh Island Brewing

Not a totally fair rating since the can was a bit outdated. Still not bad tho.

 

 

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass.

Appearance: Hazy Amber with a thicky beige head.

Smell: Light hops and citrus.

Mouthfeel/ Taste: Smooth medium bodied. Taste of bitter hops and pine.

Overall: Good IPA I would have this one again.

(16 oz can into pint glass - no date found but bought about 3 weeks ago)

Pours a deep copper color with a thick three finger head that tends to heavy lacing.. Aroma is moderate with hints of tangerine and maybe pine. That flavor continues into the taste with an upfront wallop of tropical flavor. As the beer warms up these flavors come out more and show themselves as a complex slurry lightly-bitter hop goodness. After taste is mild, indicating that this is not a very bitter beer. Malt is moderate at best, making for a weak mouth feel as the hops wear off early too.

Overall this is an above average beer but you need to let it warm up a bit to get the full flavor from it.

 

Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

Beaming deep orange body color, with light amber and and faint lemon. Nice fine amounts of carbonation reach up to a real fluffy perfectly white head of three easy fingers. Very nice retention and not out of control, but gives some aggressive cling. Chunks of lace, a tiny island puck of a finger and whipped up fine swiss cheese bubbles. Great looking IPA.

Hop delicious tangerine orange abounds along with a touch of pine for the aroma. Some almost melon/pineapple sort of rind pith like action as well but very tiny, with a good dominant citrus hop front on the nose. Interesting malt angle that's a bit flour like with big bakery grains and very light. Hops however dominant and very nicely.

Oh boy this is a winner. First sip is real creamy tasting, lighter feel supported with just the right simple IPA malt backbone to add some sweetness. Then the hop flavors kick in the mid palate, juicy but not bombastic tangerine flavors, bright, fresh, all in the mid palate. A good pine simple bitterness, with mixing light vanilla sweetness hits on the finish, and light pine and faint mint aftertaste.

Impeccably balanced. Nice hop variety, and a good punch that isn't crazy, but intensely flavorful. This is a real winner from a new brewery to me, if you are in Maine or the area make sure you get some of this.

 

 

 

 

From 22oz bottle marked, January, 2016. Interesting hunting theme bottle.
Clear copper color.
Smell of hops.
Sharp hop taste.
Slight tingling feel.
Fine hoppy IPA.