Scales Of Eternity
Narrow Gauge Brewing Company

Pours a bright and effervescent gold with two fingers of ivory colored head. Below average head retention & lacing

S: Catty, some breadyness, tangerine

T: Piney, grassy, dry, bready, a bit of lime & orange up front. Cakey, some tangerine, dryness along with more weedyness as this beer warms up, a kiss of booze too. Finishes with a little pineapple, plenty of cattyness, some grapefruit & cakey notes

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation, great balance, you can feel the heft

Pretty good take on the style, very drinkable

 

Beautiful straw-colored imperial IPA that's well-balanced and quite tasty. Nothing weird or crazy going on here. It's just a delicious and well-made beer with an excellent hops profile. If you like strong west coast style IPAs, this won't disappoint you.

My singular complaint is that it's maybe just slightly to thin for my preferences, but that's subjective and it's not stopping me from enjoying this one a lot.

This little brewery out of Florissant, MO is producing some fantastic brews. I've become a fan of Narrow Gauge and I'm always interested in trying anything I see from them.

4.25/5

 

16oz, canned on 05/19/2025
L: brilliant and slightly hazy yellow-golden body; frothy off-white head
S: lemon-lime, grapefruit, pine, grass
T: grapefruit, pine, mango, lemon-lime, grass, biscuit
F: medium body, ample carbonation, dry and bitter finish
O: I haven’t had much from this brewery, but I have discovered that they know how to utilize hops!

 

 

 

Hazy dark orange color with a tall white head. The head fades, but leaves a lice lace that lasts through the experience. The smell is of lemon and pine. It’s not a hop forward intense smell, but is sort of quiet but resolute. The taste is balanced to the dry side, with plenty of hop flavor. The hop taste has an almost oily character. The ABV sneaks up on you. Full in body. I really enjoyed this one.

 

Pours a dark copper color with a light fog to the translucency. Head is two and a half fingers of white foam. Aroma is pine, resin, and mild tropical fruits. It's slightly sticky, but not overly harsh. Yeast spice adds a little further zest. Nice balance on the nose. Flavor profile is pine, resin, herbal, and mild tropical fruits for a little sweetness after the initial sticky notes. Malts are minor, but show up as bready. Finish leans into sticky, green, and slightly medicinal hops. Very lightly dry, other than the medicinal hops sticking to the back of the tongue. Mouth feel is medium in thickness with a pretty soft texture for an IPA. This softness adds to the drinkability. Overall, a solid WC IPA that balances forward hops with drinkability.

Served in a 2023 AM membership glass from a 16oz can.

 

Can from Merchants Dec 2022

16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden orange color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy trails of lace on the glass. Smelled of pine, earthy notes with orange, pineapple and sweet caramel. Great piney bitterness with toasted caramel and a citrusy kick.

 

 

 

Copper colored with a hazy complexion. There’s a half inch of creamy beige on top. Light, soapy lacing. The aroma is of green veggies and earthy hops. This isn’t west coast unless you consider New Zealand the west coast. I’m tasting dank green veggies and onions. The mouth is smooth and refreshing.

 

I am trying this beer off the tapper at The brewery as a 7oz sample. It poured a clear copper with thin white ring head that is leaving some lace. The scent had bitter citrus notes. The taste was nicely balanced and easy to drink with bright bitter citrus and subtle pine resin presence. The mouthfeel was medium in body and had good carbonation. Overall it is a solid beer.