Prevailing Winds
Brookeville Beer Farm
- From:
- Brookeville Beer Farm
- Maryland, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.36 | pDev: 10.12%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 19, 2020
- Added:
- Apr 08, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by kookajamo from Iowa
3.44/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
3.44/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Personally I enjoy this beer but will do my duty as a reviewer and rate it according to the style it is being sold as -- a "west coast" DIPA. 16oz can dated May 12th poured into a beer advocate spig.
L: Pretty light ruby copper color. Moderate head, light lacing and retention.
S: Smells like an IPA with some fruit flavors but the malt dominates the nose. Dank pine and grapefruit present.
T: Reminiscent of a traditional English bitter. Heavy caramel malt sweetness dominates the taste and rounds out the bitterness. This beer is rather bitter as well but the hops don't show through in the taste because the malt sweetness squashes them. Some herbal tea flavors come through during some sips, but aren't consistent.
O: Tastes like an imperial red more so than an imperial / double IPA. Due to the bitterness it could also be argued that this is more in line with a traditional English bitter. Either way, I enjoyed it but I have to rate it as the style it's marketed as, and as a west coast double this doesn't stand up well against the competition.
Jul 19, 2020L: Pretty light ruby copper color. Moderate head, light lacing and retention.
S: Smells like an IPA with some fruit flavors but the malt dominates the nose. Dank pine and grapefruit present.
T: Reminiscent of a traditional English bitter. Heavy caramel malt sweetness dominates the taste and rounds out the bitterness. This beer is rather bitter as well but the hops don't show through in the taste because the malt sweetness squashes them. Some herbal tea flavors come through during some sips, but aren't consistent.
O: Tastes like an imperial red more so than an imperial / double IPA. Due to the bitterness it could also be argued that this is more in line with a traditional English bitter. Either way, I enjoyed it but I have to rate it as the style it's marketed as, and as a west coast double this doesn't stand up well against the competition.
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
3.31/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Brewed Jan 14th Canned February 5th.
Pale amber, with a real nice orange to hinting red body color. Quite clear with a nice gleaming shine, showing some fine carbonation. Head creation is a little small, just squeaking out a little more than two fingers of off white to khaki colored creamy head. Decent staying power, with a smooth top and a little bit of retention.
Aroma is large on toasted brown bread crust like malt, and hints of biscuit. Very malt forward for an IPA, with a touch of faint earth to pine note that's very overpowered by a malt presence.
Palate seems to stick to very old school. Lots of biscuit and bread crust flavors, with a touch of light caramel on a sold malt backbone. Hop aroma seems to hint more English style, grass and tea, noticeably bitter with a good simple soft pine finish. Sweet malts still dominate with a tea like flavor somewhat, but there's more of a breakfast cookie flavor from the malt that is the showcase for the beer.
Listed as a "West coast" style IPA, but seems to come off slightly real old school English tasting to my palate. Also heavily malt distinguished more so than hops. Not a bad beer, but seems to have an identity crisis.
Feb 23, 2020Pale amber, with a real nice orange to hinting red body color. Quite clear with a nice gleaming shine, showing some fine carbonation. Head creation is a little small, just squeaking out a little more than two fingers of off white to khaki colored creamy head. Decent staying power, with a smooth top and a little bit of retention.
Aroma is large on toasted brown bread crust like malt, and hints of biscuit. Very malt forward for an IPA, with a touch of faint earth to pine note that's very overpowered by a malt presence.
Palate seems to stick to very old school. Lots of biscuit and bread crust flavors, with a touch of light caramel on a sold malt backbone. Hop aroma seems to hint more English style, grass and tea, noticeably bitter with a good simple soft pine finish. Sweet malts still dominate with a tea like flavor somewhat, but there's more of a breakfast cookie flavor from the malt that is the showcase for the beer.
Listed as a "West coast" style IPA, but seems to come off slightly real old school English tasting to my palate. Also heavily malt distinguished more so than hops. Not a bad beer, but seems to have an identity crisis.
Reviewed by MrOH from Virginia
2.89/5 rDev -14%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
2.89/5 rDev -14%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Slightly hazy copper. Minimal head, pour retention, no lace
Smells slightly dank, bunch of pine and grapefruit. Caramel malt.
Mostly caramel malt flavor, some pine and grapefruit.
A little too sticky
Has everyone become so infatuated with NEIPAs that they forgot what a good WCIPA is like? Did Stone go out of business while I wasn't paying attention?
Apr 11, 2018Smells slightly dank, bunch of pine and grapefruit. Caramel malt.
Mostly caramel malt flavor, some pine and grapefruit.
A little too sticky
Has everyone become so infatuated with NEIPAs that they forgot what a good WCIPA is like? Did Stone go out of business while I wasn't paying attention?
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